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SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm SERC http://serc.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/ Subsurface Energy Resource Center Office of Energy and Environment in Coordination with FAES Arts and Science Engineering Public Health Business SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm • Welcome: Kate Bartter, Assoc. Dir. Office for Energy and Environment • Shale energy and SERC: “Why are we here?” Jeff Daniels, SERC Co-Dir. Doug Southgate, SERC Co-Dir. • Extension Work Group Update: Ken Martin, OSU Extension • SERC Workgroups and Research Opportunities: Jeff Daniels and Doug Southgate • Additional Faculty Involvement: Jeff Daniels and Doug Southgate SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm SERC Motivation • Recent technical advances • Major companies investing $ billions in leases • Workforce Issues • Unbiased “Third Party” Needed • Environmental Uncertainties and Needs • Research and Outreach Needed SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Technological Game Changers in Subsurface Energy Production Horizontal Drilling + Hydraulic Fracturing + Gas Production from Shale SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm SERC Faculty Meeting ‘ Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Current Drilling Activity in Ohio: Marcellus Shale Source (updated 10/12/11): http://www.ohiodnr.com/oil/shale/tabid/23174/Default.aspx • Total of 16 Wells – 3 Producing – 5 Drilled – 8 Permitted • Companies Represented (Phillips Exploration, Marquette Exploration, Chesapeake Exploration, Protégé Energy II,Triad Hunter) • Ohio Counties Represented – Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Current Drilling Activity in Ohio: Utica Shale Source (updated 10/12/11): http://www.ohiodnr.com/oil/shale/tabid/23174/Default.aspx • 86 Wells (~40 Horizontal) – – – – – 64 Permitted 18 Drilled/Drilling 2 Producing 1 Completed 1 Unknown Status (near completion) • Companies Represented (Chesapeake Exploration, Beck Energy, Enervest Operating, Anadarko E & P, Ohio Buckeye Energy, CNX Gas Company, Marquette Exploration, HG Energy) • Ohio Counties Represented, to date – Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Muskingum, Noble, Portage, Stark, Tuscarawas SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Productivity of Test Wells in Ohio Source: http://www.ohiomfg.com/communities/energy Three Wells drilled by Chesapeake Energy in the Utica Shale Play Harrison County: – Peak Rate: 9.5 Million Cubic Feet of Natural Gas per day – Peak Rate: 1,425 Barrels of Natural Gas Liquids and Oil (Liquids) per day Carroll County 1: – Peak Rate: 3.1 Million Cubic Feet of Natural Gas per day – Peak Rate: 1,015 Barrels of Liquids per day Carroll County 2: – Peak Rate: 3.8 Million Cubic Feet of Natural Gas per day – Peak Rate: 980 Barrels of Liquids per day SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm SERC Mission Serve as a “fair broker” to interface between industry, government agencies, and non-government organizations. • Facilitate Communication within the University • Facilitate Communication Between Industry, Government Agencies, and NGOs • Forums for discussion of Development Issues (Resource and Environmental • Ensure a place at the table in external forums and decision making groups on subsurface development • Support Research OSU – Department of Extension Kenneth E. Martin, PhD Professor, Chair and Associate Director, Programs October 14, 2011 The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, & Environmental Sciences Teaching Extension Research EXTENSION EDUCATOR MAP Ashtabula Williams Lucas Fulton Lake Henry Defiance Trumbull Portage 1/2 Summit 1/2 Mahoning 1/2 Hancock Wyandot VanWert Medina Huron Seneca Putnam Ashland Richland Crawford Stark Wayne Columbiana Allen Hardin Mercer Carroll Marion Auglaize Logan Shelby Morrow Union 1/2 Champaign Guernsey Muskingum Franklin Clark Madison Fairfield 1/2 Greene Pickaway Morgan 1/2 Warren Clinton Belmont Monroe 1/2 1/2 Athens 1/2 Highland Clermont 1/3 Pike 1/3 Adams Brown 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 Scioto 1/2 Meigs Jackson 1/2 1/2 Gallia 1/2 Key 1/2 Lawrence 1/2 FCS ANR 4-H CD October 2011 1/2 Washington Hocking Ross Vinton Hamilton 1/2 1/2 1/2 Noble Perry 1/2 Fayette Butler Jefferson Harrison Coshocton Licking 1/2 Montgomery Tuscarawas Knox Darke Preble Holmes Delaware Miami 1/2 Cuyahoga Lorain Erie Sandusky Paulding Geauga Ottawa Wood Shale Energy Programs • 14 Presenters • Delivered 39 sessions across multiple counties • 4,834 total participants Topics included: Legal aspects of Oil & Gas Leasing, Oil & Gas regulations Working with Landowners & public officials on leasing issues, environmental information and general oil & gas education Process & impacts of drilling in the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing Marcellus and Utica/Impact on Jobs and Fracking Water Counties with Shale Programs Ashtabula Williams Lucas Fulton Lake Wood Henry Defiance Trumbull Cuyahoga Lorain Erie Sandusky Portage Medina Huron Seneca Paulding Geauga Ottawa Summit Mahoning Hancock Putnam Wyandot VanWert Ashland Richland Crawford Stark Wayne Columbiana Allen