Reports
2007:
- December, 2007 : Final Report DE-AM26-05NT42653 -
The final report and all appendicies can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.netl.doe.gov/pub/SpurLine/.
- August, 2007: Final Report DE-FC26-03NT41836 Supercement for Annular Seal and Long-term Integrity in Deep, Hot Wells [PDF-5.25MB]
- June, 2007 Final Project Report DE-FC26-02NT41327: Petrophysical Characterization and Reservoir Simulator for
Methane Gas Production from Gulf of Mexico Hydrates [PDF-9.04MB]
- May, 2007 Yearly Project Report DE-FC26-06NT42963 Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments [PDF-798KB]
- April, 2007: Final Report DE-FC26-04NT42268: High Altitude Aerial Natural Gas Leak Detection System [PDF-3.26MB]
- April 2007 Technology Report: Microhole “Designer” Seismic Testing Its Potential in the Field
- March, 2007 Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project (JIP) DE-FC26-01NT41330: Well Logs from the 2005 GOM Cruise [external site - Chevron JIP]
- February 2007 Topical Report DE-FC26-06NT42951: Preliminary Design of Insulated Drill Pipe [PDF-255KB]
- February, 2007 Final Report DE-AF26-06NT00440: Development of a Gas Hydrate Markup Language [PDF-1.22MB] by E.Dendy Sloan, Center for Hydrate Research, Colorado School of Mines
- February, 2007 Phase I & II Final Reports DE-FC26-01NT41329: In-Situ Sampling and Characterization of Naturally Occurring Marine Methane Hydrate Using the D/V JOIDES Resolution
Phase I Final Report [PDF-5.45MB]
Phase II Final Report [PDF-1.82MB]
- January, 2007 Status Presentations DE-FC26-05NT42664: Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments
Reports
2006:
- December, 2006 Presentation DE-FC26-02NT41628: Seismo-Acoustic Imagery of a Carbon/Hydrate Mound in the Gulf of Mexico [PDF-5.18MB] - Presentation to the American Geophysical Union - Fall meeting, December 11-15, 2006. Presented by Thomas McGee and Leonardo Macelloni of CMRET.
- December 2006 Final Report DE-FC26-03NT41881: Innovative Sensor for Pipeline Crawlers: Rotating Permanent Magnet Inspection [PDF-4.46MB]
- December 2006 Final Report DE-FC26-04NT42243: Novel Use of P- and S-wave Seismic Attenuation for Deep Natural Gas Exploration and Development [PDF-8.21MB]
- November, 2006 Project Final Report DE-FG02-03ER83748: Petroleum Indicator by Electric Relaxation(PIER) [PDF-3.59MB]
- November 2006 Final Report DE-FC26-03NT41875: Resource Assessment of the In-Place and Potentially Recoverable Deep Natural Gas Resource of the Onshore Interior Salt Basins, North Central and Northeastern Gulf of Mexico [PDF-15.69MB]
- October 2006: Final Report DE-FC26-04NT42266: Reduced Mandated Inspection by Remote Field
Eddy Current Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines [PDF-3.31MB]
- October 2006: A Guide to Practical Management of Produced Water from Onshore Oil & Gas Operations in the United States [PDF-6.34MB]
- August 2006: Project Report TOUGH-Fx/HYDRATE - Hydrate Reservoir Simulator Development - Gas Production Potential of Disperse Low-Saturation Hydrate Accumulations in Oceanic Sediments [PDF-1.05MB]
- July 2006: LNG - EPA's Liquefied Natural Gas Regulatory Roadmap [PDF-871KB]
- July 2006: Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41297: Gas Hydrate Storage of Natural Gas [PDF-3.115MB]
- July 2006: Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41297: Gas Hydrate Storage of Natural Gas [PDF-3.115MB]
- July 2006: Beluga Coal Gasification Feasibilty Study - Phase I Final Report [PDF-4MB]
- July 2006: LNG - EPA's Liquefied Natural Gas Regulatory Roadmap [PDF-871KB]
- June, 2006: Project Final Report DE-FC26-02NT41328 - Controls on Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociation,
Gulf of Mexico: In Situ Field Study with Laboratory Characterizations of Exposed
and Buried Gas Hydrates [PDF-1.2MB]
- June 2006: Project Final Report DE-AT26-97FT34343 - Gathering, Processing and Evaluating Seismic and Physical Data on Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico [PDF-248KB]
- June 2006: "Alaska Natural Gas Needs and Market Assessment" [PDF-3.71MB]
- June 2006: Emerging Issues for Fossil Energy and Water [PDF-2.53MB]
