R&D Grand Challenges - JPT Article Series

The R&D Grand Challenges series was published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology beginning in May, 2011. The SPE R&D Committee shared the results of a committee effort to identify the oil and gas industry's major R&D challenges. The R&D challenges comprise five broad upstream business needs: Increasing recovery factors In-situ molecular manipulation Carbon capture and sequestration Produced water management Higher resolution subsurface imaging of hydrocarbons. May 2011 The Five R&D Grand Challenges Plus One Arnis Judzis, SPE, Schlumberger; Richard Felder, SPE, consultant; David Curry, SPE, Baker Hughes; and Bernard Seiller, SPE, Total July 2011 Recent Developments and Remaining Challenges of Enhanced Oil Recovery Gary A. Pope, University of Texas at Austin October 2011 Brine Management: Produced Water and Frac Flowback Brine David Burnett, Texas A&M University December 2011 Can Geoscientists Resolve the CCS Paradox? Tore A. Torp, Statoil March 2012 Higher Resolution Subsurface Imaging Jack Neal and Chris Krohn, ExxonMobil Upstream Research May 2012 Unconventional Resources: Cracking the Hydrocarbon Molecules In Situ John M. Karanikas, Royal Dutch Shell June 2012 Grand Challenges for Earth Resources Engineering R. Lyn Arscott, Charles Fairhurst, and Larry Lake July 2012 A Roadmap for Addressing Environmental and Social Issues Associated With Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing Richard A. Liroff, Executive Director, Investor Environmental Health Network September 2012 Reviewing the Five R&D Grand Challenges Plus One Arnis Judzis, SPE, Schlumberger, and Anoop Poddar, SPE, Energy Ventures