The United States Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Oil and Natural Gas Research, recently held a one-day Upstream Research and Development (R&D) Workshop to discuss future research needed for both onshore and offshore oil and gas production. The agenda included an overview of DOE’s Upstream R&D Program and breakout sessions on specific subjects.
Topics discussed at this workshop included: increasing recovery efficiency in shale/tight oil and gas reservoirs; produced water management; novel systems and sensors; high-performance computing and machine learning; gas hydrate production; and other topics related to prudent onshore and offshore operations.
Copies of slides presented by DOE can be downloaded below:
- Upstream Oil & Gas Research Portfolio
- Advancing Understanding of Resource Recovery and Environmental Impacts via Field Laboratories
- Offshore Oil Spill Prevention Research
- DOE Produced Water and Induced Seismicity Research
- Fundamental Shale Interactions
- Machine Learning and Data Analytics Overview
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- Upstream Oil & Gas Sensor Technologies
- Overview of DOE Gas Hydrates Research