Jan

24

New Model For Better Well Fracking

January 24, 2019 | 2 Comments

Los Alamos National Lab’s new computational model could potentially boost efficiencies and profits in natural gas production by better predicting previously hidden fracture mechanics. It also accurately accounts for the known amounts of gas released during the process. Zdeněk Bažant, McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, […]

Dec

11

The Big Oil Find Facts

December 11, 2018 | Leave a Comment

The USGS announced last week a very large oil reservoir in Texas and New Mexico. Located in the Permian basin the Mass Media picked it up and it is good news. For quick background the USGS has been evaluating oil reservoirs for decades and has a pretty good reputation lacking political bias and scientific extremism. […]

Nov

28

Improvements Coming To Oil & Gas Reserve Estimates

November 28, 2018 | Leave a Comment

Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team of researchers has taken the first three-dimensional images of kerogen’s internal structure, with a level of detail more than 50 times greater than has been previously achieved. The images should allow more accurate predictions of how much oil or gas can be recovered from any given formation. The […]

May

30

Converting Natural Gas Directly to Electricity

May 30, 2017 | 1 Comment

A Penn State led team of international researchers has taken the first step in converting methane directly to electricity using bacteria, in a way that could be done near natural gas drilling sites. Thomas K. Wood, holder of the biotechnology endowed chair and professor of chemical engineering at Penn State explains one motive, “Currently, we […]

Feb

23

Breakthrough For Converting CO2 Back Into Natural Gas

February 23, 2017 | 1 Comment

University of Kent scientists have discovered how bacteria make a component that facilitates converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into methane gas for energy use. Recycling CO2 back into energy has immense potential for making these emissions useful rather than a major factor in global warming. So far the bacteria called methanogens, that can convert CO2 into […]

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