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