Technology Group |
Technology Type |
Impact |
| 1 |
Basin assessments |
Increase the available resource base by a) accelerating the time that hypothetical plays in currently unassessed areas become available for development and b) increasing the play probability for hypothetical plays – that portion of a given area that is likely to be productive. |
| 2 |
Play specific, extended reservoir characterizations |
Increase the pace of new development by accelerating the pace of development of emerging plays, where projects are assumed to require extra years for full development compared to plays currently under development. |
| 3 |
Advanced well performance diagnostics and remediation |
Expand the resource base by increasing reserve growth for already existing reserves. |
| 4 |
Advanced exploration and natural fracture detection R&D |
Increases the success of development by a) improving exploration/development drilling success rates for all plays and b) improving the ability to find the best prospects and areas. |
| 5 |
Geology technology modeling and matching |
Matches the “best available technology” to a given play with the result that the expected ultimate recovery (EUR) per well is increased. |
| 6 |
More effective, lower damage well completion and stimulation technology |
Improves fracture length and conductivity, resulting in increased EUR’s per well. |
| 7 |
Targeted drilling and hydraulic fracturing R&D |
Results in more efficient drilling and stimulation which lowers well drilling and stimulation costs. |
| 8 |
New practices and technology for gas and water treatment |
Result in more efficient gas separation and water disposal which lowers water and gas treatment operation and maintenance costs. |
| 9 |
Advanced well completion technologies, such as cavitation, horizontal drilling, and multi-lateral wells: |
Defines applicable plays, thereby accelerating the date such technologies are available and introduces and improved version of the particular technology, which increases EUR per well. |
| 10 |
Other unconventional gas technologies, such as enhanced coalbed methane and enhanced gas shales recovery |
Introduce dramatically new recovery methods that a) increase EUR per well and b) become available at dates accelerated by increase R&D, with c) increased operation and maintenance costs (in the case of coalbed methane) for the incremental gas produced. |
| 11 |
Mitigation of environmental constraints |
Removes development constraints in environmentally sensitive basins, resulting in an increase in basin areas available for development. |