- May 2006 Final Report DE-FC26-02NT41646: Technologies to Enhance Operation of the Existing Natural Gas Compression Infrastructure [PDF-7.25MB]
- April 2006 Final Report DE-FC26-02NT15344: Wettability and Oil Recovery by Imbibition and Viscous Displacement from Fractured and Heterogeneous Carbonates [PDF-11.14MB]
- March 2006 Final Report DE-FC26-03NT411743: Improving Deliverability in Gas Storage Fields by Identifying the Timing and Sources of Damage Using Smart Well Technology [PDF-1.13MB]
- March 2006 Final Report DE-FC26-03NT41878: Realtime Monitoring of Pipelines for Third Party Contact [PDF-4.62MB]
- March 2006 Final Report: Pipeline Inspection Technologies Demonstration Report [PDF-7290KB]
- March 2006: Public Reports of Work Accomplished under the U.S. DOE-Led Interagency Methane Hydrate R&D Program [PDF-252KB]
- March 2006 Final Report DE-AC26-99FT40720: Multi-Site Application of the Geomechanical Approach for Natural Fracture Exploration [PDF-11.99MB]
- February 2006 Final Report DE-FC-95BC14941: Advanced Oil Recovery Technologies For Improved Recovery From Slope Basin Clastic Reservoirs, Nash Draw Brushy Canyon Pool, Eddy County, NM [PDF-8.37MB]
- February 2006 Final Report: A Data Fusion System for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Non-Piggable Pipes [PDF-2932KB]
- February 2006 Topical Report: Wireless Self-Powered Visual and NDE Robotic Inspections System for LIve Gas Distribution Mains [PDF-3010KB]
- February 2006 Final Report: Internal Repair of Pipelines [PDF-11305KB]
- February 2006 Project Report: Manifold Design for Controlling Engine Air Balance [PDF-3827KB]
- January 2006: The Economics of Powder River Basin Coalbed Methane Development [PDF-1210KB]
- January 2006 Final Report: Wettability and Prediction of Oil Recovery from Reservoirs Developed with Modern Drilling and Completion Fluids [PDF-1.36MB]
- January 2006: Projections of Marginal Wells and Their Contributions to Oil and Natural Gas Supplies [PDF-294KB]
Reports
2005:
Reports
2004:
- December 2004 Final Report DE-FG26-03NT 15432: The Use of Acid Stimulation for Restoring to Production Shut-in Oil Fields [PDF-880KB]
- December 2004 Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41158: Development of an Environmentally Benign Microbial Inhibitor to Control Internal Pipeline Corrosion [PDF-1307KB]
- December 2004 Final Report DE-FC26-00BC15309: Mapping of Reservoir Properties and Facies Through Integration of Static and Dynamic Data [PDF-6.26MB]
- December 2004 Project Final Report:Field Testing of Remote Sensor Gas Leak Detection Systems[PDF-7327KB]
- November 2004 Final Report: Use of Pressure Activated Sealant Technology to Cure Pipeline Leaks [PDF-1.03MB]
- November 2004: Pipeline Inspection Technologies - Demonstration Report [PDF-1530KB]
- October 2004 Final Report DE-FG02-03ER83688: Low Cost Distributed Sensing for Gas Pipelines [PDF-124KB]
- September 2004 Final Report DOE FEW FEAC320: Remote Sensing for Environmental Baseline and Monitoring [PDF-8.68MB]
- September 2004: Benchmarking Emerging Pipeline Inspection Technologies [PDF-5310KB]
- September 2004 Project Report FWP-5220: A Handbook for the Application of Seismic Methods for Quantifying Naturally Fractured Gas Reservoirs in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico [PDF-31MB]
- September 2004: Review of Non-Technical Issues Related to Commercial Methane Hydrate Production [PDF-1409KB]
- August 2004 Final Report DE-FG26-03NT15434: Reducing Produced Water with Density and Conductivity Meters [PDF-494KB]
- August 2004 Final Report: BLM Safety Net Royalty Relief Analysis of Natural Gas and Oil Production and Public Section Revenues for United States Onshore Federal Lands [PDF-8410KB]
- August 2004 Project Final Report: Instrument for Airborne Remote Sensing of Transmission Pipeline Leaks [PDF-677KB]
- August 2004 Project Final White Paper: Hydrogen Infrastructure Delivery Reliability R&D Needs [PDF-333KB]
- June 2004 Final Report DE-FG03-01ER83226: Chemical Stimulation of Oil Wells Producing from Carbonate Reservoirs [PDF-1.07MB]
- June 2004 Project Topical Report: Technologies for Enhanced Operation of the Existing Natural Gas Compression Infrastructure [PDF-5100KB]
