Workshop on Use of Surfactants for Improved Oil Recovery(Rice University, October 22-23, 2001).

这笔赠款的目的是于2001年10月22日至23日在德克萨斯州休斯敦的莱斯大学举办为期两天的研讨会，以确定与使用表面活性剂提高地下储油层石油采收率有关的基础研究机会。石油行业和大学团体在大约1960至1986年间对这项技术进行了广泛的调查，当时由于油价跌至每桶不到10美元，大多数工作都停止了。现在油价似乎不太可能降到每桶20-25美元以下，重新考虑技术是可取的，特别是考虑到自1986年以来的发展，包括用于修复地下水含水层的表面活性剂的应用，这表明可以减少成本和工艺性能的不确定性。来自大学、NSF、能源部、大型石油公司和小公司的约30人被邀请参加研讨会，这些公司经营着美国许多最具吸引力的油田。最终报告将被准备并提交给国家科学基金会。

AbstractCTS-0138499Miller, Clarence AWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityThe purpose of this grant is to hold a two-day workshop to be held at Rice University in Houston, Texas, on October 22 - 23, 2001, to identify fundamental research opportunities that exist in connection with the use of surfactants to increase recovery of petroleum from underground reservoirs. This technology was investigated extensively by the oil industry and university groups between approximately 1960 and 1986, when most work was discontinued owing to a decrease in oil prices to less than $10 per barrel. Now the prices seem unlikely to drop below $20-$25 per barrel, it is desirable to reconsider technology, especially in view of developments since 1986, including application of surfactants for remediation of ground water aquifers, which indicate that both costs and uncertainty in process performance can be reduced. Approximately 30 people from universities, NSF, DOE, major oil companies, and smaller companies, which operate many of the fields in the U.S. where the technology would be most attractive, are invited to the workshop. A final report will be prepared and submitted to the National Science Foundation.