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<FONT FACE="Century Gothic"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Please see the information below on the next lecture for the MITei Natural Gas Speaker Series. We hope to see you all there!<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT COLOR="#24408F"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.5pt'>Natural Gas Speaker Series<BR>
<B>Principles and Methods of Gas Shale Production Enhancement<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#58899D"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Thursday, May 14, 2009<BR>
10am-12pm<BR>
Light snacks and beverages<BR>
Room E19-319<BR>
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology<BR>
Cambridge, MA<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#B10837"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.5pt'><B>Abstract<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Gotham-Book"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Gas shale accounts for a rapidly growing share of the gas production of the US. However, it remains an unconventional resource because the amount of gas recovered from a reservoir is a small fraction of the original gas in place. Drilling horizontal wells and massively fracturing the subsurface improve recovery of gas from shale. However, additional production enhancement techniques are required if the full potential of this resource is to be realized.<BR>
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This presentation goes back to first principles, discussing the petroleum geology and petrophysics of gas shale formations. A technical discussion of how hydraulic fracturing operations are planned and monitored illustrates how advanced technology can be brought to bear to optimize production processes. Finally, a number of new technology directions that might prove useful are discussed.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#B10837"><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Century Gothic"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.5pt'><B>Bio<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Gotham-Book"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Robert L. Kleinberg is technical lead of Unconventional Resources at Schlumberger-Doll Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Kleinberg was educated at the University of California, Berkeley (B.S. Chemistry) and the University of California, San Diego (Ph.D. Physics). He was a post-doctoral scientist at the Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory before joining Schlumberger in 1980.<BR>
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Dr. Kleinberg’s main projects at Schlumberger have been in the geophysical applications of ultrasonics, electrical resistivity, nuclear magnetic resonance, and gravimetry. His present activities include fundamental and applied research on heavy oil, gas hydrates, gas shale, and oil shale. He has published more than 90 academic and professional papers, holds 30 U.S. patents, and is the inventor of several geophysical instruments that have been <BR>
commercialized on a worldwide basis.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Century Gothic"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>megan nimura </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Century Gothic"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>|<FONT COLOR="#808080"> administrative assistant<BR>
study of natural gas | study of solar energy<BR>
mit energy initiative </FONT>| <FONT COLOR="#808080">e19-370v<BR>
t 617.715.5279 </FONT>|<FONT COLOR="#808080"> f 617.253.8013<BR>
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<a href="mnimura@mit.edu">mnimura@mit.edu</a><BR>
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