1/ Includes reductions in accordance with P.L. 99-177, the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings)

There are two goals within the APT Program. These are: (1) to pursue the fundamental research relevant to oil, gas, and shale recovery, 1.e., development of the tools and techniques to measure and predict important properties and phenomena, and to obtain the fundamental data critical to these recovery processes; and (2) to provide the proper environment to conduct research and to pursue application of new frontiers of science and/or as yet unexplored new concepts to achieve quantum increases in recovery efficiency for oil, gas, and shale resources.

The $1,811,000 requested for this activity would be used as follows:

Advanced Exploratory Research ($1,576,000)

Continue fundamental petroleum, geoscience and chemistry research focusing on physical and chemical characterization studies of heavy oil; thermodynamic measurements; shale oil and tar sands bitumen studies and fuel storage and handling. Work will be performed by the National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research.

($1,500,000)

Continue extraction related aquifer contamination studies. ($76,000)

Arctic and Offshore Research ($235,000)

о Continue the Arctic/offshore oil and gas research data base. ($235,000)

$4.5

$11.7 $11.9 $11.5

Percent Change from FY 1986

-60.9%

Operating Expense 1/ Includes reductions in accordance with P.L. 99-177, the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings)

The goal of the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) program is to conduct generic technology base R&D activities; develop fundamental knowledge that can lead to improved and new process concepts; and to assist industry in obtaining a better understanding of the mechanisms and behavior of advanced and novel EOR processes for the recovery of presently unrecoverable light oil, heavy oil and tar sand resources. In addition to specific funding listed below, technology programs in this area will be eligible for support through the industry cooperative R&D venture pool.

Funding requested in FY 1987 totals $4,484,000, applied as follows:

Heavy Oil ($608,000)

O Continue studies of steam additive mechanics and variables affecting mobility control and sweep efficiency. ($608,000)

o Complete remaining joint research with Venezuela and Mexico using previous EOR technical base funds. ($0)

o Complete, utilizing prior year funding, final report on variables in alkaline flooding in EOR. ($0)

Light Oil ($3,876,000)

o Investigate high temperature, stable polymer systems and continue

o Complete post-field test analyses of EOR field tests and continue reduced studies of geologic heterogeneities and other characteristics on EOR process shortcomings. ($1,100,000)

Continue environmental study of microbial EOR processes.

($100,000)

O Conduct basic multi-phase flow wettability studies to understand EOR process mechanisms. ($700,000)

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Continue studies of CO2 and other gas flooding concepts with emphasis on mobility control. ($826,000)

...

$3.6

-70.2%

...

-60.9%

Includes reductions in accordance with P.L. 99-177, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings)

The goal of the Oil Shale R&D program is to provide a sound technologic basis for reduction of economic and environmental constraints to industrial development of the U.S. oil shale resources and to increase the amount of resource that may be used economically. The program is focusing on basic research using reference shales to systematically study the chemistry, kinetics, and emissions related to eastern and western shale processing. In addition to the specific funding listed below, technology programs in this area will be eligible for support through the industry cooperative R&D venture pool.

The $3,595,000 requested for FY 1987 would be used to support the following research:

Oil Shale Technology Base ($3,078,000)

O Complete specific eastern shale research resulting from FY 1985 unsolicited proposals in the areas of hydroretorting and in situ processing. ($1,450,000)

Continue developing a systems analysis capability to enable assessment from mining to spent shale disposal. ($277,000)

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Continue experiments with reference shales in various generic solids recycle retort systems to provide data for modifying and developing chemical, physical, and economic models. Maintain reference shale bank activities including characterization and distribution of shales to program participants. ($1,201,000)

Continue development and maintenance of an oil shale data base. ($150,000)

Environmental Mitigation ($517,000)

Continue development of the environmental data base. ($50,000)

o Identify and quantify major and trace element emissions in gases, liquids and solids from reference shales as a function of process parameters such as time, temperature, shale particle size and composition, and retort gas composition. Continue analytical methods development as necessary. Support environmental research and health and safety research under international agreement with Israel and interagency agreement with Bureau of Mines. ($467,000)

(Dollars In Millions)

FY 1986

FY 1985 Approp⚫ Revised

$10.1

$8.8

Includes reductions in accordance with P.L. 99-177, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings)

The specific objectives of the Unconventional Gas Recovery program are to: (1) reduce the uncertainty surrounding the potential magnitude of reserves of the unconventional gas resources and the conditions under which they will be produced; (2) develop and improve extraction technologies to the point of technical readiness for private sector development; and (3) transfer all technical and economic data to industry.

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In addition to the specific funding listed below, technology programs in this area will be eligible for support through the industry cooperative R&D venture pool.

Eastern Gas Shales ($355,000)

Continue development of the Eastern Gas Shale production technology base; also special geoscience investigations, system analyses, and technology transfer. ($355,000)

Western Tight Sands ($3,582,000)

O Conduct fracture stimulation research and production testing of remote lens at Multiwell Test facility. ($3,200,000)

O Continue supporting research modeling, systems analysis, and data base development. ($382,000)

Environmental and Advanced Research ($1,315,000)

Continue resource identification and evaluation of gas hydrates and deep source gas.

($273,000)

Continue lab analysis of hydrate core and modeling research.

($192,000) Conduct geochemical and geophysical diagnostic tests for gas hydrates on the North Slope of Alaska. ($650,000)

O Continue evaluation and development gas hydrate extraction/production techniques and data analysis of environmental assessments.

($200,000)

PROGRAM DIRECTION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

ACTIVITY

Operating Expense

1/

Includes reductions in accordance with P.L. 99-177, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings)

This activity provides funding for salaries, benefits and overhead expenses for the management of FE program at Headquarters, and the Energy Technology Centers: