Presentations - 2010
2010-11-16 Geospatial Decision Support for Reducing Environment Impact in Natural Gas Shale Operations, Managing Fayetteville Shale Play Development Workshop. Workshop held in Fayetteville, AR.
2010-10-28 Decision-Support System for Pad Siting, West Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association Environmental Summit, Grand Junction, CO.
2010-10-27 Reducing Environmental Impacts in the Fayetteville Shale Play using Geospatial Decision Support, A Spatial Quest: Twenty Years of Mapping the Natural State, Arkansas GIS User’s Forum, Hot Springs, AR.
2010-10-25 Natural Gas in the New Energy Economy, Panel discussion part of Clean Energy Day, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
2010-10-22 Natural Gas Development and Social Well-Being. Presentation delivered at the Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, M.E. John Lecture Series. University Park, PA.
2010-10-14 Intermountain Oil and Gas BMP Project, Presented at the Opportunities and Obstacles to Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Natural Gas Development in the Uintah Basin Conference, Vernal, UT.
2010-10-10 Minimizing the Surface Footprint for Unconventional Gas, Presented at the 2010 GCAGS/GCSSEPM Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
2010-09-26 Water Availability and Management in Shale Gas Operations, Presented at the Ground Water Protection Council Water/Energy Sustainability Symposium, Pittsburg, PA.
2010-09-22 Public Perception of the Oil and Gas Industry: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Presented at the 2010 Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Florence, Italy.
2010-09-01 Water Modeling in the Fayetteville Shale, 17th International Petroleum & BioFuels Environmental Conference, San Antonio, TX.
2010-08-31 Water Availability and Management in Shale Gas Operations, Presented at the 17th International Petroleum and Biofuels Conference, San Antonio, TX, August 31-September 2, 2010.
2010-08-31 The Regulatory Environment, presented at the 17th International Petroleum and Biofuels Conference, San Antonio, TX, August 31-September 2, 2010.
2010-08-12 ’Deep in the Heart of Texas’ Barnett Shale Perceived and Objective Community Level Impacts of Unconventional Gas Development, Presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, August 12-15, Atlanta, GA.
2010-08-10 Findings for the Publics’ Willingness to Adopt Desalination (Purification) of Oilfield Brine. Presented at the 6th Annual Practical Short Course on Water Desalination, Process and Wastewater Issues & Technologies. College Station, TX
2010-07-12 Assessing Opportunities and Barriers to Improving the Environmental Footprint of Oil and Gas Development in Utah. Presented at the Utah Governor’s Energy Forum. Salt Lake City, UT.
2010-07-08 Water Management Technologies & Regulatory Requirements for Different Locations and Environments, Workshop presented at the 2010 Summer Meeting of the IOGA of New York, Findley Lake, NY.
2010-07-07 The Inextricable Linkage between Water and Energy, Presented at the 2010 Summer Meeting of the IOGA of New York, Findley Lake, NY.
2010-07-07 Exploration and Production of Oil and Natural Gas in Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Views from the Public. Presented at the 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Vienna, Austria
2010-06-24 Water and Energy Relationships with a Focus on Oil and Gas Produced Water, Presented at the 10th Biannual Research Review Meeting, National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Multiphase Transport Phenomena, East Lansing, MI.
2010-06-17 Minimizing the Surface Footprint for Unconventional Gas, Presented at the 2010 Global Unconventional Gas Forum Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2010-06-15 Water & Energy - Inexorably Entwined Dance Partners, but without Perfect Choreography, Seminar presented to staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
2010-06-13 Options for Management of Produced Water, Presented at the Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville, TN.
2010-06-07 Opportunities and Barriers to Environmentally Friendly Energy Exploration and Production Practices in the Uinta Basin, Presented at the 16th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Corpus Christi, TX.
2010-05-25 Produced Water – Nuisance Byproduct or Valuable Resource? Presented at the University of Wyoming Produced Water Conference, Laramie, WY.
2010-05-24 Water & Energy - Inexorably Entwined Dance Partners, but without Perfect Choreography, seminar presented to staff at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.
2010-05-20 Disappearing Roads Competition Finals, Texas A&M University.
2010-04-07 The Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program, Presented at the RPSEA Unconventional Natural Gas Forum, Golden, CO.
2010-04-06 Conference Keynote Speaker for the AADE Conference, Houston, TX.
2010-03-18 Houston Association of Professional Landmen (HAPL), Petroleum Club, Houston, Luncheon Presentation.
2010-03-03 Natural Resources and Environmental Issues and Energy Policy: A Sociologist’s Perspective, Presented at the Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
2010-02-08 Energy Development, Natural Environments and Quality of Life: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as Perceived by Texans. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. Orlando, FL.
2009-11-05 From the Past to the Future: The Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program, Presented at the 2009 IOGA Conference, Buffalo, NY.
