Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America

04/08/2014

RPSEA Onshore Production Conference in Evansville, Illinois http://conta.cc/OyV03l

The RPSEA Small Producers Program is proud to announce the Illinois Basin and Surfactant Flooding workshop Wednesday, April 30th in Evansville, IL. 

04/07/2014

: Ultra-Deepwater Project - GE Global Research.

In this photo, Dr. Rixin Lai and Dr. Di Zhang, test the gate driver circuit in the MSDC setup.

This is the Ultra-Reliable Deepwater Electrical Power Distribution System and Power Components RPSEA project 08121-2901-01.

03/17/2014

: Ultra-Deepwater Project - The University of Tulsa.

In this photo, PhD Student Vijayamohan Prithvi is taking Hydrate formation measurements under flow for partially dispersed systems in the Center for Hydrate Research laboratory at Colorado School of Mines.

This is the Hydrate Modeling & Flow Loop Experiments for Water Continuous & Dispersed Systems RPSEA project 10121-4202-01.

03/03/2014

: Unconventional Resources Project - Iowa State University; Schlumberger; Drilling Info Inc.; Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.

In this photo, (Left) “Max” Qinhong Hu, Ph.D, Troy Barber (undergraduate assistant) and Xubo Gao (postdoc) around laser ablation-ICP-MS, a major instrument used for RPSEA project at the University of Texas at Arlington.

This is the Integrated Experimental and Modeling Approaches to Studying the Fracture-Matrix Interaction in Gas Recovery from Barnett Shale RPSEA project 09122-12.

02/03/2014

: Ultra-Deepwater Project - Anadarko; BP; Chevron.

In this photo, the public-private partnership at work. Chevron provided a research vessel to collect mooring rope samples from the deep ocean for safety testing by Stress Engineering. RPSEA provided funding for the tests. Mooring ropes are used on all floating platforms.”

This is the Effects of Fiber-Rope/Seabed Contact on Subsequent Rope Integrity RPSEA project 10121-4406-01.

01/27/2014

: Unconventional Resources Project -
The University of Utah; Halliburton Energy Services.

In this photo, Birgenheier (left) and Horton of the University of Utah analyzing core from the Mancos Shale at the Utah Geological Survey's Core Research Center.

This is the Cretaceous Mancos Shale Uinta Basin, Utah: Resource Potential and Best Practices for an Emerging Shale Gas Play RPSEA project 09122-07.

01/20/2014

: Small Producer Project - Blue Top Energy, LLC; C**t Energy, LLC; TMD Energy, Brentwood; Baker Hughes Company.

In this photo, research student Muhammed takes oil samples for testing in the town of Girard in Allen County in the Kansas State at Humboldt-chanute oilfield.

This is the Study and Pilot Test of Preformed Particle Gel Conformance Control Combined with Surfactant Treatment RPSEA project 11123-14.

01/13/2014

: UltraDeepwater Project - Brine Chemistry Solutions.

In this photo, Guraieb pipettes a solution in a centrifuge tube for ICP analysis with xHPHT flow through apparatus in the far background at Brine Chemistry Solutions in Houston, TX.

This is the Corrosion and Scale at Extreme Temperature and Pressure RPSEA project 10121-4204-01.

01/07/2014

Ultra-Deepwater January 2014 TAC Meetings http://conta.cc/1cyxVFQ

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11/18/2013