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June 2004:
South-Central Alaska Natural Gas Study [PDF-2530KB]
- May 2004 Final Report DE-FC26-00BC15310: Geo-Engineering Modeling through Internet Informatics (GEMINI) [PDF-14.7MB]
- May 2004 Final Report DE-FC26-98FT40486: Optimization of Infill Drilling in Naturally-Fractured Tight-Gas Reservoirs [PDF-4634KB]
- April 2004 Final Report DE-FC26-FT34367: HydroPulse™ Drilling [PDF-957KB]
- March 2004 Final Report DE-AC26-99BC15207: Exdperimental Investigation of Relative Permeability Upscaling from the Micro-Scale to the Macro-Scale [PDF-5.63MB]
- March 2004 Final Report DE-FG26-02NT15227: Evaluations of Radionuclides of Uranium, Thorium, and Radium Associated with Produced Fluids, Precipitates, and Sludges from Oil, Gas, and Oilfield Brine Injection Wells in Mississippi [PDF-1.01MB]
- March 2004 Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41156: Development of Nonlinear Harmonic Sensors for Detection of Mechanical Damage [PDF-2564KB]
- March 2004: Development of a Low-Cost Inferential Natural Gas Energy Flow Rate Prototype Retrofit Module [PDF-1940KB]
- February 2004 Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41296: CAES Monitoring to Support RMRCT [PDF-7628KB]
- February 2004: Natural Gas Infrastructure R&D Delivery Reliability Program Roadmap Update II [PDF-2950KB]
- February 2004: Underground Gas Storage Technology Consortium R&D Priority Research Needs Workshop [PDF-226KB]
- February 2004 Final Report DE-AC26-00NT40690: Combining a New 3-D Seismic S-Wave Propagation Analysis for Remote Fracture Detection with a Robust Subsurface Microfracture-Based Verification Technique [PDF-6050KB]
- February 2004: Analysis of Current Field Data [PDF-753KB]
- February 2004: Natural Gas Infrastructure R&D Roadmap Update II [PDF-2950KB]
- January 2004 Final Report DE-AP26-03NT30429, Subtask 1: Current Capabilities of Hydraulic Motors, Air/Nitrogen Motors, and Electric Downhole Motors [PDF-3.77MB]
- January 2004: A white Paper Describing Produced Water from Production of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Bed Methane [PDF-398KB]
- January 2004 White Paper DOE FEW44347: Review of Deep-Sea Ecology and Monitoring as They Relate to Deep-Sea Oil and Gas Operations [PDF-195KB
Reports
2003:
- December 2003 Final Report DE-AP26-03NT30429, Subtask 2: Hydraulic Motion & Fluid Movement Through Small-Diameter Pipes and Wellbores [PDF-146KB]
- December 2003 Final Report DE-FG03-01ER83111: Seismic-While-Drilling Source for Real-Time Poer Pressure Prediction, Phase II [PDF-957KB]
- December 2003 Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41161: Capacitive Tomography for the Location of Plastic Pipe [PDF-1821KB]
- December 2003 Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41325: Reducing Risks in Low-Permeability Gas Formations[PDF-111380]
- November 2003 Final Report DE-AC26-99BC15221: Treatment of Produced Oil and Gas Waters with Surfactant-Modified Zeolite [PDF-1.16MB]
- November 2003 Final Report DE-FG26-00BC15191: Enhanced Oil Recovery with Downhole Vibration Stimulation in Osage County, Oklahoma [PDF-6.65MB]
- September 2003 Final Report DE-AC26-99BC15214: Innovative MIOR Process Utilizing Indigenous Reservoir Constituents [PDF-1.00MB]
- September 2003 Final Report DE-FG26-00NT40789: Selection and Treatment of Stripper Gas Wells for Production Enhancement, MoCane-Laverne Field, Oklahoma [PDF-595KB]
- September 2003 Final Report DE-FC26-01BC15273:
Enhancing Reservoir Management in the Appalachian Basin [PDF-349KB]
- September 2003: Multi-Seam Well Completion Technology: Implications for Powder River Basin Coalbed Methane Production [PDF-2198KB]
- July 2003 Final Report DE-FG26-02NT15295: Oil Well Remediation in Clay and Wayne Counties, IL [PDF-920KB]
- June 2003 Final Report DE-FT26-98BC15167: Part One - Optical Fiber Sensor Technologies for Efficient and Economical Oil Recovery [PDF-3.05MB]
- June 2003 Final Report DOE FEW FEAC324: Application of Oak Ridge Inorganic Membrane Technology to Cat Cracker Recycle Gas Hydrogen [PDF-1.01MB]
- June 2003 Final Report DE-AC26-99BC15225: Census and Statistical Characterization of Soil and Water Quality at Abandoned and Other Centralized and Commercial Drilling-Fluid Disposal Sites in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas [PDF-839KB]
