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Unconventional oil is petroleum produced or extracted using techniques other than the conventional (oil well) method. Oil industries and governments across the globe are investing in unconventional oil sources due to the increasing scarcity of conventional oil reserves.
According to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2001 unconventional oil included "oil shales, oil sands-based synthetic crudes and derivative products, (heavy oil, Orimulsion®), coal-based liquid supplies, biomass-based liquid supplies, gas to liquid (GTL) - liquids arising from chemical processing of gas."
In the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2011 report, "[u]nconventional oil include[d] extra-heavy oil, natural bitumen (oil sands), kerogen oil, liquids and gases arising from chemical processing of natural gas (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL) and additives."
In their 2013 webpage jointly published with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the IEA observed that as technologies and economies change, definitions for unconventional and conventional oils also change.
Learn more about the Unconventional Oil and Gas Center. http://www.ugcenter.com
Trans Orient Petroleum's Chief Operating Officer Drew Cadenhead describes the use of horizontal drilling and fracturing techniques used in unconventional oil exploration. Video by Robert Earnest Productions/Vancouver BC
Amid volatile energy markets, one notable bright spot has emerged on the energy landscape: the development of vast unconventional oil and gas resources in the United States. The success of these resources has widespread economic, geopolitical, and environmental implications and offers a unique opportunity to rethink conventional energy policy.
The CSIS Energy and National Security Program hosted Trevor Houser, Partner at the Rhodium Group, and Mohsen Bonakdarpour, Managing Director for Consulting Group of IHS Economics, to discuss the domestic economic implications of the U.S. oil and gas revolution. As unconventionals production moves out of its nascence and our knowledge of the resource base improves, various impacts slowly begin to unfold. Perhaps most importantly, the economic story slowly comes to light--job growth, the effects on industry (both energy intensive and otherwise) and trade balances. Trevor Houser and Mohsen Bonakdarpour discussed their respective reports on the topic followed by a period for Q&A;. David Pumphrey, Senior Adviser with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, moderated. Trevor Houser is a ...
We've talked about the oil sands operation that is gearing up for production at PR Spring before but we haven't been able to really go in depth into the processes involved in the production of unconventional oil resources. This weekend Chad Booth sits down with Barclay Cuthbert, US Oil Sands and Rikki Hrenko-Browing, Enefit to talk about the process of extracting oil products from Oil Shale and Oil Sands. How much water will it take? What are the impacts on the environment? What options are available for reclamation after mining has occurred? Highlights: 1:19 - How are Oil Sands and Oil Shale Different? 2:22 - Oil Shale production 6:22 - How are oil sands in Utah different than in Canada? 9:27 - Reclamation efforts 11:18 - What are the water requirements ? 12:55 - How much energy ...
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Deborah Gordon, a senior associate in the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, travelled to Germany in September 2012, in which she talked at a World Energy Council conference and met with researchers and think tankers to speak about unconventional oil, which is sometimes controversially referred to as fracking. During her time in Berlin, she came the U.S. Embassy and participated in a short interview. More information about Ms. Gordon's work can be found at: http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/05/03/understanding-unconventional-oil.
Click here for more Information http://www.audiosolutionz.com/oil-gas/hydraulic-fracturing094001.html Shale and unconventional oil and gas law and Hydraulic Fracturing Issues In this webinar the speaker will teach us how some of these regulations and the growing trend developing on regulating shale plays and He will also examine how local regulation can differ from state regulation and how an operator can resolve that tension. For More Videos: - http://www.youtube.com/user/SolutionzAudio Connect with us on Twitter: -https://twitter.com/SolutionzAudio Facebook: - https://www.facebook.com/AudioSolutionz Linkedin: -http://www.linkedin.com/company/audio-solutionz Google+:- https://plus.google.com/+Audiosolutionz1/posts
Read your free e-book: http://copydl.space/mebk/50/en/B019BW0TIA/book This book studies the redox Complex, a complex of unconventional geophysical-geochemical exploration techniques used for the indirect detection, characterization and evaluation of various metal targets, while also illustrating selected applications of unconventional geophysical-geochemical methods for oil exploration in Cuba. This complex is successfully applied in various fields: oil & gas and metal ores exploration; studies of oil and metal contaminants in soils; and the search for metallic archaeological burials. The use of these techniques is intended to complement the conventional prospecting complex by reducing areas and/or facilitating the selection of the most favorable targets, improving the economical-geologica...
2014 Fall Meeting Section: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology Session: Shale Reservoir Science and Technology I Title: Minimizing the water and air impacts of unconventional energy extraction Authors: Jackson, R B, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States Abstract: Unconventional energy generates income and, done well, can reduce air pollution compared to other fossil fuels and even water use compared to fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Alternatively, it could slow the adoption of renewables and, done poorly, release toxic chemicals into water and air. Based on research to date, some primary threats to water resources come from surface spills, wastewater disposal, and drinking-water contamination through poor well integrity. For air resources, an ...
Read your free e-book: http://copydl.space/mebk/50/en/B00IXRFWRS/book Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council to examine the geology and unconventional hydrocarbon resources of the Appalachian Basin; technical methods for producing unconventional hydrocarbons and disposing of wastewater; the potential effects of production on the environment; relevant policies and regulations; and priorities for future scientific and engineering research. Workshop presentations by experts in the fields of geosciences and engineering examined the numerous geoscientific aspects of hydrocarbon development from unconventional resources, including natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids. Shale gas is th...