Hardin Mercer Carroll Marion Auglaize Shelby Logan Morrow Preble Licking Champaign Guernsey Muskingum Franklin Madison Fairfield Montgomery Greene Noble Perry Pickaway Morgan Fayette Butler Warren Washington Hocking Clinton Ross Athens Vinton Hamilton Highland Clermont Pike Brown Adams Meigs Jackson Gallia Scioto Lawrence Jefferson Harrison Coshocton Delaware Clark Tuscarawas Knox Union Darke Miami Holmes Belmont Monroe Local Ohio County Offices have been impacted Belmont County Courthouse Our “Ecological Paradigm” • Production Efficiency • Environmental Compatibility • Economic Viability • Social Responsibility SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC) Organization SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Socioeconomic and Policy and Legal Expertise Name Department Area of Expertise Robert E. Burns Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment Regulation Neil Drobny Fisher College of Business Sustainable Business Sathya Gopalakrishnan Agricultural Economics Economics Tim Haab Agricultural Economics Advising Peggy Hall Ag and Rural Law Program Civil Liability H. Allen Klaiber Agricultural Economics Rural/Urban Development Mark Partridge Agricultural Economics Economic Development Beth-Anne Schuelke-Leech School of Public Affairs Automotive and Energy Industries Doug Southgate (Co-Director) Agricultural Economics Economics Linda Lobao Sociology Rural Sociology; Rural Communities Anna Willow Anthropology Cultural Anthropology SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, and Subsurface Energy Expertise Name Department Area of Expertise Aravind Asthagiri Chemical Engineering Modeling Loren Babcock School of Earth Sciences Black Shale Bhavik Bakshi Chemical Engineering Sustainability Nick Basta Natural Resources Soil Chemistry David Cole School of Earth Sciences Geochemistry Jeffrey Daniels (CoDirector) School of Earth Sciences Geophysics LS Fan Chemical Engineering Coal Gassification Winston Ho Chemical Engineering Membrane Separations John Lenhart Civil Engineering Environmental Chemistry School of Earth Sciences Low-temperature Geochemistry Berry Lyons SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, and Subsurface Energy Expertise (continued) Name Department Area of Expertise Paula Mouser Civil Engineering Microbiology Umit Ozkan Chemical Engineering Catalysis Hal Walker Civil Engineering Water Chemistry Matthew Saltzman School of Earth Sciences Geochemistry Frank Schwartz School of Earth Sciences Hydrology Terry Wilson School of Earth Sciences Structural Geology SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Extension and Community Support Name Department Area of Expertise Dale Arnold Ohio Farm Bureau -- Kate Bartter OSU Extension -- Tom Blaine Ohio Farm Bureau -- Cindy Bond-Zielinski OSU Extension Economic Development Don Breece OSU Extension -- Karen Bruns OSU Extension -- Greg Davis OSU Extension Martha Filipic Communications -- Hannah Fout Ag Law -- Mike Gastier OSU Extension -- Dave Goerig OSU Extension -- Mike Hogan OSU Extension Education Dee Jepsen Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Safety and Rescue SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Extension and Community Support (continued) Name Department Area of Expertise Mark Landefeld OSU Extension General oil and gas education Mike Lloyd OSU Extension Economic impact of the gas play Ken Martin OSU Extension Community outreach Becky Nesbit OSU Extension Community-based philanthropy Stephen Schumacher OSU Extension Stakeholder Education Sharon Seiling Consumer Sciences Personal financial management SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Public Health Expertise Name Department Area of Expertise Michal S. Bisesi Public Health Human exposure Timothy Buckley Environmental Health Sciences Public health and the environment J. Mac Crawford Environmental Health Sciences Human exposure SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm Communication • External Advisory Board • SERC Coordination Committee • Shale Gas Work Group – OSU Extension • Cooperation with Other Universities (Having discussions with CWRU, OU, and Pittsburgh) SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm SERC Research Work Groups Technical Groups to Formulate Research Programs and Organize Forums and Seminars Current Plan Shale Energy Education Work Group – OSU Extension Subsurface Energy; Water; and Environment Socioeconomic; Legal; and Policy Workforce and Students Other Possibilities – – – – – – – Socioeconomic Shale Gas Resource Development Legal Downstream Business Workforce Development and Students Hydrogeologic Others later (Geothermal, subsurface storage, etc., … ?) External Advisory Keyword: Balanced • Industry • Government • NGOs (Environmental) Shale Gas Implications for Energy and the Environment Research Energy Sustainability Economy Environment Summary Thoughts on SERC Research • Research must be Fact Based • Research must include Resource Development and Environment • Natural geologic migration barriers important • Monitoring & testing for control and assurance • Research to Support a Well Defined Regulatory Structure • Cooperation needed between ALL stakeholders • Communication and education essential