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Radically Engineered Modular Systems Background and Approach
New program direction concepts in a 3-pager. -
Fatigue Performance of High Strength Riser Materials in Sour Environments
High strength riser steels which resist fatigue damage in a sour corrosive environment offer significant weight advantages for deepwater structures. Southwest Research Institute... -
Petrophysics and Tight Rock Characterization for the Application of Improved ...
The goals of project are to improve understanding of rock-fluid interactions in shale, to improve petrophysical characterization methods and propose standards for shale... -
Novel Gas Isotope Interpretation Tools to Optimize Gas Shale Production Fact ...
The overall objective of this work is to develop novel diagnostic tools for predicting, monitoring, and optimizing shale gas production. There are three primary objectives of... -
Hi-Res Environmental Data for Enhanced UDW Operations Safety Fact Sheet
Ocean currents can pose significant challenges to safe oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). One primary objective of this research program was to better... -
Advancing a Web-based Tool for Unconventional Natural Gas Development with Fo...
The overall objective of the proposed study was to provide a set of web-based tools that will enable producers and other users to characterize, treat, beneficially use, and... -
Early Reservoir Appraisal Utilizing a Well Testing System Fact Sheet
This project will define appropriate cost-effective systems for testing deepwater reservoirs to avoid the use of expensive production and storage facilities or Mobile Offshore... -
Reliability of Annular Pressure Buildup (APB) Mitigation Technologies
Annular Pressure Buildup (APB) occurs in all wells with high bottom hole temperature, multiple casing strings and annuli that cannot be vented--which includes most deepwater... -
Wellbore Evaluation of the Basal Cambrian System
The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership performed a wellbore integrity assessment to evaluate the relative leakage potential of 826 wells penetrating the basal Cambrian... -
Improvement of Fracturing in Gas Shales
The objective of this project was to develop non-damaging fracture fluids (including proppants) for gas shale reservoirs that also minimize water use (and disposal) and... -
Wireless Subsea Communications Systems Fact Sheet
This project explored the limits and capacity of wireless communications for subsea operations using radio frequency (RF) conduction, which is proven to work over short ranges... -
Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing Technology for Unconventional Tight Gas Reservo...
Project objective was to develop new methods for creating extensive, conductive hydraulic fractures in unconventional tight gas reservoirs by synergistically combining the... -
Replacing Chemical Biocides with Targeted Bacteriophages in Deepwater Pipelin...
The objective of the project is to evaluate the use of bacteriophage, or phage, the natural viral predators of bacteria, in a focused approach to reduce the agents of... -
Rangeland Sequestration Potential Assessment
Rangelands occupy approximately half of the world’s land area and store greater than 10% of the terrestrial biomass carbon and up to 30% of the global soil organic carbon....