- June 2003 Final Report DE-FT26-98BC15167: Part Two - Optical Fiber Sensor Technologies for Efficient and Economical Oil Recovery [PDF-3.23MB]
- June 2003 Final Report DE-FC26-01NT41159: Circumferential MFL In-Line Inspection for Cracks in Pipelines [PDF-2486KB]
- May 2003 Final Report DE-AC26-98FT34174: Development of New Drilling Fluids [PDF-7079KB]
- May 2003 Final Report FWP-AB0545: The Use of Microwave Radar for Remote Detection of Gas Pipeline Leaks [PDF-812KB]
- March 2003 Final Report DE-FC26-00BC15328:: Applied Phyto-Remediation Techniques Using Halophytes for Oil and Brine Spill Scars [PDF-2.02MB]
- February 2003 Final Report FEW-01124: Sensor Evaluation for a Robotic In LIne Inspection Vehical for Detection of Natural Gas Pipeline Defects and Leaks [PDF-209KB]
- February 2003 Annual Report FWP-4340-70A: 2002 Annual Report for Integral Communication, Damage Detection, and Multiple Sensor Application in Pipelines. [PDF-795KB]
- January 2003 Final Report DOE FEW49297: Monitoring and Mitigation of Sustained Localized Pitting Corrosion [PDF-3.29MB]
- January 2003 Final Report DE-AC26-99BC15223: Application of Chemically Accelerated Biotreatment to Reduce Risk in Oil-Impacted Soils [PDF-2.07MB]
Reports
2002 and earlier:
Factsheets
2007:
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2006:
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2005:
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2004:
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2003:
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2002:
Techlines
2007:
- June, 2007: DOE's Produced Water Program Yields New Web Tool NETL, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, has developed the Produced Water Management Information System (PWMIS), a new a web-based tool designed to help America's oil and natural gas producers tackle produced water, one of their toughest environmental challenges.
- June, 2007: New Seismic Technology Improves Pre-Drill Diagnostics for Deep Oil and Gas Reservoirs
New technology developed through a cost-shared project managed by NETL is improving industry's ability to identify commercially viable deep oil and gas targets prior to drilling.
- June, 2007: DOE Oil Recovery Project Extends Success through Technology Transfer A groundbreaking oil-recovery project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is coming to a close, but its success will continue to be felt throughout the United States and the world. Technology transfer has been a major and ongoing benefit from this project, which was managed by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
- May, 2007: Archive of Unconventional Gas Research Data Now Available The compiled research and development (R&D) reports chronicle work carried out during the 1980s and 1990s that played a vital role in helping to meet the nation's growing demand for natural gas.
This archive includes nearly 1,400 documents.
- May, 2007: NETL Reports Provide Important Information for Deep Gas Explorers Two comprehensive reports provide detailed geologic information of the Northern Appalachian Basin and northeastern Gulf Coast regions. These reports are an important source of information for companies interested in exploring these regions for deep gas, enhancing the likelihood that trillions of cubic feet of natural gas can be added to our Nation’s domestic supply of energy
- May, 2007: Research Opens Way to 218 Billion Barrels of By-Passed Domestic Oil A new computer tool, developed as part of a NETL-managed project, will increase recovery of up to 218 billion barrels of by-passed oil remaining in mature domestic fields. The nation's current proven reserve is 21 billion barrels.
- May, 2007: First Round Winner of the new Methane Hydrate Research Fellowship Program Announced
Ms. Monica Heintz, a Ph.D. student at the University of California at Santa Barbara, has received the inaugural award, which is part of a new NETL program that provides support for graduate and post-graduate scientists in fields related to the study of methane hydrates.
