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Welcome to Sandia National Laboratories' Fossil Energy Program homepage. Since the late 1970s, this program has developed and transferred Sandia technologies to assist the natural gas and oil industry, especially U.S. independent producers. Our goal is to maintain a secure, economic supply of the nation's natural gas and crude oil. To this end, we develop improved recovery and processing technology using our expertise in geoscience, advanced diagnostics and imaging, drilling technology, materials and process science, advanced storage systems, and combustion science. For more information, please call or e-mail any of our contacts.
Program influences on the domestic oil and gas industry include:
- Reduced well failure rate at Belridge, CA, oil field from 10% to 5% per year, resulting in an annual savings to operators of $25 to $50 million in lost production.
- Automatic Casing Swab yielded $2 million in federal tax revenue and $10 million in reserves to a West Virginia operator.
- Salvo seismic imaging algorithm development wins 1999 R&D 100 Award.
Thrust Areas
The program capitalizes on Sandia's unique experience with research and development in five Thrust Areas:
Capabilities
Eight centers within Sandia support the Fossil Energy Program. Two centers are responsible for program management. All eight support research and development. We have mapped the capabilities of each of the participating centers to the five Thrust Areas. Most of the centers also have their own home pages.
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| Primary Centers |
| Energy and Infrastructure Assurance (6200) |
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| Geoscience and Environment (6100) |
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| Supporting Centers |
| Biologicals and Energy Sciences (8300) |
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| Computation, Computers, Information and Mathematics (1400) |
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| Energy Components and Metrology (2500) |
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| Engineering Sciences (1500) |
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| Information Systems Engineering (6500) |
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| Materials and Process Sciences (1800) |
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Alignment with Internal and External Initiatives
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