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ITF calling for technology proposals on unconventional resources and enhanced oil recovery
ITF, the Industry's Technology Facilitator will be calling on international technology developers later this month to come forward with proposals to tackle technology issues associated with tight gas, shale gas and coal bed methane (unconventional resources) and challenges related to enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
The output from two technology challenge workshops (TCWs) which were held in Amsterdam in March this year, both calls are seeking global developers, research institutes and academia to come forward with ideas to address the specific technology gaps outlined in the calls.
ITF’s operations director David Liddle explains:
"We have worked closely with our members to develop a cohesive understanding of the specific technology gaps facing the development of unconventional resources and EOR. Both of these high level topics have already been identified as significant technology challenges for our members and the wider oil and gas community because of their impact on the productivity of existing fields."
Working on behalf of its member companies, ITF is calling for proposals to broadly tackle the six specific technology areas within each of these calls.
For tight gas, shale gas and coal bed methane the challenges have been identified as follows:
- Well Design/Drilling Efficiency
- Improved Stimulation
- Sweet Spots
- Reservoir Modelling & Simulation
- Reservoir Analysis
- Recovery Mechanisms (Understand Production Mechanisms)
For EOR the specific technology requirements have been identified as:
- Chemical EOR
- Miscible and immiscible Gas Injection
- Thermal recovery (including In-situ Combustion)
- Microbial EOR
- Modelling
- Others
Tight Gas, Shale Gas and Coal Bed Methane Call
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