- April, 2007: DOE-Supported Oil and Gas Advances Garner Prestigious Innovation Award Two DOE/NETL-sponsored technological advances that could help increase U.S. recoverable reserves of oil and natural gas have won awards for engineering innovation and will be recognized at this year's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The technologies are slated to receive the Hart's E&P Magazine Special Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.
- February, 2007: Alaskan North Slope Well to Sample and Test Gas Hydrate -
DOE-Led Interagency R&D Effort Key Step to Unlocking Vast Energy Resource
- Drilling is complete on an Alaskan North Slope well, cofunded by the Department of Energy, that could prove to be an important milestone in assessing America's largest potential fossil energy resource: gas hydrate.
- February, 2007: NETL-Funded R&D Yields Non-Disruptive Plastic Natural Gas Pipeline Repair Tool
New Tool Offers Economic, Safety, and Environmental Benefits in Repairing Plastic Gas Pipelines without Disrupting Service
- January, 2007: Colorado Company Pursues Low-Cost, Low-Impact Technology to Develop Nation's Oil Shale Resources A DOE-funded project has successfully demonstrated the viability of a new technology that could prove to be the key to unlocking America's largest potential source of oil.
Techlines
2006:
Techlines
2005:
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August 2005: Revolutionary Technology Could Significantly Increase Heavy Oil Production
A revolutionary new DOE-funded oil production technology that promises lower costs, reduced environmental and safety risks, and increased production is being commercialized by research partner Completion Concepts Inc., Katy, TX.
- July 2005: Putting the Squeeze on Natural Gas Pipelines
A joint effort between Timberline Tool and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has sped commercialization of the first “keyhole” squeeze-off tool for 4- to 6-inch polyethylene pipe. Through a Small Business Innovation Research grant, DOE funded the research and development of Timberline's TopReach 650, an innovative tool that gets natural gas pipeline operators out of the trenches and lessens the monetary and environmental impacts of pipeline repair
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July 2005: DOE-funded R&D Seeks to Bolster Coalbed Gas, Water Resources in Western States - Department of Energy-funded research has resulted in the commercialization of an innovative technology designed to bolster supplies of two of America's most critical natural resources: natural gas and water.
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June 2005: Fossil Energy Research Results in Crow Reservation Exploration Oil Well -
The first exploratory oil well to be drilled on the Crow Reservation of Montana in decades is forthcoming, thanks to research funded by DOE's Office of Fossil Energy.
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May 2005: DOE-Heavy Oil Potential Key to Alaskan North Slope Oil Future - Alaska's North Slope boasts a massive heavy oil resource that someday could underpin the survival of one of the Nation's most critical oil-producing provinces and research funded by the Department of Energy may provide the key to unlocking this vast but, to date, largely intractable oil resource.
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April 2005: DOE-Consortium Delivers Six New Commercially-Ready "Stripper Well" Technologies - Joint ventures in technology development by government and industry have delivered six new deployment-ready applications in four years to extend the useful life of more than 650,000 stripper wells that deliver almost 15 percent of America's domestic oil production and almost eight percent of natural gas production, a Department of Energy review has determined .
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March 2005: DOE-Funded Acoustic Monitor Passes Key Field Test
A new, lightweight device that uses natural gas itself to detect leaks in natural gas pipelines has been successfully tested on a transmission main owned and operated by Dominion Transmission Inc.
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March 2005: DOE Commissions Voyage of Discovery for Vast New Resource - A semi-submersible drilling vessel will enter the Gulf of Mexico later this month for a 35-day research voyage. During the expedition, researchers plan to drill two sets of deep well pairs in the Keathley Canyon and Atwater Valley locations to collect drilling, logging, and coring data. 
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February 2005: DOE Announces R&D Funding for Microhole Technology Projects
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January 2005: Ultra-low Cost Well Monitoring Could Save Thousands of Marginal Oil Wells - DOE-funded Project in California Tested Successfully
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January 2005: 3-D Seismic Technology Locates Natural Gas in Fractured Reservoirs
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January 2005: CO2 Injection Boosts Oil Recovery, Captures Emissions
Techlines
2004:
Techlines
2003:
Techlines
2002:
Presentations
2005:
Presentations
2007:
- December 10–14, 2007: The poster presentation “Effects of Seafloor Temperature on the Distribution of Methane Hydrate” was given at American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–14, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42960, “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrate.” View abstract and other project information.
