Unconventional Gas Development 2.0

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don C Smith
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
Environmental Groups ◽  
Unconventional Gas ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Unconventional Gas Development

Unconventional development has revolutionized natural gas production, an advance that could play a major role in reducing dangerous greenhouse gas emissions implicated in global climate change. However, the ‘net carbon reduction benefits’ associated with natural gas (ie fuel switching from coal to natural gas for electricity generation) will dissipate if the environmental footprint of unconventional development is not addressed. New and developing technologies can help reduce the environmental footprint. For example, new technologies to identify methane leaks in natural gas systems can ensure that the carbon benefit is secured. And there are other challenges related to reducing the environmental footprint including improved water management and preventing earthquakes linked to unconventional gas development. One US state, Colorado, has proven that workable efforts can successfully be undertaken to require deployment of new technology to reduce methane emissions—the result of a first-in-the US collaboration involving political leaders, industry, environmental groups, and regulators.

Dutch natural gas strategy: historic perspective and challenges ahead

2011 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Weijermars ◽  
S.M. Luthi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Unconventional Gas ◽  
Unconventional Resources ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
State Income ◽  
Production Output

AbstractWe highlight a watershed in the natural gas legacy of the Netherlands: after 50 years of successful gas development, production output of conventional fields will decline from 2010 onwards. The projected decline in Dutch gas output will lead to a loss of future income for the State. In the past, E&P companies were prepared to compete for access to Dutch assets and lead in research as well as in the exploration for the development ofconventionalgas resources. Today, this cannot be assumed for the development of unconventional resources. It is not clear from our current state of knowledge whether the riskier unconventional gas resources in the Netherlands will be attractive for E&P companies. For example, are the financial risks for maturing potential unconventional resources into economic proved reserves acceptable to them? The US boom in unconventional gas production was preceded by government sponsored research programmes that stimulated the development of unconventional gas production technology. Decline in domestic gas production in the Netherlands therefore prompts for a dedicated upstream gas research programme. This will help to unlock future value from stranded conventional gas and unexplored unconventional gas resources. If such new gas resources can indeed be developed with the aid of research, undue loss of state income can be mitigated, which makes such a programme a compelling business case.

East coast gas: resource potential at different gas price scenarios (Part 2: commercialisation of unconventional gas resources)

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 542
Author(s):  
Joe Collins ◽  
Ian Cockerill ◽  
Zain Rasheed
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Unconventional Gas ◽  
Market Experience ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Gas Market ◽  
To Come ◽  
Unconventional Gas Development ◽  
Supply Costs

Rising gas prices in the eastern Australian gas market, as well as forecast supply shortages in years to come, are driving speculation about LNG import requirements for the market. There are significant similarities with the gas market experience in the USA in the early 2000s which led to the construction of many LNG import terminals, the parallel rise of unconventional gas production and the subsequent mothballing of the LNG import facilities at huge economic cost. A comprehensive east coast gas market study has been carried out based on the 2P reserves positions for domestic gas producers. This data has been paired with a range of gas demand forecasts to identify the probable supply gap on the east coast over the next 10 years. A market response to the high gas pricing in the form of new developments is already underway. In a separate paper (Part 1) all potential domestic sources of unconventional gas to fill that gap were analysed to determine likely gas supply rates, development schedules and breakeven supply costs for each of the major demand centres. This paper (Part 2) illustrates the required gas prices to drive unconventional gas development in Australia, the subsequent scale of new unconventional gas supplies to the forecast gaps in the market and describes how those developments can reverse the trend of rising prices over time.

scholarly journals Ideas and perspectives: is shale gas a major driver of recent increase in global atmospheric methane?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (15) ◽  
pp. 3033-3046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Howarth
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Carbon Stable Isotope ◽  
Atmospheric Methane ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Biogenic Source

Abstract. Methane has been rising rapidly in the atmosphere over the past decade, contributing to global climate change. Unlike the late 20th century when the rise in atmospheric methane was accompanied by an enrichment in the heavier carbon stable isotope (13C) of methane, methane in recent years has become more depleted in 13C. This depletion has been widely interpreted as indicating a primarily biogenic source for the increased methane. Here we show that part of the change may instead be associated with emissions from shale-gas and shale-oil development. Previous studies have not explicitly considered shale gas, even though most of the increase in natural gas production globally over the past decade is from shale gas. The methane in shale gas is somewhat depleted in 13C relative to conventional natural gas. Correcting earlier analyses for this difference, we conclude that shale-gas production in North America over the past decade may have contributed more than half of all of the increased emissions from fossil fuels globally and approximately one-third of the total increased emissions from all sources globally over the past decade.

scholarly journals NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION FOR MOTOR TRANSPORT AND PROVISION OF REGIONS WITH GAS SUPPLY

Neft i gaz ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3-4 (117-1118) ◽  
pp. 125-136
Author(s):  
Kh.S. MERPEYISSOV ◽  
◽  
V.V. FINKO ◽  
V.E. FINKO ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Production Cost ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Natural Gas Production ◽  
Operational Life ◽  
Gas Fuel ◽  
One Year ◽  
Gas Supply

For implementation of Government Decree on conversion of transport to gas fuel and provision of regions with gas supply the new field-proven technologies for liquefied natural gas production are proposed ensuring the lowest possible production cost of the product. Cost recovery for installations up to one year. Operational life of non-rotating installations is commensurate with the service life of the main gas lines. There are no analogues of such installations in world practice

The Recent Revolution in High Performance Computing

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Horst D. Simon
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Computing ◽  
High Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Parallel Architecture ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Good News ◽  
Computing Industry ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Performance Computing

Recent events in the high-performance computing industry have concerned scientists and the general public regarding a crisis or a lack of leadership in the field. That concern is understandable considering the industry's history from 1993 to 1996. Cray Research, the historic leader in supercomputing technology, was unable to survive financially as an independent company and was acquired by Silicon Graphics. Two ambitious new companies that introduced new technologies in the late 1980s and early 1990s—Thinking Machines and Kendall Square Research—were commercial failures and went out of business. And Intel, which introduced its Paragon supercomputer in 1994, discontinued production only two years later.During the same time frame, scientists who had finished the laborious task of writing scientific codes to run on vector parallel supercomputers learned that those codes would have to be rewritten if they were to run on the next-generation, highly parallel architecture. Scientists who are not yet involved in high-performance computing are understandably hesitant about committing their time and energy to such an apparently unstable enterprise.However, beneath the commercial chaos of the last several years, a technological revolution has been occurring. The good news is that the revolution is over, leading to five to ten years of predictable stability, steady improvements in system performance, and increased productivity for scientific applications. It is time for scientists who were sitting on the fence to jump in and reap the benefits of the new technology.

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