Conferences & Meetings
EFD Workshop - Managing the Eagle Ford Development - March 15, 2011
Mission Verde Center/Cooper Middle School, 1700 Tampico St, San Antonio, TX 78207
The Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) program, managed by the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), integrates 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 energy sources in environmentally sensitive areas. 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 natural gas reserves in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. The program was honored with the Environmental Partnership Chairman’s Stewardship Award from the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) at their 2009 annual meeting. The EFD program integrates several projects and programs that are funded by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), the U.S. Department of Energy through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), private industry and environmental organizations. The objective of the meeting is to bring communities, government agencies, environmental groups and oil and gas companies together to identify and discuss social, environmental and technical issues related to natural gas drilling, completion and production and to inform stakeholders of research programs currently underway to address these issues.
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International Association of Drilling Contractors- Oil and Gas Shale Drilling Technology Workshop- January 27, 2011
Operator Perspective: Hans van Marle, Chief Geologist, Shell
Drilling Contractor Perspective: Brian Tucker, South Texas Operations Manager, Helmerich &Payne IDC
Sociology of Urban Drilling: Gene Theodori, Professor of Sociology & Director of the Center for Rural Studies, Sam Houston State University. Download the Presentation
Well Manufacturing Technologies: Niels Meissner, Advanced Drilling Solutions Engineer, NOV Download the Presentation
Hydraulic Rig In Urban Environment: Vince Fortier, VP Sales & Marketing, TTS Energy
Completions Technologies: Robert Lestz, Chief Technology Officer, Gasfrac Energy Services
EFD Workshop - Managing Fayetteville Shale Play Development - November 16, 2010
Over 50 representatives from government, industry, academia, and the non-profit sector were on hand to discuss the emerging social and environmental issues related to the Fayetteville Shale operations. By all accounts a success, the conference featured ten presentations that focused on management and development in sensitive areas and advanced technologies to reduce the impact of natural gas operations.
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Developing Unconventional Gas (DUG) East Conference and Exhibition - November 2-4, 2010
The DUG East conference provided over 2,000 operators, investors, and service industry members with the latest economic and technological information regarding unconventional gas development. Panel speakers discussed a wide range of topics from economic impacts to environmental considerations surrounding natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale. John Veil, manager of the Water Policy Program at Argonne National Laboratory, was on hand to discuss water management challenges surrounding shale gas drilling. Other presentations focusing on environmental issues discussed microseismic mapping and advanced water treatment technologies.
For more information about water management and shale gas drilling, view the complete report by Argonne National Laboratory: Water Management Technologies Used by Marcellus Shale Gas Producers
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Water Energy in Changing Climates 2010 - September 27-29, 2010
Leaders from government, energy and water industries, academia, and the non-profit sector came together to discuss the complex relationship between water and energy. While many of the presenters focused on the energy-water relationship and issues associated with hydraulic fracturing, others investigated proposed changes to the regulatory and legal framework surrounding water management and the future of carbon policy.
View many of the nearly 200 presentations: 2010 Annual Forum: Water Energy in Changing Climates