Hydraulic fracturing is an industrial process that presents potential chemical and physical hazards. Occupational health and safety practices to effectively control these hazards will be discussed. The presentation will also review ongoing study and advocacy efforts being led by the American Petroleum Institute (API), focusing on EPA’s national hydraulic fracturing study and their work in Pavillion Wyoming.

In 2012, SPE International awarded six young faculty members seed research funds to carry out cutting edge research. The six researchers were selected from a large number of extremely competitive applicant pool. This project started last year and just finishing one year. These six researchers will present their research progress and what is ahead to SPE R & D Community. Our hope is that with these presentations, they will have an opportunity to connect with SPE members who are interested in research and will be able to develop future collaborations.

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The promise of fully automated and intelligent oil and gas fields is very tempting. Some envision turning reservoir management into an ultimate video game with engineers, scientists and managers sitting at their workstations in the office and guiding the hydrocarbon from the reservoir into the wellbore leaving almost nothing left behind.

The promise of fully automated and intelligent oil and gas fields is very tempting. Some envision turning reservoir management into an ultimate video game with engineers, scientists and managers sitting at their workstations in the office and guiding the hydrocarbon from the reservoir into the wellbore leaving almost nothing left behind.

In 2012, SPE International awarded six young faculty members seed research funds to carry out cutting edge research. The six researchers were selected from a large number of extremely competitive applicant pool. This project started last year and just finishing one year. These six researchers will present their research progress and what is ahead to SPE R & D Community. Our hope is that with these presentations, they will have an opportunity to connect with SPE members who are interested in research and will be able to develop future collaborations.