Regional Roundup


PTTC TECH INFO

CONTACT THE PTTC REGIONAL
RESOURCE CENTER IN YOUR AREA:

Appalachian Region
Director: Doug Patchen
West Virginia University, 
304-293-2867, ext. 5443
Coordinator: Mark Hoffman,
304-293-2867 Ext. 5446
www.karl.nrcce.wvu.edu

Central Gulf Region
Director: Bob Baumann,
Louisiana State University,
225-578-4400
Coordinator: Don Goddard,
225-578-4538
www.cgrpttc.lsu.edu

Eastern Gulf Region
Director: Ernest Mancini
University of Alabama,
205-348-4319
Coordinator: Bennett Bearden,
205-348-1880
http://egrpttc.geo.ua.edu

Midwest Region
Director: Steve Gustison
Illinois State Geological Survey, 
217-244-9337
Coordinator: Steve Gustison,
217-244-9337
www.isgs.uiuc.edu/pttc

North Midcontinent Region
Director: Rodney Reynolds
Kansas University
Energy Research Center,
785-864-7398
Coordinator: Dwayne McCune,
785-864-7398
www.nmcpttc.org

Rocky Mountain Region
Director: Mary Carr
Colorado School of Mines,
303-273-3107
www.pttcrockies.org

South Midcontinent Region
Director: Charles Mankin
Oklahoma Geological Survey,
405-325-3031
Coordinator: Michelle Summers,
405-325-3031
http://www.ogs.ou.edu/PTTC/

Southwest Region
Director: Robert Lee,
Petroleum Recovery Research
Center, 505-835-5408
Coordinator: Martha Cather,
505-835-5685
http://octane.nmt.edu/sw-pttc

Texas Region
Director: Scott Tinker,
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas at Austin,
512-471-1534
Coordinator: Sigrid Clift,
512-471-0320
www.energyconnect.com/pttc

West Coast Region
Director: Iraj Ershaghi
University of Southern California
213-740-0321
Coordinator: Idania Takimoto,  
213-740-8076
www.westcoastpttc.org

Michigan Satellite
Michael Grammer, W.Mich. Univ.
269-387-8633
http://wst023.west.wmich.edu/pttc.htm

Permian Basin, UTPB CEED
Bob Kiker,
432-552-3432
www.energyconnect.com/pttc/pb/

Solutions from the Field:
Online Technologies to Solve Problems Faced by
Independent Producers

American Oil
and Gas Reporter
Tech Connection Column


Summaries of PTTC region- sponsored workshops. For summaries of more than 100 workshops (of more than 1,000 conducted) and for a listing of the workshops held, logon to: www.pttc.org or for more details, contact 1-888-THE-PTTC, e-mail: hq@pttc.org. For some of the workshops, presentations have been posted online.

Maintaining and Repairing Casing Integrity — Based on a half day workshop sponsored by PTTC's North Midcontinent Region and SPE Wichita Section in Wichita, Kansas on April 11, 2006.


Improved Oil Recovery for Independents — Based on a half day Independents’ Day session sponsored by PTTC's North and South Midcontinent Regions at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 25, 2006.


Air Injection for California Mature Oil Fields — Based on a half day workshop sponsored by PTTC's West Coast Region in Valencia, California on May 25, 2006.

June


Aging Wells Increase Concerns About Casing Integrity

May


PTTC Module Raises Awareness Level Regarding Hydraulic Fracturing

April


Frac Treatments Critical Component For Future Production


2nd Quarter
2006 Case Studies
Petroleum Technology Digest


CT drilling takes off in Niobrara play in Colorado and Nebraska—June

Low-cost, brine-activated polymer gel improves waterflood sweep—April


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Tech Developers
Your Case Study Needed!
Contact Lance Cole, lcole@pttc.org.


Recognition and Awards

Doug Patchen, Director of Appalachian Region, has been elected President for 2006-2007 of AAPG's Energy Minerals Division. Betsy Campen, Rocky Mountain Producer Advisory Group (PAG), was elected Secretary. West Coast PAG member James Clough was elected as Councilor.

Bennett Bearden, Coordinator for the Eastern Gulf Region, has been appointed to AAPG's Government Affairs Committee.

G. Michael Grammer, Michigan Satellite of Midwest Region, is one of three authors receiving AAPG's Robert H. Dott Sr. Memorial Award (for author/editor of the best special publication).


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3rd Quarter 2006