Energy Institute To Establish, Manage $ 3 Million National Consortium On Natural Gas Stripper Wells
November 30, 2000
University Park, Pa. — Penn State has been selected by the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and the National Petroleum Technology Office at the National Energy Technology Laboratory to establish and manage a national natural gas and petroleum stripper well consortium.

"The industry-driven consortium will invest $3 million over the next three years from the Strategic Center to develop technologies that improve the production performance of the nation’s natural gas and petroleum stripper wells," says consortium director Cem Sarica, associate professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering.

The consortium will be centered in Penn State’s Energy Institute and will focus on the development of technology for such problem areas as reservoir remediation, wellbore clean-up and surface system optimization.

In partnership with researchers from the University of Tulsa, Penn State will recruit industries to become members of the consortium, which will be governed by an executive council. The first organizational meeting is planned for Jan. 29 in Pittsburgh.

For more information, contact Joel Morrison, program development and logistics coordinator for the Energy Institute, at 814-865-4802.

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