The Mid-Continent Resource Center now has an Internet address: http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/ERC/pttcHome.html
A brochure and cover letter were mailed to over 100 faculty/staff containing information about the Development Fund.
ERC staff assisted Tony Walton, Campus DOE-EPSCoR Coordinator in notifying energy researchers at KU about the future of EPSCoR. The proposal submitted by Kansas was not funded. Walton reports that DOE's EPSCoR program will continue in some form and that Energy Researchers should be discussing potential topics and forming collaborating groups in anticipation of an announcement.
Nov. 30, 1995
Lynn Watney, John Doveton, and Bill Guy, University of Kansas, will give a luncheon talk at the Kansas Geological Society in the auditorium of the Fourth Financial Cernter in Wichita on November 30. Title of the presentation is "Petrofacies Analysis--Assessing and Mapping Pore Types, Fluid Saturations, and Reservoir Compartments with Wireline Logs".
The thrust of the paper is that well log data can be better utilized by both geologists and engineers in the search for oil and natural gas. A computer program was developed to better manage and analyze well log information. It uses a specially tailored off-the-shelf spreadsheet-based program for the PC. The software and methodology can be used to establish petrophysical characteristics of various complex reservoir rocks and can aid in partitioning the log response between the fluid and the rock.
The software development and testing was conducted with support and collaboration of the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) and 12 energy companies operating in Kansas.
Dec. 8, 1995
Tim Carr, Petroleum Research Chief at the Kansas Geological Survey has organized and conducted two workshops on the Internet. A third session of "The Internet Explored for the Petroleum Professional" has been scheduled for December 8th, 1995 in Overland Park, Ks.
Attendance is limited by the number of computers available at the center. Participants should be familiar with Windows and the general operations of either a PC or Macintosh.
Registration: Workshop registration includes access to computer, class notes, lunch, and refreshments. Registration fee of $35.00 should be payable to the KU Energy Research Center. Registration forms are available from the Energy Research Center (913-864-4445) or call Tim Carr, Kansas Geological Survey (913-864-3965) or the Midcontinent Resource Center at the University of Kansas (913-864-7398). Space is limited.
January and February, 1996
DOE's Reservoir Class Program will be conducting traveling workshops in January and February throughout the U.S. The workshops are a cooperative effort of Class project performers, field operators, BDM-Oklahoma, DOE and PTTC and its regional lead organizations. Workshops will demonstrate the practical benefits of applying technology in field projects. They will highlight technology applications, successes, economic benefits, failures and future directions in field development. A nominal fee of $25 is being charged for the workshops. Call Phillip Salamy at 1-800-645-7525 for more information.
Under Phase 1 DOE anticipates making approximately 15 awards. The primary goal of this program is the commercialization of DOE supported research or R & D. The principal investigator should be knowledgeable in all technical aspects of the grant application and be capable of leading the research effort. Each concern submitting a grant application must qualify as a small business for research or R & D. The PI's primary employment must be with the small business at the time of award and during the conduct of the proposed research. Deadline for submission is December 22, 1995. A complete application booklet with topics is available in the ERC office.
Co-Director Don Green is currently serving on the Chancellor's Task Force to reengineer and restructure the University. He recently attended the annual KIOGA and EKOGA meetings, held in Wichita and Chanute, and has been honored by the Mortor Board Chapter as an outstanding Educator and was chosen by the undergraduate students to be a finalist for the HOPE Award.
Executive Director Lynn Watney participated in the Internet Workshop in August, he gave an invited lecture at K-State as part of their Geology Seminars in September. Also in September he traveled to Germany for an NSF Project Review, and delivered an invited paper at the Mid-Continent AAPG meeting in Tulsa. Lynn continues to assist in developing new projects. He is currently working on an NSF proposal on stratigraphic modeling. He plans to participate in preparing a proposal on Pangea Global Sedimentary Geology Program. He continues to pursue the Gas Research Institute regarding nitrogen extraction methods from natural gas and EPRI for Fuel Cell Research and funding opportunities. Lynn will be assisting Lanny Schoeling (PTTC) in planning an exploration workshop to be held in early 1996. He recently assisted in preparing a prospectus on Hybrid Solar Energy Utilization in Kansas.
According to Survey director Lee Gerhard, the grant will be used to produce an atlas of Kansas oil and gas data as the first step in a program of developing similar materials for other states in the northern Great Plains.
The atlas will include maps of the state's oil fields, cross sections of underground geology, data on the performance of oil reservoirs, and other information. "The atlas will include new studies of fields using the latest geologic techniques and concepts." said Gerhard.
While traditional published versions of the information will be produced, the data will also be made available electronically. Maps and other data will be compiled using the Survey's geographic information system, then disseminated through the Internet or by other media, such as CD-ROM.
"Because the information will be available electronically, operators can manipulate the data in ways that suit their needs best," said Tim Carr, head of the Survey's petroleum research section . "They can use the data to focus on the area they're particularly interested in."
In addition to containing statewide information on oil and gas, the atlas will include detailed data for one of the state's major oil fields and a major natural gas field.
"Users will be able to look at extremely detailed information for a major play, or series of wells, then use the information when exploring for new fields or redeveloping older fields," said Carr. "But they can also obtain less-detailed, more general information about other oil and gas fields, or data for the entire state. Either way, the digital atlas is a tool to find additional resources." Paul Gerlach has been hired as the project Geologist.
Evan Franseen, Kansas Geological Survey has received a $77,565 award from the National Science Foundation as the result of a proposal submitted entitled, "A new approach for evaluating controls on Depositional Sequence Architecture." Randy Farr and Bob Goldstein in Geology will be Co-PI's.
The report is in response to Secretary O'Leary's request for the NPC to evaluate the costs and benefits of various actions to maintain this production. The report presents the NPC's recommendations for four federal income tax incentives to encourage continued operation of marginal wells, particularly in periods of low prices. Because of the cost structure of marginal wells, the NPC also recommends that regulatory, royalty, and state tax incentives and relief are needed to reduce the impact of increasing costs.
The report describes domestic oil and gas marginal well production and the access to potential reserves that those wells provide. Physical and economic characteristics of such wells are examined and evaluations of marginal well contributions to the national, state, and local economies as well as to the oil and gas industries are provided. U.S. producing wells are evaluated for marginality on a before federal income tax basis. Detailed economic analyses on an after tax basis are presented for several types of marginal well credits as well as for an improved EOR credit and an inactive well incentive. In addition, state incentives are examined and federal regulatory issues are reviewed.
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