EPI Acquires Full-Scale Reservoir Simulation Drilling and Completions Laboratory
EPI completed the purchase of the Full-Scale Reservoir Simulation Drilling and Completions Laboratory on March 28, 2017. To discuss contact us.
Read MoreSidney Green keynote speaker at Poland's Future Energy Conference
Sidney Green a keynote speaker at the Future Energy Conference at Gdańsk University of Technology in Gdańsk, Poland on June 22, 2017.
"Unlocking the Energy Elephant", SedHeat 2017
SedHeat workshop #4, "Unlocking the Energy Elephant" was held at the University of Utah, March 1-4. The workshop focused on geothermal energy in high-temperature sedimentary basins.
Closing Comments by Sidney Green
US sets the pace in reducing electric sector co2 emissions. Wall Street Journal 3-7-2017
John McLennan Co-Organizer of SedHeat Geothermal Workshop
John McLennan is a Co-Organizer of the SedHeat Workshop supported by the National Science Foundation. The Workshop is on geothermal energy recovery from sedimentary basins, and is the fourth in the SedHeat series. The Workshop at the University of Utah is an update since the last meeting in 2016 and will provide conclusions regarding the potential for geothermal energy recovery from sedimentary basins. Sidney Green, also serves on the Organizing Committee.
Learn More -- Register -- Workshop Agenda
EPI to buy TerraTek / Schlumberger drilling simulator laboratory equipment
February 24, 2017
Purchase to take place in 2017. Jump to the Press release.
John McLennan Geothermal Paper Published
"Geothermal Energy--Challenges for EGS Development: An Editorial Perspective", J. McLennan, J. Moore, and R. Allis, Hydraulic Fracturing Journal, Vol. 4-No. 1, Jan 2017
Breakfast for Dr. Siegfried Hecker "North Korean Nukes: What, How, and Why?"
EPI hosts breakfast with Dr. Seigfried Hecker, former Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Read MoreUnderstanding the Subsurface -- Hydraulic Fracturing Journal
Understanding the subsurface better is on many grand challenges lists. Not enough is known...
Read MoreSidney Green Invited Speaker at SPE Section Meeting
December, 2016
Sidney Green was the invited speaker for the Utah Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers' annual meeting. His presentation, "Shale Production Surprises: It’s All About the Rock", was well received with over sixty people attending.
Learn More--Powerpoint Slides
Comprehensive Patent Search Completed
EPI member James McLaughlin completed a detailed patent search regarding hydraulic fracture plugging of transverse fractures. Over two hundred patents were researched, seventy of those reviewed in significant detail. The large number of patents and patent applications in this topic highlights strong interest in height growth containment in some cases and in other cases cutting across interfaces for greater fracture height.
This patent information is now available for EPI to use for Client projects.
Sidney Green Appointed to National Research Council Committee
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Research Council has selected Sidney Green as a member of the Army Science & Technology, Standing Committee on Chemical Demilitarization... Read more...
Read MoreKenneth Olsen talks Particle Accelerators with Dr. Alan Todd
October, 2016
EPI members Ken Olsen and Sidney Green met with EPI collaborator Dr. Alan Todd to discuss the use of downhole particle accelerators for oil/gas reservoir wireline measurements. The meeting was held in Washington D.C. in connection with the 2016 Annual National Academy of Engineering meeting. EPI is pursuing a possible program with the Fermilab in Chicago to use commercially available particle accelerators for deep earth rock evaluation.