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| Citation Label: |
GEN173 |
| Publication Name: |
The American Oil & Gas Reporter |
| Publication Type: |
Report |
| Section Name: |
Technologies, Methods Reflect Industry Quest To Reduce Drilling Footprint |
| Author Name: |
Pickett, Al |
| Other Authors: |
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| Contractor Name: |
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| Publication Year: |
2010 |
| Publication No.: |
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| External Link: |
http://www.efdsystems.org/Portals/25/0710%20HARC%20Eprint.pdf |
| Local Source File: |
GEN170-reducedrillingfootprint.pdf |
| Annotation: |
This report provides describes how operators, service contractors, equipment manufacturers, and major university and research laboratories are teaming to devise innovative methods to reduce the environmental footprint of onshore drilling, completion and production operations. It also discusses how The Houston Advanced Research Center is reporting on the effectiveness of these programs by developing an environmental “score card†to rate the impact of Environmentally Friendly Drilling efforts. |
Required vs.
Recommended: |
Recommended - The stated objective of the program is to “identify, develop and transfer critical, cost-effective new technologies that can provide policymakers and industry with the ability to develop U.S. domestic reserves in a safe and environmentally friendly manner" |
| Ownership: |
Federal, State, Private |