2009-11-03 Environmental Stewardship of Natural Gas Operations, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-11-03 Causal vs. Non-Causal Selection of Onshore Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-11-03 Pretreatment Options for Water Based E&P Wastes, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-11-03 Environmental Benefits of KERS System with Electrical/Diesel Rigs, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-11-03 Team Challenge: Environmentally Friendly Drilling Using Low Impact Access Practices for Desert Ecosystems, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-11-03 Public Opinion on Exploration and Production of Oil and Natural Gas in Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-11-03 Constructed Wetland Treatment Systems for Environmentally Friendly Drilling, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-11-03 A Crystal Ball View of the Energy Industry in 2025: How Environmentalists Hold the Key to America's Future Energy Security, Presented at the 2009 IPEC Conference, Houston, TX.
2009-10-14 Intermountain Oil and Gas BMP Project, Presented at the Best Practices for Community ad Environmental Protection Workshop, Rifle, CO.
Publications - 2005-2009
- Redden, J.: “Drilling Advances: Is Green Drilling on the Horizon?” World Oil, December 2009, Vol. 230 No. 12.
- “Environmentally Friendly Drilling Program to Reduce Impact of Operations on Ecosystems,” NETL E&P Focus, Winter 2009 Oil & Natural Gas Program Newsletter.
- Haut, R.C. and Dishaw, R.: “Shoulder/Thread Verifier System Uses Thermal Imaging to Detect Potential Connection Problems,” Drilling Contractor, November/December 2009, pp. 68-73.
- Clark, M. and Hotby, Q.: “Prevention Technology Can Help Drilling, Service Rigs to Minimize Environmental Footprint at the Source,” Drilling Contractor, November/December 2009, pp. 74-79.
- Anderson, Brooklynn J. and Gene L. Theodori. 2009. “Local Leaders’ Perceptions of Energy Development in the Barnett Shale.” Southern Rural Sociology 24(1): 113-129.
- Yu O.K., Medina-Cetina Z, Briaud J.L. and Burnet D. (2009), "Towards a Probabilistic Selection of Environmentally
- Theodori, Gene L., Brooklynn J. Wynveen, William E. Fox, and David B. Burnett. 2009. “Public Perception of Desalinated Water from Oil and Gas Field Operations: Data from Texas.” Society and Natural Resources 22(7): 674-685.
- Theodori, Gene L. 2009. “Paradoxical Perceptions of Problems Associated with Unconventional Natural Gas Development.” Southern Rural Sociology 24(3): 97-117.
- Verma, A., and Burnett, D. B., “Alternate Power and Energy Storage/Reuse for Drilling Rigs: Reduced Cost and Lower Emissions Provide Lower Footprint for Drilling Operations,” SPE-122885-PP. SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference. 31-May-09, Cartagena, Colombia.
- Burnett, D. B., Yu, Ok-Youn, Schubert, J. J. SPE, Texas A&M University Well Design for Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems: Using a Graduate Student Drilling Class Team Challenge to Identify Options for Reducing Impacts SPE/IADC 119297 presented at the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 17–19 March 2009.
- Yu, OK-Youn, Briaud, J. L. Guikema, S., Bickel, E., Burnett, D. B. Systems Approach and Quantitative Decision Tools for Technology Selection in Environmentally-Friendly Drilling SPE-120848-PP 2009 SPE Americas E&P Environmental & Safety Conference, March, 2009, San Antonio, TX.
- Burnett, D. B., Haut, R., Williams, T.E., “Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems. Background & Current Programs”, presented at the 2008 Great Plains Expo, Bismarck, ND. Nov 12, 2008.
- Haut, R.C., Burnett, D. B., Rogers, J. L., Williams, T. E. “Determining Environmental Tradeoffs Associated with Low Impact Drilling Systems,” SPE Paper 114592 presented at the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibit, Denver, 2008.
- Oluwaseun, Olatubi, Burnett, D., Hann, R. and Haut. R. HARC, “Application of Membrane Filtration Technologies to Drilling Wastes,” SPE 115587 presented at the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2008.
- Theodori, Gene L. 2008. “Public Perception of the Natural Gas Industry: Insights from Two Barnett Shale Counties,” paper SPE-115917 presented at the 2008 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Denver, CO.
- Theodori, G.L. and Lyke-Ho-Gland, H. 2008. Energy Resources and Natural Environments Survey of Texans: An Illustrative Summary. Huntsville, TX: Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University.
- Haut, R.C., Rogers, J.D., McDole, B.W., Burnett, D.B., Williams, T.E. and Olatubi, O.: “Collaborative Team Researches Best Management Practices for Drilling Wastes,” The American Oil & Gas Reporter, August 2007, pp. 58-66.
- Haut, R.C., Rogers, J.D., McDole, B.W., Burnett, D. and Olatubi, O.: “Minimizing Waste During Drilling Operations” AADE-07-NTCE-54, 2007 AADE National Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, April 10-12, 2007.
- Haut, R.C., Rogers, J.D., Williams, T. and Burnett, D.: “Environmentally Friendly Drilling Targets Responsible Operations in Sensitive Locations” Drilling Contractor, March/April 2007. pp. 92-94.