Potential to Increase U.S. Oil and Gas Production in an Emergency
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This study examines the potential to rapidly increase U.S. oil and gas production during a major disruption of imported oil supplies. Greater domestic energy production will have obvious importance in easing the shock of a drastic reduction of imports. Because of the variation in possible disruptions, the crisis scenario considered herein is limited to a major interruption of Persian Gulf exports lasting from one to three years. The following remedial actions are considered to have the greatest relevance to increasing production within the considered period: (1) producing at- full output capacity, (2) accelerating infill drilling, (3) utilizing well servicing equipment on a full-time basis, and (4) replacing oil consumption with greater gas production. These remedial actions to be undertaken by the production sector are analyzed in terms of their impact on production rate, their technical feasibility, and their physical and capital requirements. The estimated total production rate increase in oil equivalent is 0.8 MMB/D after one year, 1.1 MMB/D after two years, and 1.2 MMB/D after three years. The magnitude of the increase, however, is small relative to the quantity of imports that we stand to lose. The primary constraint to implementing remedial action will be supplying the personnel for the extra engineering evaluation; the capital costs of the overall emergency program will be approximately $6 billion per year.To achieve the estimated increase, much more analysis and planning will be required to insure that the U.S. can act quickly and efficiently during a supply crisis. Although an extension of this analysis is necessary to more accurately determine the potential to increase production, the bulk of future work should address establishing a plan of action which is both equitable and efficient.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | February 1981 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Pittinger, Lyndon Frank |
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| Primary advisor | Brigham, William E. |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering |
Subjects
| Subject | School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences |
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| Genre | Thesis |
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- Pittinger, Lyndon Frank. (1981). Potential to Increase U.S. Oil and Gas Production in an Emergency. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/gy963md6289
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Master's Theses, Doerr School of Sustainability
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