By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 2 -- GTI is leading a research consortium to turn noncommercial natural gas wells into commercial producers in the Devonian New Albany shale in the Illinois basin.
GTI signed a contract for a multiyear program with the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, which is focused on meeting US gas demand and lowering costs for consumers. GTI is a research, development, and training organization.
The consortium involves GTI and 14 participants. They include Atlas Gas & Oil, Aurora Oil and Gas, BreitBurn Energy, CNX Gas Corp, Inflection Energy, NGAS Resources, Noble Energy, and Trendwell Energy Corp.
The consortium plans joint research targeting the 10.5 tcf of technically-recoverable gas in the New Albany shale formation.
