Outlook for new sources of gas supply. [Panel discussion, 35th annual mtg. , Board of Trustees, Inst. of Gas Technology]

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7078968

Included are presentations from 5 speakers: Dr. William T. McCormick, Jr., Director, Office of Commericalization, ERDA; Dr. Vincent E. McKelvey, Director, U.S. Geological Survey; Dr. Gorman C. Smith, Ass't. Administrator for Regulatory Programs, FEA; Mr. J. Wade Watkins, Deputy Director, Division of Oil, Gas, and Shale Technology, ERDA; and Dr. Herman Enzer, Director, Office of Minerals Policy and Research Analysis, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. On completion of the presentations, the speakers were assembled as a panel for a group discussion, moderated by Dr. James J. Brophy, senior vice president, Institute of Gas Technology. There was a luncheon address by John H. Holloman III, Vice Chairman, Federal Power Commission. Dr. McCormick addressed the problem of replacing conventional supplies of gas with synthetic gas, arctic gas, LNG, etc. Dr. McKelvey discussed the possibilities of gas supplies in new offshore areas pointing out that 4.3 trillion ft/sup 3/ were produced on the continental shelf in 1975. Dr. Smith's presentation was concerned with the problems of total supply and distribution of available supplies, particularly the role of the FEA in getting gas out from under boilers where coal, and in some cases oil, can be substituted. Mr. Watkin's topic was Enhanced Onshore Recovery of Natural Gas, covering the following: tight formations, geopressured aquifers, coal beds, landfills, and gas hydrates. Dr. Enzer, who headed the Interior Department's study of alternate routes for delivery of Alaskan gas to the Lower 48 States, assessed the potential supply of Alaskan and Canadian Arctic gas. It was concluded that the potential for new sources of supply is there; improved technology is an issue, but not the dominant one. The dominant issue is to provide the consumer with a choice of energy sources; to do this, all potential sources of gas supply must be examined.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Ill. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7078968
• Report Number(s): CONF-761162-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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