Petroleum Technology Transfer Council

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Shortening the Technology Application Life Cycle

Technology—The Engine That Drives O&G Production



 
     

Date

PTTC Highlight

Industry Highlight

DOE Highlight

May 26 2009 Saluting the Rockies Region for Student Training/ Internship

AAPG Highlight: AAPG Annual Meeting, June 7-10 Denver
 

Managed Pressure Drilling, A New Comprehensive Book

New Portfolio of Oil Plays in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming (Utah Geological Survey)

 

May 8 2009 CO2 Operations Workshop, Houston

AAPG Highlight: Webinar—Thermal Profiling for Unconventional O&G, Thu., May 21 @ 2pm CDT
 

Offshore Technology Conference Highlights

“Modern Shale Gas Development in the U.S., A Primer”

 

April 14 2009
 
 

SPECIAL DOE ALERT

DOE FOA “Environmental Sciences and Technology Development (DE-FOA0000038)

2008 Award Winners for RPSEA Small Producer Program

2008 Award Winners for RPSEA Unconventional Resources Program
 

April 7 2009 Keys To Complex Horizontal Well Economic Success for Earth Scientists/ Engineers

AAPG Highlight: New Reserve Rules Focus of Geoscience Technology Workshop (AAPG Explorer, March 2009)
 

Hart's 2009 Meritorious Awards for Engineering Excellence

Isotropic Ratio Found Useful to Distinguish Between Groundwater and Water Co-Produced with CBM

 

March 11 2009 PTTC Seeks 100-word Product/Service Alerts

AAPG Highlight: AAPG Blog Zone
 

An Enhanced Oil Recovery Focus

DOE Seeks Applications for Tracking CO2 Storage in Geologic Formations

 

February 27 2009 February 2009 Online "Network News" Now Available

AAPG Highlight: AAPG Implementing Focused Webinars
 

Nalco Brightwater® Technology for Conformance Improvement

University/National Lab Alliance to Fund & Transfer Technologies to Minimize Environmental Impact of Drilling

 

February 3 2009 Focusing On Just A Few of Upcoming Workshops

AAPG Highlight: A Variety of Education Resources for Geoscience Professionals
 

Swellfix's Dynaform Multi-Element Packer

Stripper Well Consortium -- January 2009 "Insider" Newsletter

 

January 14 2009 Industry Volunteers Actively Serve on PTTC’s Board

AAPG Highlight: Spring Planning (Be there or be square)
 

A Focus on Shale Information/Events

Fossil Energy Research Grants Awarded to Four Minority Universities

December 22 2008 Network News Dec 2008 Issue Now Online

AAPG Highlight: CO2 Statement Adopted by AAPG
 

Emerging Technology, Focus in Hart's E&P (Dec 2008 issue)

DOE Releases 2nd Carbon Sequestration Atlas

December 2 2008 E&P Technology: From Idea to Widespread Adoption in the U.S.

AAPG Highlight: Last Chance for AAPG's Fall Education Conference, Dec. 8-12 in Houston
 

Optimizing Surfactants to Improve Stimulation Flowback in Tight Gas Wells (World Oil, November 2008)

Stripper Well Consortium Makes Six (6) New Awards

November 11 2008 Submitting A Proposal to RPSEA "Unconventional Onshore" and "Small Producer" Solicitations? Consider Making PTTC A Part of Your Team

AAPG Highlight: Still Not Too Late for Rescheduled Fall Education Conference, Dec. 8-12, Houston

2008 World Oil Award Winners

RPSEA Solicitations in Unconventional Onshore and Small Producer Programs

October 24 2008 Texas BEG Forging Ahead with Mudrock (shales/mudstones) Research

AAPG Highlight: Action Alert on EPA's Proposed New Requirements for Geologic Sequestration of CO2.
 

Advanced Drilling and LWD Technologies Improve Barnett Shale Drilling Performance

DOE Releases Methodology Used to Estimate CO2 Storage Potential

6th Annual EOR Carbon Management Workshop

October 3 2008 Shale-Oriented Workshops Still Open @ AAPG-SPE Eastern Meeting, Pittsburgh

AAPG Highlight: Fall Education Week Rescheduled to Dec. 8-12, Houston

Rack and Pinion Drilling Rigs Progressing (Drilling Contractor, Sep/Oct 2008)

RPSEA Resource—New Online Monthly Newsletter

Long-Term Environmental Vision for Ultra-Deepwater Exploration and Production

September 9 2008 Sponsorships Needed—Value Delivered

AAPG Highlight: AAPG-SPE Eastern Meeting, Oct. 11-15, Pittsburgh

Optimizing South Texas Vicksburg Completions

RPSEA's 2008 Program Approved, Solicitations Forthcoming

The Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America's (RPSEA's) 2008 Annual Plan
 

August 19 2008 A New Program w Great Benefits, Check It Out At Summer NAPE Booth #2059