- December 10–14, 2007: The paper “Oceanic Gas Hydrate Instability and Dissociation in Response to Climate Change” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
- December 10–14, 2007: The paper “Similarity Solution for Gas Production from Dissociating Hydrates in Geologic Media” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
- December 10–14, 2007: The paper “Fine-scale control of microbial communities in deep marine sediments that contain hydrates and high concentrations of methane” was given at American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–14, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project FWP-FLU5A425, “Methanogenesis in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Integration of Experimental and Theoretical Approaches.” View abstract and other project information.
- December 11, 2007: The paper “Grain-Scale Study of Hydrate Formation in Sediments from Methane Gas: A Coupled Fluid-Solid Interaction Model” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
- December 11, 2007: The paper “Pore-Scale Mechanistic Study of the Preferential Mode of Hydrate Formation in Sediments: Fluid Flow Aspects” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
- November 27, 2007: The paper “Alaska gas hydrate research results and future opportunities” was given at the 9th Annual Far North Oil & Gas Forum, Calgary, Alta., November 26-27, 2007 (http://www.insightinfo.com/index.cfm?ci_id=25057&la_id=1 [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC-01NT41332, “Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization.” View abstract and other project information.
- November 14, 2007: The paper “Physics-Driven Interface Modeling for Drainage and Imbibition in Fractures” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, CA, November 11–14, 2007 (http://www.spe.org/atce/2007/ [external site]. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
- November 14, 2007: The paper “Gas Production From Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Permafrost” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, CA, November 11–14, 2007 (http://www.spe.org/atce/2007/ [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
- November 1, 2007: The paper “Evaluation of the Gas Production Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East Sea” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 30–November 1, 2007 (http://www.spe.org/spe-app/spe/meetings/APOGCE/2007/index.htm [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
- October 15–18, 2007: The paper “Alaska Gas Hydrate Research and Stratigraphic Test Preliminary Results” was given at the Arctic Energy Summit in Anchorage, AK, October 15–18, 2007 (https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=680&nid=5792 [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC-01NT41332, “Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization.” View abstract and other project information.
- October 7-9, 2007: The paper “Multivariate Modeling of 3D9C Data for Constructing a Static Reservoir Model of Algal Mounds in the Paradox Basin, CO” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists/Rocky Mountain Section’s Annual Meeting in Snowbird, UT. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FG26-02NT15451, “Multicomponent Seismic Analysis and Calibration to Improve Recovery from Algal Mounds: Application to the Roadrunner/Towaoc Area of the Paradox Basin, Ute Mountain Ute Reservation, Colorado.” View abstract and other project information.
- September 25, 2007: The paper “Gas-hydrate concentration and uncertainty estimation from electrical resistivity logs: examples from Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico” was given at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ 77th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, September 23-28, 2007. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42667, “Combining Multicomponent Seismic Attributes, New Rock Physics Models, and In Situ Data to Estimate Gas-Hydrate Concentrations in Deep-Water, Near-Seafloor Strata of the Gulf of Mexico.” View paper and other project information.
- September17–19, 2007: The paper “Updated Results From Deep Trek High-Temperature Electronics Development Programs” was given at HITEN 2007 (High-Temperature Electronics Network conference), St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, U.K., September 17–19, 2007, (http://science24.com/event/hiten2007 [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL projects DE-FC26-03NT41834, “Development of Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) High-Temperature Electronics,” and DE-FC26-06NT42947, “Deep Trek Reconfigurable Processor for Data Acquisition.” View abstract and other project information.
- September 17, 2007: The paper “CO2 Sequestration Potential of the North Michigan Silurian Reef” was given at the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2007 Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY, September 16–18, 2007 (http://www.uky.edu/KGS/esaapg07/ [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15425, “Application of Time-Lapse Seismic Monitoring for the Control and Optimization of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations.” View abstract and other project information.
