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Proceedings of the Fuels Technology Contractors Review Meeting - November 1993

Rodney D. Malone

Office of Fossil Energy, DOE

Table of Contents

Part 1- Pages 1 - 58, 4.70MB.pdf

Keynote Address

 

Managing Change – Rex. J. Lysinger

3

Session LF – Liquid Fuels Technology

Session LF-1 – Oil Shale

17

 

LF-1.1

Status of LLNL Hot-Recycled-Solid Oil Shale Retort – David E. Baldwin and Robert J. Cena

17

LF-1.2

Shale Oil from the LLNL Pilot Retort:  Metal Ions as Markers for Water and Dust – Thomas T. Coburn, Theresa I. Duewer, and Kenneth J. King

28

LF-1.3

Shale Oil Volume Enhancement research – Separation Characterization of Shale Oil – James W. Bunger

37

LF-1.4

Oil and Gas Yields from Devonian Oil Shale in the 50-lb/hr KENTORT II Process Demonstration Unit:  Initial Results – Thomas L. Robl, Scott D. Carger, and Darrell N. Taulbee

48

Session LF-2 – Tar Sands

Part 2, Pages 60 - 120, 4.10MB.pdf

LF-2.1

University of Utah Oil Sand Research and Development Program – Alex G. Oblad, James W. Bunger, Donald A. Dahlstron, Milind D. Deo, John V. Fletcher, Francis V. Hanson, Jan D. Miller, and J.D. Seader

61

Session LF-3 – Mild Gasification

 

LF-3.1

Development of and Advanced, Continuous Mild Gasification Process for the Production of Co-Products – Robert E. Wrights, Richard A. Wolfe, Chang J. Im, Michael R. Henkelman, Glenn W. O’neal, and D. Adrian McKinney

71

LF-3.2

Value-Added Co-Products From K-M/IGT Facility – John A.L. Campbell, Ronald H. Curry, and Harold Foster

84

Plenary Session

93

 

PS-1.2

Summary – Natural Gas Fuel Cells and Natural Gas Turbines – Willam T. Langan

93

PS- 1.3

Summary – Gas Related Environmental Issues – Jerry Ham

94

Session LF-4 – Gas to Liquids

 

LF-4.1

Overview of PETC’s Gas-to-Liquids Program – Gary J. Stiegel, Arun C. Bose, and Rameshwar D. Srivastava

99

LF-4.2

Direct Conversion of Methane to Methanol in a Non-Isothermal Catalytic Membrane Reactor – Richard D. Noble and John L. Falconer

102

LF-4.3

Catalytic Conversion of Light Alkanes – Research and Proof-of-Concept Stages – James E. Lyons

108

Part 3, Pages 121 - 199, 5.85MB.pdf

LF-4.4

Selective Methane Oxidation Over Promoted Oxide Catalysts – Kamil Klier and Richard G. Herman

121

LF-4.5

Steady-State and Transient Catalytic Oxidation and Coupling of Methane – Heinz Heinemann, Enrique Iglesia, and Dale L. Perry

138

Session NG – Natural Gas Technology

Session NG-1 – Hydraulic Fracturing Technology

151

 

NG-1.1

Fracturing Fluid Characterization Facility (FCFF) – Ronald D. Evans, Jean-Claude Roegiers, and John Fagan

151

NG-1.2

Introduction to the GRI/DOE Field Fracturing Multi-Site Project – Richard E. Peterson, Michael L. Middlebrook, Norman R. Warpinski, Michael P. Cleary, and Paul T. Branagan

172

NG-1.3

Slant Hole Completion Test, Cozzette, and Paludal Production Testing – Robert L. Mann and Mark S. Malinowsky

186

Session NG-2 – Natural Fractures

Part 4, Pages 202 - 263, 4.85MB.pdf

NG-2.1

Integrated Seismic Study of Naturally Fractured Tight Gas Reservoirs – Gary M. Mavko and Amos Nur

203

NG-2.2

Fracture Detection, Mapping, and Analysis of Naturally Fractured Gas Reservoirs Using Seismic Technology – Pieter Hoekstra and Heloise Lynn

217

NG-2.3

Geotechnology for Low Permeability Gas Reservoirs – David A. Northrop, John C. Lorenz, Norman R. Warpinski, and Lawerence W. Teufel

222

NG-2.4

LBL/Industry Heterogeneous Reservoir Performance Definition Project – Sally M. Benson, Earnest L. Majer, and Jane C.S. Long

228

Session NG-3 Resource Assessments and Modeling

 

NG-3.1

Preliminary Results on the Characterization of Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Low-Permeability (tight) Gas-bearing Rocks in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming – Thomas D. Fouch, Ronald C. Johnson, William R. Keefer, Dudley D. Rice, Thomas M. Finn, William Keighin, Romeo M. Flores, Vito F. Nuccie, Mark J. Pawlewicz, and Richard J. Szmaijter

247

NG-3.2

Reserves in Western Basins – Robert H. Caldwell and Bill W. Cotton

258

Session NG-4 – Secondary Natural Gas Recovery

Part 5, Pages 266 - 333, 5.04MB.pdf

NG-4.1

Incremental Natural Gas Resources through Infield Reserve Growth/Secondary Gas Recovery – Robert J. Finley, Raymond A. Levey, and Bob A. Hardage

267

Session NG-5 – Coal Seam Gas

 