AAPG Highlight: Upcoming Fall Sectional Meetings—Be There or Be Square
 

Committee Forms to Address Water in Marcellus Shale

Sequestration Atlas, San Juan Basin CBM Sequestration, Funding Opportunities within Stripper Well Consortium and Gas Storage Technology Consortium 

July 21 2008 Focusing In On Selected PTTC Workshops

AAPG Highlight: (Sep. 25-27, Denver) A Short Course—Interpretation of Old DSTs for Bypassed Pay Potential
 

IPAA & Others Educating Washington/The Public About O&G Development Cycles; It's Not a "Just In Time" Business

Stripper Well Consortium Seeks Proposals—Due Sep. 3, 2008  

June 24 2008 Rockies Hosts "Futures in Energy" Sessions in Wyoming and Colorado Rotating Coiled Tubing Drilling Rig

NETL 2007 Accomplishments 

May 15 2008 AAPG Foundation Provides Funding for Key Workshop Initiatives Catch North Dakota's Bakken Excitement  

Office of Fossil Energy Develops Educational Materials 

April 1 2008 Enjoy Technology Summit & Spring in Natchez —April 6 - 8 Mostar's Dual Telemetry MWD 

RPSEA Using Forum Input to Shape 2009 R&D Programs 

March 6 2008 Rockies "Futures in Energy 2008" —Student Training/Internship Program OTC's 2008 "Spotlight on New Technology" Award Winners 

Solicitation for "Environmental and Unconventional Oil - Technology Solutions for Oil and Gas Resource Development"  

February 22 2008 PTTC Is Exhibiting @ Following Meetings — Look Us Up & Find Out What's Going On Swarm of Industry Responses to SEC's Request for Comments on Concept Release for Possible Revisions to the Disclosure Requirements Relating to Oil and Gas Reserves 

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January 31 2008 Full Slate Of Technologies, Vital for New Frontiers, Legacy Production Know Where Your Wells Are Perforated? Packer or BP Depths? Dynamic Tubular Systems Inc. Develops Small-Diameter Expandable Wellbore Casing in DOE-Supported Project
January 8 2008 PTTC's Network News Provides Insightful, Multi-disciplinary Coverage Rack-and-Pinion Design Enables Rig to Perform Extended-Reach Laterals at Shallow Depth NETL-Developed Water Management Model Interests Industry
December 6 2007 Newly Formed Board Springing Into Action Multiple Organizations Continue to Deliver "Unconventional Reservoir" Info to Industry Deep Trek Project Delivers HT/HP Chips for Deep Drilling

A Recent GAO Analysis of DOE's Oil & Natural Gas R&D Activities

November 8 2007 PTTC Transitions to AAPG Management World Oil Awards Announced in mid-October DOE Awards Three Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Projects

RPSEA Solicitations Out for "Unconventional Gas, Small Producers & Ultra-Deepwater Programs"

September 18 2007 Add Your Event to PTTC's Online Calendars Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) Survey Prevents Drilling Unwarranted Sidetrack Carbon Capture, Enhanced CBM Pilot
Launched in ND Lignite

Proposals for DOE-Supported Gas Storage Technology Consortium due Oct. 25th.

August 20 2007 Visit PTTC at Summer NAPE—Booth #2257 CBM Complex Well Technology JIP Proposal Pinnacle Technologies Improves Fracture Mapping Technology
July 31 2007 Your Input Needed Regarding Knowledge Centers—Take the Survey Electrical Submersible Pumps—Riding Out Those Power Blips Power From Stranded Gas Saving California Leases
July 3 2007 Many of you are wondering what has PTTC been doing? What's New In Artificial Lift (World Oil) Produced Water Management Information System (PWMIS)
March 9 2007 A Leadership Change and A Move OTC Announces Spotlight on New Technology Award Recipients Stripper Well Consortium Seeks Proposals—due May 8
January 31 2007 PTTC Continues Informing Industry About Membership Opportunities NitechTM Nitrogen Removal Plant Processing West Texas' Yates Gas Microhole R&D Program Spawning Concrete Results
December 19 2006 Transition To The Future

New Information within the PTTC Network

 
November 2 2006 PTTC's Move to Industry Funding Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) Imaging Reducing Offshore Exploration Risk Progress Reported in Various DOE-Supported Technology Development Projects
September 7 2006 Midcontinent Oil & Gas Expo and Prospect Fair, Tue., Sep. 12 in Great Bend, Kansas Schlumberger's Scanner Wireline Logging Tool Family; 3-D Imaging of Volumes Surrounding Borehole 2006 Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap
August 10 2006 Transition to Industry Funding  Wireless 3-D Architecture Systems for Land
Seismic Operations
Two Tight Gas R&D Projects Recently Announced
July 6 2006 Regional & National Newsletters a TT Tool Advanced Multizone Stimulation Technology Recent HTHP (Deep Trek) and Environmental Project Awards

