Environmentally Friendly Drilling event on March 15, 2011 in San Antonio
On March 15, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas the the Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) program, managed by the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), will be hosting a meeting to bring communities, government agencies, environmental groups and oil and gas companies together to identify and discuss social, environmental and technical issues related to natural gas drilling, completion and production and to inform stakeholders of research programs currently underway to address these issues.
EFD integrates advanced technologies into systems that significantly reduce the impact of petroleum drilling and production in environmentally sensitive areas. The team focuses on technologies for developing energy sources in environmentally sensitive areas. 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 natural gas reserves in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. The program was honored with the Environmental Partnership Chairman’s Stewardship Award from the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) at their 2009 annual meeting. The EFD program integrates several projects and programs that are funded by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), the U.S. Department of Energy through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), private industry and environmental organizations.
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