Read your free e-book: http://copydl.space/mebk/50/en/B019ZU2JCM/book Geophysical methods are being applied that are specifically relevant to the exploration of and production from unconventional reservoirs. While many of the techniques have common applications for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, there are also some significant differences in focus. Much of the unconventional reservoirs are from shale formations. Characterizing of fracture system in such reservoirs is of prime importance not only to identify the sweet spots for well placement but also for optimum drilling and production from such fractured reservoirs. Combining conventional and microearthquake seismic data has proven to improve the characterization process. Another factor for drilling through shale reservo...
Petrel Energy Limited (Petrel Energy), formerly Orion Petroleum Limited is a petroleum exploration company that produce crude oil using conventional and unconventional methods. The company’s key asset is its tenements in the Norte Basin, Uruguay and other major asset is a conventional gas project in Spain which has a Prospective resource of up to 3TCF, independently certified by Netherland, Sewell and Associates, Inc. It identifies and pursues early stage high quality and potentially material energy assets that the company can leverage off its core competencies, such as people and experience to create significant shareholder value. The company also provides producing tight oil project in Canada. Petrel Energy is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
This video explains the complex unconventional drilling process in an easy-to-understand and visual format, and details how PA DEP regulates the unconventional drilling process.
Dave Gentry, an leading expert on small-cap stocks, interviews interviews Chris Boswell, President & CEO of Eco-Stim Energy Solutions (NASDAQ: ESES). Eco-Stim Energy Solutions (“ESES”, “Eco-Stim”, or “Company”) is an environmentally focused oilfield service and technology company providing proprietary field management technologies, well stimulation, and completion services to oil and gas producers drilling in the rapidly expanding international unconventional shale markets. Eco-Stim’s proprietary methodology and technology offers the potential to decrease the number of stages stimulated in shale plays through a unique process that predicts high-probability production zones while confirming those production zones using the latest generation down-hole diagnostic tools. In addition, Eco-Stim...
Duncan Kenyon is Program Director, Unconventional Oil & Gas, at the Pembina Institute. His presentation at the AIA 2016 Conference covered Pembina Institute's update to their guide to landowners who are dealing with the oil and gas industry in Alberta around development and reclamation issues. He talks about the coming developments in shale and tight oil and gas and the focused development that occurs with those plays. The updated guide will highlight important practices for the junior oil and gas firms typically involved in these plays. Final version of the guide is due July/August (in print, pdf, flash drives). Rural landowners do not have access to high speed Internet so other forms of access to the updated guide are planned.
This video is created to dispel the current misconceptions about the viability of relying on new, “uncoventional” sources of oil such as fracking. As they say in the video, “Yes, there’s still oil in the ground. We just can’t afford it. In broad terms, the peak oil analysts were right. But the fossil fuel industry is winning the PR battle.” In recent months we've seen a spate of assertions that peak oil is a worry of the past thanks to so-called "new technologies" that can tap massive amounts of previously inaccessible stores of "unconventional" oil. "Don't worry, drive on," we're told. We can fall for the oil industry hype and keep ourselves chained to a resource that's depleting and comes with ever increasing economic and environmental costs, or we can recognize that the days of cheap a...
As a consequence of access, technology and higher prices, the resource development picture in North America has been undergoing remarkable changes. The shale gas ?revolution? has been widely publicized, but Canada and the United States also possess several world-class oil basins, including significant areas of prospective new growth in the Bakken, EagleFord, Niobrara and elsewhere. The staggering growth in production from the Bakken has catapulted North Dakota into the top tier of oil producing states in the lower 48 and the promise of additional Bakken ?like structures paint a far rosier picture for US output going forward. Of course, realization of this vision requires the prudent and environmentally responsible development of these enormous resources and also requires the installation o...
For more information visit our website: http://petromgt.com/ By: Saad Ibrahim, P.Eng. Calgary, Canada 2015 1. Reservoir Studies (Conventional/Simulation) 2. Well Test Planning and Analysis 3. Waterflood Design & Performance Monitoring 4. Production Optimization 5. Performance Evaluation of MFHW’s (PTA, RTA, Numerical) 6. Reserves and Economic Evaluations 7. Complete frac design/optimization (Gohfer/KAPPA software) 8. Government Submissions 9. Customized Training 10. Expert Witness Saad Ibrahim, P.Eng. For more information visit our website: http://petromgt.com/
"U.S. Unconventional Oil Production, Low Prices and Global Impacts" Trisha Curtis, director of research -upstream & midstream, EPRINC Energy Seminar - November 9, 2015
http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/508 The Nation relies on oil and gas to power its economy, and unconventional gas is the fastest-growing energy resource in the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey is the authoritative, unbiased source for assessments of the world's oil and gas endowment. Come learn how these exciting new energy resources may contribute to the energy mix.
May's Shell London Lecture, delivered by Melvyn Giles at the Geological Society on Wednesday 9 May 2012. The past decade has seen spectacular growth in the exploration and development of so-called 'unconventional gas' in North America. Only a decade ago, these hydrocarbons would rarely have been considered for extraction, but the development of new technology has turned accepted wisdom of petroleum exploration on its head. Unconventionals include a wide range of resources, including shale gas/oil and coal bed methane. All are trapped within tight rocks, and evaluating what is available is not straightforward. Although it is becoming clear that vast volumes exist on a global scale, their production raises many social and environmental challenges. This presentation will examine the origi...