The article mentions that the goal of natural fracture prediction technologies is to discern the likely location, orientation, and relative aperture of natural fractures from the structural configuration of an area and the mechanical qualities of the reservoir rock. This "geomechanical approach" can augment or be augmented by direct detection...
This article focuses on the importance of reducing drilling costs. Reducing drilling costs is a key goal of the drilling, completion, and stimulation program. Lower costs increase reserves and production by allowing marginal reservoirs to become economic targets. R&D efforts must also address the public?s concern for less evasive technologies...
Basin-centered settings do possess isolated pockets of enhanced reservoir quality. Furthermore, contrary to earlier thinking on basin-centered systems, recently drilling results indicates that simply finding the sweet spots in reservoir quality is not sufficient to ensure success - it is also necessary to assess whether the reservoir will produce gas...
The article mentions that the goal of natural fracture prediction technologies is to discern the likely location, orientation, and relative aperture of natural fractures from the structural configuration of an area and the mechanical qualities of the reservoir rock. This "geomechanical approach" can augment or be augmented by direct detection...
The paper states that the goal of advanced fracture detection technologies is to observe subsurface fractures prior to drilling. The paper also elaborates on detection technologies that generally rely on advanced seismic collection and analysis techniques to reveal directional differences anisotropies in the reservoir's seismic response that may be related...
Throughout the 1900s, the nation relied almost entirely on shallow, high-quality reservoirs to provide natural gas. However, as the "low-hanging fruit" of the nation's resource base are picked, it is becoming increasingly necessary to drill into more complex, deeper, and lower-quality reservoirs to meet rising demands. One of the keys...
The Office of Natural Gas ONG recognizes that a better understanding of United States' emerging, overlooked, and undervalued natural gas resources is crucial to developing effective strategies for natural gas technology development. Over the past decade, the ONG has worked closely with the United States Geological Survey to produce a...
As on-going gas production continues to move from shallow and conventional natural gas resources to more complex geology, sustained natural gas supply will increasingly depend on industry?s ingenuity to develop environmentally friendly technologies that simultaneously lower the costs to drill, complete, and stimulate wells. To address these needs, the Office...
This article provides a brief note on stripper well technology. Stripper is a term used to describe wells that produce gas or oil at very low rates (less than 60 thousand cubic feet mcf of gas per day). In 2002, the number of domestic stripper gas wells in the U.S....
The largest tangible cost to drilling and producing a natural gas well is associated with the cost of casing and production strings tubulars. The Office of Natural Gas ONG continues to work with industry to develop innovative alternatives to typical casing programs. This article briefly explains the ?Intelligent÷ completion systems...
The vast majority of gas wells in the nation?s emerging gas plays do not naturally produce gas at sufficient rates to make the well economical. It is typically necessary to stimulate the well to increase conductivity between the wellbore and high-permeability zones and/or natural fracture systems. The most prevalent stimulation...
This article introduces the Microhole Technology Initiative. The Department of Energy is charting the future of drilling research during the next decade. Under the new microhole initiative, it will pursue a major research program in the area of drilling and using smaller diameter wells less than two inches. The cost...
The article states that currently, the art of selecting locations of natural gas and oil development wells relies primarily on information acquired from two sources of significantly different resolution. Surface seismic surveys provide a coarse overview of the stratigraphy and structure in the region surveyed. However, the resolution of surface...
This paper discusses the Department of Energy-sponsored technology that allows natural gas and oil explorers to drill safer, more productive wells by using a high-speed, down-hole communications system has crossed a major milestone. The technology, called Intellipipe, is able to transmit large bits of data to the surface as a...
Solid-State Lighting SSL is a pivotal emerging technology that promises to fundamentally alter and improve lighting systems of the future. Successful development and commercialization of SSL technology will require coordinated efforts that leverage the strengths and capabilities of industry, research and academic organizations, national laboratories, and government. This paper discusses...
The paper mentions that the U.S. Department of Energy DOE is launching a major research and development initiative to create a small, fast, inexpensive and environmentally friendly rig for drilling 5000' boreholes to investigate potential oil and gas reservoirs. DOE wishes to get input from petroleum industry operators, service companies...
In 1994, Los Alamos National Laboratory LANL advanced a concept for drilling deep, small holes with diameters from 2-3/8-in. to 1-3/8-in., for exploration holes, for reservoir monitoring, and for production of shallow- and medium-depth low-productivity reservoirs. Drilling microholes to depths of 5000 ft can be achieved with relatively modest modification...
This report provides guidance on how to estimate and document the GHG emission reduction benefits and/or penalties for battery-powered and hybrid-electric vehicle projects. This primer also provides a resource for the creation of GHG emission reduction projects for the Activities Implemented Jointly AIJ Pilot Phase and in anticipation of other...
This paper discusses the Gasification technologies, which represent the next generation of solid-feedstock-based energy production systems. Gasification breaks down virtually any carbon-based feedstock into its basic constituents. This enables the separation of pollutants and greenhouse gases to produce clean gas for efficient electricity generation and production of chemicals and clean...
This white paper provides information about Hybrid power systems that combine two or more energy conversion devices, or two or more fuels for the same device, that when integrated, overcome limitations inherent in either. The paper gives an insight into the different hybrid systems. The paper also concludes that Hybrid...
