Accepted Presentations To-Date:
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PLENARY SESSION – Monday, October 30th:
API Recommend Practice 100-2 Managing Environmental Aspects Associated with Exploration and Production Operations including Hydraulic Fracturing
– Lloyd Hetrick, Operations Engineering Advisor, Newfield Exploration Company
Potential Beneficial Uses of Produced Water – Issues, Opportunities and Challenges
– Rick McCurdy, Manager, Corrosions, Chemical and Water, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
ALL CONFERENCE LUNCHEON SPEAKER – Wednesday, November 1st:
A Century of Leadership: Energy Regulation at the Railroad Commission of Texas
– Lori Wrotenbery, Director, Oil & Gas Division, Texas Railroad Commission
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE SESSION::
Remediation, Redevelopment and Reuse of the Former TexTin Superfund Site
Using Surfactants for In-Situ Soil Remediation
Molecular Biological Tools for Enhanced Site Assessment
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS:
- 10 Biggest Mistakes: Groundwater Remediation
- A Novel Approach for Chemical Injection Program Optimization at Salt Water Disposal Facility
- Addressing Produced Water Leaks and Spills from Surface Impoundments, Tanks and Pipelines
- Alternatives to the Conventional Management of Spent Catalyst
- An Overview of Electric Leak Detection and Leak Location Methods on Geosynthetic Liners
- Assessment of Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Data for Corrective Action Planning and Near-field Source Correction
- Benzene Fenceline Monitoring; Lessons Learned for Upcoming Compliance
- Best Practices to Reduce Venting and Flaring with Economic Benefit
- Bioremediation Approaches and Tools for Benzene Remediation under Anaerobic Conditions
- Bioremediation Coupled with Chemical Oxidation for Treatment of Oil-Base Drill Cuttings
- BioTraps and Site Management Strategies for Groundwater Impacted with Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
- BioTraps and Site Management Strategies for Groundwater Impacted with Petroleum Hydrocarbons
- Bioseperation of Hazardous Ions using Bacterial Leaching and Kinetic Study
- Challenges with Petroleum Spill Characterization
- Characteristics and Performance of an Environmentally-Friendly Microbial-Based Paraffin Dispersal Product
- Chemical Degradation of Polymer Used in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Produced Water
- Cognitive Tool to Support Remediation Technology Selection
- Combining Science & Common Sense to Protect Vegetation & Conserve Topsoil in Crude Oil & Natural Gas Production Fields
- Creating Value and Reducing Costs While Protecting the Environment
- Degrading Organic Compounds in Simulated Produced Water by Creating Hydrogen Peroxide Catalytically
- Detecting Sulfide Producing Bacteria that Reduce Thiosulfate in Produced Water
- Development of a Technical-Regulatory Guidance Document for TPH Risk Assessment at Petroleum-Contaminated Sites
- Development of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Sensor to Assess Groundwater Quality Impacts Resulting from Subsurface Activities
- Disparity of Dissolved Methane in Groundwater – MSC Round Robin Study
- East Bank of the Flats Project-A Lesson in Vapor Intrusion Mitigation for a Large Scale Former Oil Refinery Site
- Evaluating Environmental Reports and Regulatory Proposals
- Four Methods for Evaluating Soil Electrical Conductivity of Brine-Impacted Soils at Well Sites in Bottineau County, North Dakota
- Groundwater Plume Analytics
- HDPE Lined Produced Water Evaporation Ponds
- High Resolution Site Characterization: Real Time Data Collection for Comprehensive Environmental Site Assessments
- Hydrocarbon Sludge Treatment in Upstream Oil and Gas Industry of Kuwait – Case Study
- Hydrocarbon Tank Cleaning Best Practice
- In Situ Bioreactors for In-Well Groundwater Remediation
- Landfarming of Petroleum Contaminated Soils – What Goes Wrong
- Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Transmissivity Acceptance and Use by the Regulatory Community
- Low-Impact Pilot Study Leads to Extended Treatability Evaluation Confirming Biostimulation Safe, Sustainable and Cost-Effective cVOC Remediation Strategy
- Management of E&P Waste Under RCRA
- Marcellus Shale Production Facility Emissions: Leak Detection Field Study
- Media Filtration of Produced Water from Heavy Polymer Flooding for Produced Water Re-Injection
- New Produced Water Initiative
- Novel Risk-Based Approach to Address Amines Released in Texas and New Mexico
- Outsourcing Refinery Benzene Fenceline Monitoring: What’s More Valuable than Cost?
- Pasture Yields in Oil-Contaminated Soils from the Petroleum Producing Region of Southeastern Mexico
- Permian Basin Environmental Success Story: Revenue Sharing with Vent Gas
- Petroleum Fingerprinting and Environmental Sleuthing Identifies Archeological Contamination Not Associated with Site Activities…Site Achieves Closure saving Millions
- Recent Developments and Opportunities for Re-Use of Produced Water
- Reducing Remediation Costs While Improving Site Delineation
- Reducing Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Downstream of Amine Units with Dry Sorbent Injection
- Rehabilitation Program in Remediated Soils of Desert Environment – Case Study
- Remediation of Brine Spills – What Goes Wrong
- Remediation Solutions for Remote Oil and Gas Locations
- Risk Assessment and Risk Management Under Equator Principles
- Site Characterization of Contaminated Sites in Oil Fields of South and East Kuwait Resulted Due to Gulf War
- Site Specific Risk Assessment of Soil Sensitivity to Brine Releases: Osage County, Oklahoma
- Sodium and Chloride Reduction in Drill Cuttings, Soil and Produced Water with Specialized Microbes
- Streams and Wetlands: What is the Latest Definition and Best Practices
- Successful On-Site Treatability Study Evaluating Feasibility of Biostimulation to Enhance Microbial Degradation of 1,3,5 – Trimethylbenzene Under Anaerobic Conditions
- Sustainable and Cost –Effective Destruction of Chlorinated Alkane and Alkene contaminants via Biostimulation and Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination
- Task Force Report on Environmental and Community Impacts of Shale Development in Texas
- The Reuse of Produced Water – What the Government Should be Doing in Support of Market-Ready Solutions
- The Unexpected Nature and Extent of Arsenic in Soil, based on the RCRA Facility Investigation at the Elk Hills Oilfield, Former Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, Kern County, California
- Treatment of Polymer Flooding Produced Water
- Update on Electrokinetic Based Soil Desalinization Field Test
- Update on Environmental Issues Raised by Litigants Against Hydrofracturing
- Use of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the Detection and Mitigation of Risks Associated with Infrastructure Management
- Use of Real-Time Monitoring to Minimize Chemical Incompatibility in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid
- Using Lower Threshold Limits as a Stop Criteria to Prevent Overdoing Remediation: Going for Good Enough Rather Than Perfect
- Using Produced Water to Grow Microalgae
- Using Ultrasensitive Hydrocarbon Detection to Elucidate Nascent Pipeline Leaks
- Wettability Based Vacuum Degassing and Boiling for Produced Water Treatment
- Wildlife Issues with Oil and Gas Exploration