By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 13 -- The nonprofit Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) has selected six proposals for negotiation of advanced-technology assistance to small producers.
The technologies focus on production from mature oil and gas fields.
Each proposal under RPSEA's Small Producer Program must provide at least a 20% cost share, with as much as 50% for field demonstration projects.
RPSEA, a group of US energy research universities, companies, and independent research organizations, promotes the development of technologies applicable to US hydrocarbon resources. Under contract with the Department of Energy, it manages research and development funding authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Here are titles and participants of the new projects selected for negotiation under the Small Producer Program:
-- Development Strategies for Maximizing East Texas Oil Field Production, led by Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, with participation by Danmark Energy LP and John Linder Operating Co. LLC.
-- Field Demonstration of Alkaline Surfactant Polymer Floods in Mature Oil Reservoirs, Brookshire Dome, Texas, led by Layline Petroleum 1 LLC with participation by TIORCO LLC and University of Texas at Austin.
-- Electrical Power Generation from Produced Water: Field Demonstration of Ways to Reduce Operating Costs of Small Producers, led by Gulf Coast Green Energy with participation by Denbury Resources, ElectraTherm Inc., Dry Coolers Inc., Southern Methodist University, and Texas A&M University (GPRI).
-- Mini-Waterflood: A New Cost Effective Approach to Extend the Economic Life of Small, Mature Oil Reservoirs, led by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with participation by Armstrong Energy Corp.
-- Commercial Exploitation and the Origin of Residual Oil Zones: Developing a Case History in the Permian Basin of New Mexico and West Texas, led by University of Texas of the Permian Basin with participation by Chevron Corp., Yates Petroleum, and Legado Resources.
-- Evaluation and Modeling of Stratigraphic Control on the Distribution of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoir Away from Major Fault Planes, led by Western Michigan University with participation by Polaris Energy Co.
