Research Agenda

 

Topical Areas of Research & Development

• Shallow Subsurface Environmental Issues Characterization & Management

• Water & Solid Waste Management

• Emissions Characterization & Mitigation

• Long-term Strategic Management of Environmental Issues

• Efficiency Improvements to Lower Costs & Minimize Environmental Impacts

• Natural Gas Use for Economic & Environmental Improvement

• Outreach & Workforce Development

 

Potential Projects

• Shallow Subsurface Environmental Issues, Characterization, and Management

  • Baseline Water & Methane Concentrations & Variability & Mitigation

  • Historical/Abandoned Shallow Oil & Gas Wells & Water Wells  – Location & Management

  • Well Construction & Integrity Testing

  • Stray Gas Response, Characterization & Mitigation

  • Water Quality Characterization & Mitigation

  • Pipeline Construction & Integrity Testing

 

• Water and Solid Waste Management 

  • Life-cycle Management Planning of Water & Solid Wastes> Water Minimization 

  • Water Sourcing, including Mine Water Use

  • Water Treatment & Disposal

  • NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Minerals) 

  • Recycling & Beneficial Use of Wastes

  • Drill Cuttings Characterization & Mitigation

 

• Emissions Characterization & Mitigation

  • Analysis & Characterization

  • Prevention & Mitigation

 

• Long-term Strategic Management of Environmental Issues

  • Life-cycle Management Planning

  • GIS identification & Mapping of Infrastructure, Data Points & Sources

  • Minimizing Drilling, Access & Infrastructure Footprint

  • Well, Facilities & Pipeline Installation

 

• Efficiency Improvements to Lower Costs & Minimize Environmental Impacts

  • Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments

  • Alternative (green) Treatment Fluids, Water Use Reduction, Additives & Proppants

  • Seismicity Modeling, Risk Assessment & Prevention for Disposal Wells & Hydraulic Fracturing

 

• Natural Gas Use for Economic & Environmental Improvement

  • Well Field Applications

  • Transportation Applications

  • Storage Applications

  • Petrochemical Industry Impact

  • Expanded Consumer Demand

  • Liquids Recovery

  • Gas Processing & Cleanup

  • Gas-to-Liquids 

  • LNG Issues

 

• Outreach & Workforce Development​

  • Education & Public Outreach

  • Career Training

  • Workforce Development

  • Metrics of Available Statistics & Information

  • Database of Industry R&D Efforts