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...
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...
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...
Through the Advanced Turbine Systems ATS Program, lofty visions in the early 1990s are now emerging as today's realities in the form of hardware entering the marketplace. An investment by government and industry in partnerships encompassing universities and national laboratories is paying significant dividends. This document examines some of the...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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