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An
interdisciplinary group led by Dr. Jon Olson and Dr. Steve Laubach (Bureau of Economic Geology)
was awarded a $750,000 grant to study naturally fractured reservoirs from the Department
of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences Division. The three year project will study production
in the Piceance Basin in Northwest Colorado. During the past six years, improved technology
has resulted in production of 600,000,000 cubic feet of gas per day, four times the
previous yield of the Piceance Basin. Drs. Olson and Laubach will use their expertise in
structural geology, geomechanics, geochemistry and sedimentary geology to determine
techniques that will further improve the yield of natural gas from Piceance Basin and other difficult fields.
Geocosm, Ltd. and UT's Fracture Research and Application Consortia
will work with Drs Olson and Laubach in developing this technology.
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