Energy Resources Program

Energy Resources Program Projects

Oil & Gas Exploration and Development

Fracture Quantification (Majer)
An Integrated Approach to Assessing Seismic Stimulation (Majer)
Single Well Imaging (Majer)
Testing & Validation of High Resolution Fluid Imaging (Majer)
Application and Use of Microdrilling for Vertical Seismic Profiling (Majer)
Microseimic Monitoring of Deep Hydrofractures Using Shallow Boreholes (Majer)
Joint Geophysical Imaging (Newman)
Laboratory Study on Borehole Stability and Sand Production in Weakly Cemented Sand (Nakagawa)
Anisotropic Properties of Compacted Clay-Rich Rocks (Nakagawa)
Measuring and Interpreting Seismic Attenuation (Pride)
Combined Borehole Seismic and Electromagnetic Inversion (Chen)
Advanced Reservoir Imaging Using Frequency-Dependent Seismic Attributes (Korneev)
Feasibility of Virtual Source Method for Reservoir (Korneev; Shell Oil)
Detection of Tunnel Waves (Korneev; DOD-DARPA)
Modeling Core Cleaning Experiment for Enhanced Oil Recovery (Xu; Shell Oil)
Seismic Stimulation to Enhance Oil Recovery (Pride; RPSEA)
Petrophysical Studies of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs Using High-Resolution Rock Imaging (Silin; RPSEA)
Crosswell Seimic Imaging (Daley; Schlumberger)
Oil Shale Extraction Monitoring (Daley; Sclumberger)
Salton Sea Project (Hutchings; CEC)
Time-Domain Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling Topics (Budnitz; NRC)

Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development

Gas and Isotope Geochemistry (Kennedy)
Integrated Isotope Studies (Kennedy)
Geochemical Study of the Effect of Fluid Injection (Kennedy)
AOP 6 – Iceland (Kennedy)
Microearthquake (MEQ) Studies (Majer, Kennedy)
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) (Majer, Kennedy)
Seismic Imaging (Majer)
Induced Seismicity (Majer)
Geochemical Study of the Effect of Fluid Injection (Majer)
3D EM Studies (Newman)
3D Magnetotellurics Imaging/Kilauea Mt Exp (Newman)
Remote Sensing of Localized Strain (Vasco)
InSar (Vasco)
Seismic Signatures (Nakagawa)
Tracer Methods for Characterizing Fracture Stimulation in EGS (Pruess)
Calpine EGS (Rutqvist)
California Energy Commission Studies (Kennedy, CEC)
Development of Algorithms for Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Mapping (Newman, ExxonMobil Upstream Research)

Methane Hydrate Exploration and Development

Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits (Moridis)
Interrelation of Global Climate and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations with Los Alamos National Lab (Moridis)
LBNL-ConocoPhillips Collaborative Project on Hydrates (Moridis; Conoco)
A Self-Teaching Expert System for the Analysis, Design, and Prediction of Gas Production from Shales (Moridis; RPSEA)