Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems

Public Workshop: Opportunities and Obstacles to Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Natural Gas Development in the Uintah Basin. Thursday, October 14, 2010, Vernal, UT.

EFD Featured in American Oil & Gas Reporter
The EFD program is featured in an article by Al Pickett, Special Correspondent.

Worldwatch Institute Issues Shale Gas Report
A new independent assessment by the Worldwatch Institute concludes that improved adherence to drilling best practice and better regulatory oversight are essential. Read letter of announcement.

Water and Energy Sustainability Symposium
This Symposium will take place in Pittsburgh, PA, September 26-29, 2010. See www.WaterEnergy2010.com for further details.

European Chapter Established
A new Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems – European (EFD-EU) Chapter, has been established as part of the Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) Program.

Program Receives IOGCC Environmental Partnership Stewardship Award
see: http://www.rpsea.org/en/art/226/

The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and Texas A&M University, along with industry sponsors and stakeholders (NGO's, government agencies, others) operate the Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program integrating advanced technologies into systems that significantly reduce the impact of petroleum drilling and production in environmentally sensitive areas.

The team focuses on technologies that reduce the environmental and societal tradeoffs associated with the development of energy sources.

The objective is to identify, develop and transfer critical, cost effective, new technologies that can provide policy makers and industry with the ability to develop US domestic reserves in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

For More Information, contact:

Rich Haut, rhaut@harc.edu, (281) 364-6093
David Burnett, burnett@pe.tamu.edu, (979) 845-2274