Low Impact Natural Gas and Oil (LINGO)—3 Awards

June 9 2006 COMET/Futures Student Training Continues Strong, Still Time For Internships Seeing Those Invisible Gas Leaks,
Turning Them Into $
Progress Made on HT/HP Components
May 25 2006 New Regional Organization Leaders in Rockies and Midwest What's New in Artificial Lift; Two-Part Series in World Oil (April & May 2006) Stripper Well Consortium Makes 9 Awards

Twelve Sites Proposed for FutureGen Plant

May 4 2006 Distance Learning Module—Hydraulic Fracturing Hart’s 2006 Meritorious Engineering Awards New Solicitation Focusing on CO2 Capture from
Power Plants
April 4 2006 “Hot Off The Press” Network News Newsletter OTC's Spotlight on New Technologies -- 13 2006 Awardees RD&D Yielding Results in Many Fronts
March 10 2006 Microhole Integration Meeting, Spring 2006 Update—March 22, 2006 in Houston Intervention in Mature Environments CO2 Flooding Potential & Funding Opportunities
February  16 2006 Major Upcoming Regional Events in Michigan and Oklahoma Summary from SPE's Recent ATW on "Refracturing in Low Permeability Reservoirs Technology Needs for Unconventional Gas

New DOE Solicitation: Enhanced O&G Production Through CO2 Injection

January 26 2006 Hydraulic Fracturing Module, A Focus on Tight Gas 2005 Offshore Energy Achievement Awards DOE CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery Pre-Proposal Workshop
December 22 2005 Thanks For Your Participation EVT's Voraxial O/W Separator EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2006 (Early Release)

Solicitation for Low Impact Natural Gas and Oil (LINGO)

December 08 2005 —Live Webcast: "The Other 30% Recovery Factor,"
—Now Available: Illinois Basin Out of Print/Older Publications
—AAPG Eastern Section:
Meeting Abstracts Since 1996
—Rocky Mountain Region:
PTTC Core Locator
Internet-Based F.O.A.M Model Available Through Baker Petrolite FutureGen Project Launched
Weyburn Project Breaks New Ground in EOR Efforts
Energy Research Grants to 6 Minority Universities
November 03 2005 Microhole Technology Integration Meeting—Nov. 16, Houston 2005 World Oil Awards Consortium Proposals Sought

Utah Geological Survey Offers Funding from the DOE

October 13 2005 Latest Network News Downhole Video Defines Problems Carl Bauer NETL's New Director

Stolar Research's Drill String RadarTM receives R&D 100 Award

September 22 2005 Forthcoming Michigan Workshop Focuses on Exploration Opportunities Baker Petrolite's Wireless Chemical Management System GSTC Announces New Awards; RMOTC/Deluge Award
September 1 2005 DOE Microhole Technologies Workshop Schlumberger's PowerV—Straighter Holes, Faster San Juan Basin—Reserve Adds From Menefee Formation
August 5 2005 New Data/Info From The Regions Permeability & Porosity Straight From Drill Cuttings NETL FY2004 Accomplishments
July 13 2005 Turning Methane Emissions/Losses Into Significant Profits WellDog's Laser-Based Raman Spectroscopy Tool Is Alternative to Coring for CBM Gas Content Exploratory Well To Be Drilled on Wyoming's Crow Reservation
June 17 2005 California Rebate Program to Reduce Wasteful Energy Consumption in Lifting Excessive Water in Southern California Oilfields PetroCube Well Load Module Speeds Average Reserve Calculation Varied Technologies Reported in Latest GasTIPS
May 26 2005 Highlights from Recent Regional Newsletters Swellable Packer, A Completion Alternative Heavy Oil Potential in Alaska

NATCARB Internet Portal Evolves from DOE Sequestration Partnerships' Efforts

May 5 2005 Key Sources of Alaskan Oil and Gas Data Hart's E&P Announces 2005 Meritorious Engineering Innovation Awards 6 Basin-Oriented CO2 EOR Assessments by ARI

Commercially-Ready Technologies from Stripper Well Consortium

April 15 2005 Nurturing Tomorrow's Professions—Student Training/Internships ExcapeTM External Perforating Process 2005 Stripper Well Consortium Projects
March 24 2005 Leadership Change Occurs Within PTTC Board Halliburton's VariSealTM Lightweight Cement System The Quest for Methane Hydrates in GOM Continues
February 28 2005 Central Gulf Region - New LA Parish Well Reference Product OTC's "Spotlight on New Technology" Winners Gas Tips, Winter 2005
February 8 2005 Online Video Presentations From PTTC, Interested? Baker Hughes INTEQ AutoTrak® Rotary Closed-Loop Drilling (RCLD) System Microhole Awards Announced, New Solicitations for Oil & Gas R&D
January 12 2005 Highlights from December 2004 Network News ATP Wins Offshore Energy Achievement "Innovation/Technology" Award
Still Time For Stripper Well Consortium Proposals—Due February 8