- September 13, 2007: The paper “Gas hydrates: A multidisciplinary research opportunity” was given at the Department of Physics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; it was an invited presentation for the Physics Department seminar series. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
- August 19-24: The paper “Carbon isotope evidence (13C and 14C) for fossil methane-derived dissolved organic carbon from gas hydrate-bearing cold seeps” was given at the Goldschmidt 2007 Atoms to Planets conference in Cologne, Germany, August 19-24, 2007 (http://www.the-conference.com/conferences/2007/gold2007/ [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
- July 11, 2007: The paper “Adhesive Tiecoat/Polyimide Interactions in High-Temperature Flex Packaging” was given at the ASME InterPack ’07 Conference, Vancouver, BC, July 8–11, 2007. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42950, “Harsh-Environment Electronics Packaging for Downhole Oil & Gas Exploration.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 25, 2007: The paper “Characterization of nanostructures of mixed surfactant aggregation using Analytical Ultracentrifugation” was given at the 81st ACS (American Chemical Society) Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT15413, “Mineral-Surfactant Interactions for Minimum Reagents Precipitation and Adsorption for Improved Oil Recovery.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 25, 2007: The paper “Synergy among Surfactants in Solution and on Particles in Suspensions” was given at the 81st ACS (American Chemical Society) Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT15413, “Mineral-Surfactant Interactions for Minimum Reagents Precipitation and Adsorption for Improved Oil Recovery.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 20, 2007: The paper “Flow-Relevant Covariance Localization During History Matching Using Ensemble Kalman Filters” was given at the Norwegian Research Council/University of Bergen Workshop about Ensemble Kalman Filter for Updating of Reservoir Simulation Models, June 18–20, 2007, Hotel Edvard Grieg, Bergen, Norway (http://qp.rf.no/QuickPlace/enkfseminar/Main.nsf [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-05NT15457, “Rapid Calibration of High-Resolution Geologic Models to Dynamic Data Using Inverse Modeling: Field Application and Validation.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 20, 2007: The paper “Drilling Tests of an Active Vibration Damper” was given at the Drilling Engineering Association’s 2007 DEA Workshop in Galveston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-02NT41664, “Drilling Vibration Monitoring and Control System.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 20, 2007: The paper “Super-Cement for Annular Seal & Long-Term Integrity in Deep, Hot Wells” was given at the 2007 Drilling Engineering Association Workshop, Moody Gardens Hotel, Galveston, TX, June 19-20, 2007 (http://www.dea-global.org). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT41836, “Supercement for Annular Seal and Long-Term Integrity in Deep, Hot Wells.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 19, 2007: The paper “Gas and Oil in Utah: Potential, New Discoveries, and Hot Plays” was given at the International Oil Scout Association’s 84th annual meeting, Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, UT, June 17–20, 2007 (http://www.oilscouts.com/index-main.html). The presentation relates to the NETL projects DE-FC26-02NT15133, “Major Oil Plays in Utah and Vicinity/PUMP 2,” and DE-FC26-03NT15424, “The Mississippi Leadville Limestone Exploration Play of Utah and Colorado—Exploration Techniques and Studies for Independents.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 6, 2007: The paper “Considerations for Evaluating Coalbed Methane Infiltration Pond Sites Based on Site Studies in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming,” was presented at the American Society for Mining and Reclamation’s 24th annual meeting in Gillette, WY (http://ces.ca.uky.edu/asmr/ [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-05NT15549 entitled “Produced Water Management and Beneficial Use,” specifically, Tasks 6 and 3. View abstract and other project information.
- June 6, 2007: The paper “Field Evaluation of a Surfactant-Modified Zeolite System for Removal of Organics from Produced Water” waas given at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society in Santa Fe, NM. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15546 entitled “Long-Term Field Development of a Surfactant-Modified Zeolite/Vapor-Phase Bioreactor System for Treatment of Produced Waters for Power Generation.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 5, 2007: The paper “Characterization of Nonequilibrium Sorption of Gasoline Components by Surfactant-Modified Zeolite” was given at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society in Santa Fe, NM. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15546 entitled “Long-Term Field Development of a Surfactant-Modified Zeolite/Vapor-Phase Bioreactor System for Treatment of Produced Waters for Power Generation.” View abstract and other project information.
- June 3, 2007: A Coalbed Methane Production and Reclamation Field Tour was conducted starting in Gillette, WY, and touring the northern Powder River Basin, under the auspices of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation (http://ces.ca.uky.edu/asmr/ [external site]). The tour relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-05NT15549 entitled “Produced Water Management and Beneficial Use,” specifically, Tasks 6 and 5. View abstract and other project information.
- May 25, 2007: The paper “Geologic Framework of the 2005 Keathley Canyon Gas Hydrate Research Well, Northern Gulf of Mexico” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, entitled “Methane Hydrate-Related Research and Support.” View abstract and other project information.
