SERC

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SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• SERC
• http//serc.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/ 
• Subsurface Energy Resource Center
• Office of Energy and Environment
• in Coordination with
• FAES
• Arts and Science
• Engineering
• Public Health
• Business

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SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• Welcome Kate Bartter, Assoc. Dir.
• Office for Energy and Environment
• Shale energy and SERC Why are we here?
• Jeff Daniels, SERC Co-Dir.
• Doug Southgate, SERC Co-Dir.
• Extension Work Group Update
• Ken Martin, OSU Extension
• SERC Workgroups and Research Opportunities
• Jeff Daniels and Doug Southgate
• Additional Faculty Involvement
• Jeff Daniels and Doug Southgate

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SERC Motivation
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• Recent technical advances
• Major companies investing billions in leases
• Workforce Issues
• Unbiased Third Party Needed
• Environmental Uncertainties and Needs
• Research and Outreach Needed

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Technological Game Changers inSubsurface Energy
Production
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm
Horizontal Drilling Hydraulic Fracturing Gas
Production from Shale
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SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm
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Current Drilling Activity in Ohio Marcellus
ShaleSource (updated 10/12/11)
http//www.ohiodnr.com/oil/shale/tabid/23174/Defau
lt.aspx
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• Total of 16 Wells
• 3 Producing
• 5 Drilled
• 8 Permitted
• Companies Represented (Phillips Exploration,
  Marquette Exploration, Chesapeake Exploration,
  Protégé Energy II,Triad Hunter)
• Ohio Counties Represented
• Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe

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Current Drilling Activity in Ohio Utica
ShaleSource (updated 10/12/11)
http//www.ohiodnr.com/oil/shale/tabid/23174/Defau
lt.aspx
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• 86 Wells (40 Horizontal)
• 64 Permitted
• 18 Drilled/Drilling
• 2 Producing
• 1 Completed
• 1 Unknown Status (near completion)
• Companies Represented (Chesapeake Exploration,
  Beck Energy, Enervest Operating, Anadarko E P,
  Ohio Buckeye Energy, CNX Gas Company, Marquette
  Exploration, HG Energy)
• Ohio Counties Represented, to date
• Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga,
  Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning,
  Muskingum, Noble, Portage, Stark, Tuscarawas

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Productivity of Test Wells in OhioSource
http//www.ohiomfg.com/communities/energy
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• Three Wells drilled by Chesapeake Energy in the
  Utica Shale Play
• Harrison County
• Peak Rate 9.5 Million Cubic Feet of Natural Gas
  per day
• Peak Rate 1,425 Barrels of Natural Gas Liquids
  and Oil (Liquids) per day
• Carroll County 1
• Peak Rate 3.1 Million Cubic Feet of Natural Gas
  per day
• Peak Rate 1,015 Barrels of Liquids per day
• Carroll County 2
• Peak Rate 3.8 Million Cubic Feet of Natural Gas
  per day
• Peak Rate 980 Barrels of Liquids per day

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SERC MissionServe as a fair broker to
interface between industry, government agencies,
and non-government organizations.
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• Facilitate Communication within the University
• Facilitate Communication Between Industry,
  Government Agencies, and NGOs
• Forums for discussion of Development Issues
  (Resource and Environmental
• Ensure a place at the table in external forums
  and decision making groups on subsurface
  development
• Support Research

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OSU Department of Extension

• Kenneth E. Martin, PhD
• Professor, Chair and Associate Director, Programs
• October 14, 2011

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Shale Energy Programs

• 14 Presenters
• Delivered 39 sessions across multiple counties
• 4,834 total participants Topics included
• Legal aspects of Oil Gas Leasing, Oil Gas
  regulations
• Working with Landowners public officials on
  leasing issues, environmental
• information and general oil gas education
• Process impacts of drilling in the Marcellus
  and Utica Shale formations
• Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing
• Marcellus and Utica/Impact on Jobs and Fracking
  Water

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Counties with Shale Programs
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• Local Ohio County Offices have been impacted

Belmont County Courthouse
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Our Ecological Paradigm

• Production Efficiency
• Environmental Compatibility
• Economic Viability
• Social Responsibility

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Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC)
Organization
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Socioeconomic and Policy and Legal Expertise
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Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, and
Subsurface Energy Expertise
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Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, and
Subsurface Energy Expertise (continued)
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Extension and Community Support
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SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm
Extension and Community Support (continued)
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Public Health Expertise
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Communication
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• External Advisory Board
• SERC Coordination Committee
• Shale Gas Work Group OSU Extension
• Cooperation with Other Universities (Having
  discussions with CWRU, OU, and Pittsburgh)

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SERC Research Work GroupsTechnical Groups to
Formulate Research Programs and Organize Forums
and Seminars
SERC Faculty Meeting Friday, October 14, 100 pm

• Current Plan
• Shale Energy Education Work Group OSU
  Extension
• Subsurface Energy Water and Environment
• Socioeconomic Legal and Policy
• Workforce and Students
• Other Possibilities
• Socioeconomic
• Shale Gas Resource Development
• Legal
• Downstream Business
• Workforce Development and Students
• Hydrogeologic
• Others later (Geothermal, subsurface storage,
  etc., ?)

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External AdvisoryKeyword Balanced

• Industry
• Government
• NGOs (Environmental)

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Shale Gas Implications for Energy and the
Environment Research
Energy
Economy
Environment
Sustainability
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Summary Thoughts on SERC Research

• Research must be Fact Based
• Research must include Resource Development and
  Environment
• Natural geologic migration barriers important
• Monitoring testing for control and assurance
• Research to Support a Well Defined Regulatory
  Structure
• Cooperation needed between ALL stakeholders
• Communication and education essential