Oil and Gas Industry Research and Development Key Terms

Getting up to speed on terminology associated with oil and gas industry R&D
By Kim Finn The future of companies in the oil and gas industry depends heavily on the critical factor of research and development. R&D efforts create new technologies, products and processes that help preserve the environment, ensure public health and safety and affect all aspects of the industry from oil and gas extraction to distribution and sale of the final product.

If you need access to oil and gas industry R&D efforts for any reason, familiarize yourself with key terminology associated with the industry to help speed up your own research. This guide defines six terms tied to oil and gas industry R&D: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Fossil Energy Online Project Database, LOGIIC, Deep Trek, oil shale R&D and Oil & Gas Journal.

National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

The National Energy Technology Laboratory, an arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, implements energy and environmental R&D programs that support the DOE mission. NETL conducts its own onsite research and also partners with other organizations and companies for new solutions to national energy and environmental challenges.
Try:  Get more information on NETL R&D efforts at the lab's website.

Fossil Energy Online Project Database

The Fossil Energy Online Project Database is the U.S. Department of Energy's home for roughly 500 active R&D projects dealing with petroleum, coal and natural gas.
Try:  Click on links at the Fossil Energy R&D Project Database for more information on current oil and gas research and development topics.

LOGIIC

LOGIIC stands for Linking the Oil and Gas Industry to Improve Cyber Security. LOGIIC, a government and industry research and development partnership, is a forum that came about as result of a 12-month project worked by different oil and gas companies as well as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T). The purpose of the forum is to provide a venue for addressing those cyber security issues for the industry that are best worked on jointly.
Try:  Learn more about the LOGIIC project at the Department of Homeland Security website.

Deep Trek

Deep Trek is the name of one the latest R&D successes within the oil and gas industry. The project involved the development of electronic components that have the potential to revolutionize the recovery process of natural gas located miles beneath the surface of the earth.
Try:  Learn more about Deep Trek, a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project at IHS, an online source of energy and petroleum data and information.

Oil shale R&D

Oil shale R&D represents a current effort of the oil and gas industry to solve the challenge of extracting oil contained within the shale of the Northwest U.S., an area considered part of the world's largest oil field. A previous stumbling block to development of shale coaxing or extraction technology was the resulting production of hydrocarbons from the oil shale. Oil shale doesn't actually contain oil, instead, it has kerogen - considered the geological ancestor of oil. Oil company R&D efforts are developing ways to speed up the maturity of the kerogen into oil.
Try:  Learn more about the oil shale R&D efforts from the article on the E&E Publishing website.

Oil & Gas Journal

Since 1902, the Oil and Gas Journal has served as a primary resource for industry research information. The weekly print publication and its sister website provide readers with news, analysis, technology, operation and maintenance and statistics information related to the oil and gas industry.
Try:  Learn more about all the information you can use from the Oil & Gas Journal online by exploring the website.