NG-5.1

Multistrata Exploration and Production Study – Linda K. Hawkins, Ronald G. Brunk, Tom Walter, John Morgan, and Felah T. Al-Saadoon

283

NG-5.2

Process for Coalbed Brine Disposal – John H. Tait

287

NG-5.3

Commercialization of Previously Wasted Coal Mine Gob Gas and Coalbed Methane – Bruce J. Sakashita and Milend D. Deo

299

Session NG-6 – Drilling, Completion, and Stimulation

 

NG-6.1

CO2/Sand Fracturing in Low Permeability Reservoirs – Raymond L. Mazza and James B. Gehr

309

NG-6.2

Evaluation of Target Reservoirs for Horizontal Drilling:  Lower Glen Rose Formation, South Texas – Gery Muncey and Charles E. Drimal, Jr.

319

Part 6, Pages 334 - 415, 5.44MB.pdf

NG-6.3

Horizontal Drilling in Shallow Reservoirs – William F. Murray, Jr., Leo A. Schrider, John V. McCallister, and Ray L. Mazza

334

NG-6.4

Measurement-While-Drilling (MWD) Development for Air Drilling – William H. Harrison and Llewellyn A. Rubin

342

NG-6.5

Steerable Percussion Air Drilling System – Huy D. Bui, Michael S. Oliver, and Michael A. Gray

352

Session NG-7 – Natural Gas Atlases and Data Management

 

NG-7.1

Development of the Natural Gas Systems Analysis Model (GSAM) – Michael Godec, Mark Haas, William Pepper, and Judah Rose

359

NG-7.2

Preliminary Analysis of GASIS User Needs – E. Harry Vidas and Robert H. Hugman

370

Session NG-8 – Low-Quality Natural Gas Upgrading

 

NG-8.1

Low Temperature H2S Separation Using Membrane Reactor With Redox Catalyst – John J. Pellegrino, Myong Ko, and Laurel Watts

381

NG-8.2

Upgrading Natural Gas By Means of Highly Performing  Polymide Membranes – S. Alexander Stern

390

NG-8.3

Low-Quality Natural Gas Removal/Recovery With Membranes – K.A. Lokhandwala, K.A. Amo, R.W. Baker, I. Pinnau, L. Toy, and J.G. Wijmans

409

Part 7, Pages 416 - 497, 5.83MB.pdf

NG-8.4

Low-Quality Natural Gas Sulfur Removal/Recovery – David A. Damon, Lawrence A. Siwajek, and Bruce W. Klint

416

NG-8.5

Application of Rotating Contractor to Natural gas Processing – Anthony L. Lee and James T. Semrau

426

Poster Session

 

P2.

Site Selection and Evaluation of a Horizontal Well in the Clinton Sandstone – Thomas A. Mroz and William A. Schuller

435

P3.

Natural Gas Product and Strategic Analysis – Abbie W. Layne, John R. Duda, and Anthony M. Zammerilli

436

P4.

Evaluation and Optimization of Vertical Gob Gas Ventilation Wells – Matt J. Mavor, John R. Robinson, and Rick B. Marshall

443

P5.

Computer Modeling of Geologic Strata in the Multi-Strata Project Area (Beckley) – Thomas H. Mroz, Charles W. Byrer, Donald M. Evans, and Falef Al Saadoon

445

P6.

Inorganic Polymer-Derived Ceramic Membranes – C. Jeffrey Brinker, R. Sehgal, N. Raman, P.R. Schunk, and T.J. Headley

446

P7.

Examples from the Atlas of Major Appalachian Basin Gas Plays – Douglas G. Patchen, Khashayar Aminian, Katherine Lee Avary, Mark T. Baranoski, Kathy Flaherty, Brandon C. Nuttall, and Richard A. Smosna

459

P8.

Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Atlas Series:  Play Analysis of Oligocene and Microcene Reservoirs from Texas State Offshore Waters – Steven J. Seni and Robert J. Finley

472

P9.

The Synthesis and Characterization of New Iron Coordination Complexes Utilizing an Asymmetric Coordinating Chelate Ligand – David Baldwin, Bruce E. Watkins, and Joe H. Satcher

482

P10.

Analysis of Deep Seismic Reflection and Other Data From the Southern Washington Cascades – William D. Stanley and Samuel Y. Johnson

490

P11.

Analysis and Evaluation of Gas Hydrate on Alaska’s North Slope – Timothy S. Collett, Kenneth J. Bird, Robert C. Burruss, and Myung W. Lee

496

Part 8, Pages 498 - 568, 4.81MB.pdf

P12.

Gas Hydrate Detection and Mapping on the US East Coast – Thomas S. Ahlbrandt and William P. Dillon

498

P13.

Methodology for Optimizing the Development and Opertation of Gas Storage Fields – James C. Mercer and James R. Ammer

516

P14.

Feasibility Study to Evaluate Plasma Quench Process for Natural gas Conversion Applications – Charles P. Thomas, Peter C. Kong, and Brent A. Detering

517

P15.

Natural Gas Recovery, Storage, and Utilization SBIR Program – Harold D. Shoemaker

521

P16.

Greater Green River Basin Well-Site Selection Karl-Heinz Frohne and Ray Boswell

530

Appendices

A.1

Appendix A:  Agenda

547

A.2

Appendix B:  Meeting Participants

557

A.3

Appendix C:  METC Participants

567