Workshop: Advanced Manufacturing for the Oil and Gas Energy Industry; Houston, Texas; November 2014

在可预见的未来，清洁石油和天然气（O&amp；G）可能仍然是最大和最经济的能源来源。在过去的十年中，非常规能源（页岩）的出现为促进制造业的复苏提供了前所未有的机会，而这反过来又对吸收预计丰富的能源（每年45千万亿btu）和化学原料至关重要。制造技术的最新进展（如增材制造、超精密制造和纳米制造）为利用副产品（如硫酸化合物）创造高价值产品（如纳米线热电产品）提供了一个尚未开发的机会，而这些副产品通常在o&g价值链中被视为废物。这些技术可以带来一种令人兴奋的可能性，将石油和天然气行业转变为净零材料足迹行业。此外，解决与石油和天然气能源行业相关的复杂和先进材料（如页岩和合金钢）加工（如钻井和涂层）的关键科学和技术挑战的基础研究也将有利于该国的其他行业。该研讨会将于2014年11月在休斯敦举行，休斯敦被认为是美国石油和天然气能源行业的中心。本次研讨会汇集了一组受邀演讲者，以确定能源行业在先进制造方面的研究和教育需求。受邀演讲嘉宾将在油气实践、材料加工（如纳米制造技术、岩石钻井工艺）、制造机器和工具（如精密机器、水平钻井用金刚石钻头）、企业系统（如能源供应链、运输和储存）和公共政策（如环境和劳动力相关）方面带来独特而互补的专业知识。研讨会的主要目标如下：(1)考察学术界、工业界和研究实验室中针对油气能源行业的制造工艺技术、自动化方法和设备以及系统级研究的最新进展；(2)评估未来的前景和展望，包括能源供应的增长和对先进机械和工艺的需求；(3)收集油气行业短期（未来1-3年）和长期（未来3-10年）研究问题的视角；(4)确定并制定具体的需求、差距和挑战，特别是在油气价值流的上游（石油和天然气的开采）和中游（储存和运输）；(5)为研究和教育计划提出建议，以推进o&&g能源行业的制造技术和系统。

For the foreseeable future, clean oil and gas (O&G) is likely to remain the largest and the most economical source of energy. The advent of unconventional (shale) energy sources during the past decade offers an unprecedented opportunity to promote manufacturing resurgence, which in turn is essential to absorb the projected abundance of energy (45 quadrillion BTUs of annual production) and chemical feedstock. Recent advances in manufacturing technologies (e.g., additive, ultraprecision, and nano-manufacturing) offer a mostly untapped opportunity to create high value products (e.g., nanowire thermoelectrics) out of byproducts (e.g., sulfuric compounds) that are generally treated as waste in O&G value chains. These technologies can lead to an exciting possibility of transforming the O&G sector into a net-zero material footprint industry. Additionally, fundamental research that addresses key scientific and technological challenges in processing (e.g., drilling, and coating) complex and advanced materials (e.g., shale rock and alloy steel) pertinent to the O&G energy industry will also be beneficial to other industries in the country. The workshop will be held in Houston, which is considered as the nation's hub for the O&G energy industry, in November 2014. This workshop brings together a team of invited speakers to identify research and education needs in advanced manufacturing for the O&G energy industry. The invited speakers bring distinct and complementary expertise in O&G practice, materials processing (e.g., nano-manufacturing technologies, rock drilling process), manufacturing machines and tools (e.g., precision machines, diamond bits for horizontal drilling), enterprise systems (e.g., energy supply chains, transport and storage), and public policy (e.g., environmental and workforce related). The main objectives of the workshop are as follows: (1) Examine the state-of-the-art in manufacturing process technologies, automation methods and equipment, and systems-level research for the O&G energy industry taking place in academia, industry, and research labs; (2) Assess future prospects and outlook, including the growth in energy supply and the demand for advanced machinery and processes; (3) Gather the O&G industry perspective of the short-term (1-3 year ahead) and long-term (3-10 years ahead) research issues; (4) Identify and formulate specific needs, gaps and challenges, especially in the upstream (extraction of oil and gas) and the midstream (storage and transport) of the O&G value stream; (5) Formulate recommendations for research and education programs to advance manufacturing technologies and systems for the O&G energy industry.