- May 21–25, 2007: The paper “Novel Applications for Biogeophysics: Prospects for Detecting Key Subseafloor Geomicrobiological Processes or Habitats” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico. The presentation relates to the NETL project FLU5A425 entitled “Methanogenesis in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Integration of Experimental and Theoretical Approaches.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 30, 2007: The paper “Numerical Studies of Geomechanical Stability of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” was given at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL projects ESD05-036 and DE-FC26-05NT42664 entitled “Numerical Studies on the Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 30, 2007: The paper “Gas Production From Oceanic Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations” was given at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308 “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources From Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 30, 2007: The paper “Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class 3 Hydrate Accumulations” was given at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308 entitled “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 19, 2007: The paper “De-Watering of Hunton Reservoirs” was given at a Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen meeting in Tulsa, OK. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-00NT15125 entitled “Exploitation and Optimization of Reservoir Performance in Hunton Formation, Oklahoma.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 12, 2007: The paper “Characterizing groundwater contamination by petroleum operations” was given at the Oklahoma Clean Lakes and Watersheds Associations’ 16th Annual Conference in Tahlequah, OK, April 11-13, 2007 (http://www.oclwa.org/ [external site]). The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15544 entitled “Field Validation of Toxicity Tests to Evaluate the Potential for Beneficial Use of Produced Water.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 13, 2007: The paper “Crosswell Reflection Seismic Imaging Using Very Wide Angles” was given at the Seismological Society of America’s annual meeting in Waikaloa, Kona, HI. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15508 entitled “Crosswell Seismic Amplitude-Versus-Offset for Detailed Imaging of Facies and Fluid Distribution Within Carbonate Oil Reservoirs.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 2, 2007: The poster presentation “New Techniques for New Discoveries—Results from the Lisbon Field Area, Paradox Basin, Utah” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ annual convention in Long Beach, CA. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT15424 entitled “The Mississippi Leadville Limestone Exploration Play of Utah and Colorado—Exploration Techniques and Studies for Independents.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 2, 2007: The poster presentation “Covenant Oil Field, Central Utah Thrust Belt: Possible Harbinger of Future Discoveries” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ annual convention in Long Beach, CA. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-02NT15133 entitled “Major Oil Plays in Utah and Vicinity/PUMP 2.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 2, 2007: The paper “Microbial enhanced oil recovery technologies: A review of the past, present, and future” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Production and Operations Symposium in Oklahoma City, OK. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15522 entitled “Development of an In Situ Biosurfactant Production Technology for Enhanced Oil Recovery.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 3, 2007: The paper “Gas Hydrate Resource Potential” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ Annual Convention in Long Beach, CA. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-01NT41332, which describes “Alaska North Slope gas hydrate reservoir characterization.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 3, 2007: The paper “Estimating Fracture Reorientation Due to Fluid Injection/Production” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Production and Operations Symposium in Oklahoma City, OK. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42955 entitled “Design and Implementation of Energized Fracture Treatment in Tight Gas Sands.” View abstract and other project information.
- April 5, 2007: The presentation “Innovative Technologies for Stripper Well Operators” was given at the Tertiary Oil Recovery Project’s 17th Annual Oil Recovery Conference in Wichita, KS. The presentation was related to four NETL projects in which Impact Technologies LLC of Tulsa, OK, has been a project performer: DE-FC26-04NT15502, entitled “Advanced Ultra-High-Speed Motor for Drilling”; DE-FC26-03NT15476, entitled “Advanced Mud System for Microhole Coiled Tubing Drilling”; and the Stripper Well Consortium program covered under DE-FC26-00NT41025, entitled “Establishment of an Industry-Driven Consortium Focused on Improving the Production Performance of Domestic Stripper Wells” and which included funding for the “Advanced ASJ Drilling System” and “Novel Single-Stage Water Mitigation Treatment” projects. View abstract and other project information.
- March 1, 2007: The paper “Engineering Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants as Agents for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery” was presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ International Oilfield Chemistry Symposium at The Woodlands, TX, Feb. 28-Mar. 2, 2007 . The paper is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04BC15525 entitled “Bio-Engineering High-Performance Microbial Strains for MEOR by Directed Protein Evolution Technology”. View abstract and other project information.
- February 20, 2007: The paper “Drilling Tests of an Active Vibration Damper” was presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers/International Association of Drilling Contractors annual drilling conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The paper is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-02NT41664 entitled “Downhole Vibration Monitoring & Control System”. View abstract and other project information.
- Presentations from the January 9, 2007 Methane Hydrates R&D Program project kick-off meeting
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