Texas A&M, the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and TerraPlatforms, along with industry sponsors and stakeholders (NGO's, government agencies, others) operate a program integrating advanced technologies into systems that significantly reduce the impact of petroleum drilling and production in environmentally sensitive areas.
The team focuses on technologies for developing unconventional energy sources that can be used in environmentally sensitive areas to maintain our standard of living and preserve our quality of life.
The objective is to identify, develop and transfer critical, cost effective, new technologies that can provide policy makers and industry with the ability to develop US domestic reserves in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.
EFD Program Receives Environmental Partnership Award!
The Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program has been selected by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission’s Stewardship Award Subcommittee as the winner in the Environmental Partnership category. The award was presented at the Commission’s annual meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi, on October 5, see:
The EFD Alliance http://sites.google.com/a/pe.tamu.edu/efd-alliance/ The EFD Alliance Program creates a partnership between National Laboratories and key University partners to develop and disseminate critical new technology to accelerate development of domestic reserves in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. Historically the national labs have provided beneficial technologies to increase oil and gas production, but have not focused in the past few years on basic research aimed at providing clean fossil energy to the public in cost effective environmentally acceptable manner. Universities have provided education, service, and research but primarily in regional areas and in most instances, specialized areas. Currently, Argonne National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory are active members with Oak Ridge National Laboratory becoming a member this year. New Project!
Pilot Testing: Pretreatment Options to Allow Re-Use of Frac Flowback and Produced Brine for Gas Shale Resource Development
Texas A&M's Desalination team has been awarded a new contract by the DOE to identify reliable cost-effective pre-treatment methodology for use in processes employed to treat and re-use oil field produced brine and fracture flowback waters. Our specific objectives are (1) to develop a mobile, multifunctional field water treatment specifically for “pretreatment” of oil field waste brine, (2) conduct field demonstrations of specific technology, and (3) createa communication and outreach network to provide reliable information to regulatory agencies and to thepublic on industry efforts to develop unconventional resources. http://www.gpri.org/ Another New Sponsor!
Williams is the latest company to join our expanding list of sponsors for the Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program. The Program would not exist without sponsors that are dedicated to reducing the environmental footprint associated with oil and gas activities. Current sponsors are listed on our Sponsors page.
In addition, there have been various stakeholders involved, see our Stakeholders page. These stakeholders have been instrumental in providing guidance to the program. Their active participation have greatly enhanced our work effort.
Upcoming Meetings/Events:
DOE SBIR/STTR Phase I
The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I. SBIR/STTR supports R&D from small businesses concerning scientific or engineering problems and opportunities that are likely to lead to significant public benefit if the research is successful. 68 topics of interest identified, which include, but are not limited to: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies; Geothermal, Wind and Solar Technology Development; Production of Biofuels from Cellulosic Biomass; Technologies Related to Energy Storage for Hybrid and Plug-in Electric Vehicles; Transitional Technologies for Solid State Lighting; Energy Efficient Membranes for Industrial Applications; Hydrogen Safety, Storage, Delivery, and Production; Climate Control Technology for Fossil Energy Applications; Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere; Enhanced Availability of Climate Model Output; and Atmospheric Measurement Technology. $36 million expected to be available, up to 360 awards anticipated. Responses due 11/20/09. For more info, contact Carl Hebron at sbir-sttr@science.doe.gov or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=49632. Refer to Sol# DE-FOA-0000161. (Grants.gov 9/24/09) EFD Quarterly Meeting
November 17, 2009
HARC, The Woodlands, TX
Can also participate via web and teleconference
Contact Ginny Jahn (gjahn@harc.edu) for information regarding call in and web details
If coming in person, will also need to contact Ginny to rsvp EFD Exhibiting at the IADC HSE Conference and Exhibition
January 26-27, 2010
Omni Houston Hotel Westside
Next EFD Quarterly Meeting
February 23, 2010
HARC, The Woodlands, TX
Can also participate via web and teleconference Recent Reports and Presentations
Rig Report (rig report 2009-05-28.pdf)
Produced Brine and Frac Flowback Water Management presented at SPE Tight Gas Completions Conference June 16-17, 2009 San Antonio, TX
View presentation at: http://sites.google.com/site/environmentallyfriendlyep/Home/SPETightGasWaterManagement%282%292009.pdf?attredirects=0
EFD Wrap Up Meeting and the Vision Forward
A PDF of the presentations is available (\\pe-file\home\cheryl.monk\Desktop\April 23 presentations.zip)
RPSEA selects the EFD Program as one of its Key Unconventional Gas Research Programs.
For a review of Phase 1 see: A Video Review of the EFD Program - Dave Burnett (Nov.2008)
There are four basic sources of information related to the Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program:
1. Texas A&M University related projects may be found at: http://sites.google.com/a/pe.tamu.edu/environmentally-friendly-drilling/ A presentation reviewing the projects can be viewed at http://dlstore.pe.tamu.edu/Storage/Public/GPRI/.
2 HARC's related programs may be found at: http://www.harc.edu/
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Agenda Nov 5th Meeting
Alaska Potential EFD Applications
Coastal Impact Technology Program
Coastal Margins & Desert Ecosystems
Deepwater Program
EFD Scorecard
Future Direction of the EFD Program
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