Update on the status and development of issues surrounding enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the state of Wyoming

The Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) at the University of Wyoming is charged, by the Wyoming Legislature, to work with Wyoming oil producers to increase oil production, and as result, increase tax revenues of the state. EORI is part of the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming, which provides offices and laboratory facilities in which EORI works. A Technical Advisory Board (TAB), comprised of leading experts from universities and energy companies in the United States, provides technical oversight of EORI work. In addition to industry cooperation and project co-funding, EORI works closely with the other University of Wyoming centers of excellence – particularly the Carbon Management Institute and the Center for Fundamentals of Subsurface Flow – as well as similar institutions in Houston, TX, Palo Alto, CA, Lawrence, KS, Austin, TX, and Golden, CO. The Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) works to help the State of Wyoming and its energy producers to recover a large resource of stranded oil in depleted oil reservoirs as rapidly, responsibly, and economically as possible. EORI is the only institution devoted to enhanced oil recovery in Wyoming oil fields. EORI is dedicated to delivering relevant, topical solutions to producers in Wyoming so that benefits can be realized in a reasonable period of time. The institute is primarily focused on application of new technology through field demonstrations, and supports additional development work as necessary to support commercial-scale implementation. As part of this commitment, the institute has adopted a culture consistent with that of that state’s oil producers – EORI’s priorities and values align with the oil industry’s priorities and values, they talk industry language, and their projects meet industry standards. Specifically, these solutions require an evaluation of the state’s newly proposed flaring rules as well as oil production implications of the sage grouse issues. This paper/presentation will provide a summary of the Institute’s latest technology initiatives and how those technologies can be applied in Wyoming to help producers address the issues associated with new flaring rules and sage grouse mating land set asides

Development of the first internationally accepted standard for geologic storage of carbon dioxide utilizing enhanced oil recovery (EOR) under the international standards organization (ISO) technical committee TC-265

The Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) industry is lacking standardization and therefore the ability to allow CCUS projects to advance as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) or to be considered for any type of carbon management or accounting scheme is also hindered. An international effort between the United States and Canada, funded by the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2 Research Inc.), and managed by CSA Standards, have developed the first internationally recognized Standard for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide (Z-741). The Z-741 Standard has been adopted by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and is available to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). As a direct result of Z-741, the International Standards Organization (ISO) has created a technical committee to advance the development of comprehensive international standards that address CCUS, with a specific focus on CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) as well as the accounting methodology to allow for the stored CO2 to gain “credit” under a carbon management and accounting scheme. The CO2- EOR working group standard will address the subsurface oil field operating environments and related CO2 recovery operations, as well as the harmonization of CO2 supplies with EOR operations both on a daily basis and over multi-year operational horizons, among other topics. The TC has met 6 times and will reconvene at the University of Wyoming in the spring of 2016 bringing together some 40 nations and over 100 internationally recognized experts. This paper/presentation will address key issues experienced in the standard development process, which is a technical, consensus-based facilitated process. An overview of the six (6) working groups will be presented as well as discussion as to why this work is important and how this work can be used by the developing world (non-OECD economies). There will also be a discussion as to how this ISO TC-265 fits in the overall climate change discussion as it relates to the recent Conference of Parties (COP21) meetings in Paris

Inventory Investment, Internal-Finance Fluctuation, and the Business Cycle

macroeconomics, inventory investment, internal-finance fluctuation, business cycle

Final Project Report: Hydraulic Model Study Pocket Wave Absorbers

https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/154195/1/39015101405200.pd

When and why people misestimate future feelings: Identifying strengths and weaknesses in affective forecasting.

People try to make decisions that will improve their lives and make them happy, and to do so, they rely on affective forecasts-predictions about how future outcomes will make them feel. Decades of research suggest that people are poor at predicting how they will feel and that they commonly overestimate the impact that future events will have on their emotions. Recent work reveals considerable variability in forecasting accuracy. This investigation tested a model of affective forecasting that captures this variability in bias by differentiating emotional intensity, emotional frequency, and mood. Two field studies examined affective forecasting in college students receiving grades on a midterm exam (Study 1, N = 643), and U.S. citizens after the outcome of the 2016 presidential election (Study 2, N = 706). Consistent with the proposed model, participants were more accurate in forecasting the intensity of their emotion and less accurate in forecasting emotion frequency and mood. Overestimation of the effect of the event on mood increased over time since the event. Three experimental studies examined mechanisms that contribute to differential forecasting accuracy. Biases in forecasting intensity were caused by changes in perceived event importance; biases in forecasting frequency of emotion were caused by changes in the frequency of thinking about the event. This is the first direct evidence mapping out strengths and weaknesses for different types of affective forecasts and the factors that contribute to this pattern. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

Evaluation of dual flow thrust vector nozzles with exhaust stream impingement

To supplement previous work performed by NASA, a cold-jet facility was established at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo campus. The purpose of this facility is to continue the studies of cold flow multiaxis thrust vectoring conducted at the NASA Langley Research Center. A single nozzle test apparatus was completed and is presently operational. Included are the results of the single flow test envelope that was requested by NASA personnel. Details about the test apparatus are included in the Cal Poly Semi-Annual Progress report

The role of the individual in the coming era of process-based therapy

For decades the development of evidence-based therapy has been based on experimental tests of protocols designed to impact psychiatric syndromes. As this paradigm weakens, a more process-based therapy approach is rising in its place, focused on how to best target and change core biopsychosocial processes in specific situations for given goals with given clients. This is an inherently more idiographic question than has normally been at issue in evidence-based therapy over the last few decades. In this article we explore methods of assessment and analysis that can integrate idiographic and nomothetic approaches in a process-based era.Accepted manuscrip

Final Project Report: Hydraulic Model Study Tawas Bay Marina Harbor Modification Evaluations

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