AONGRC Program Description
- Organized in 1989
- Conducts multidisciplinary research in petroleum and natural gas technology
- Partnership among two WVU departments (Geology & Geography, and Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering) and five state geological surveys (WV, OH, PA, NY and KY)
- A program within the Resource Extraction Division of the NRCCE
AONGRC Contact Information
AONGRC Accomplishments
- Measuring and Predicting Reservoir Heterogeneity in Complex Deposystems - Completed studies of the Big Injun sandstone in West Virginia and the Rose Run sandstone in Ohio. Produced a book on the Rose Run in Ohio, two West Virginia Geological Survey publications on the Big Injun, and other articles and reports
- The Atlas of Major Appalachian Gas Plays - 200-page compendium of maps and descriptions of key gas fields in each of 30 gas plays in the Appalachian region. Also produced a companion database with information on more than 5,100 individual gas reservoirs
AONGRC Benefits to West Virginia and the Nation
- Next to coal, the natural gas industry is the second largest energy employer in West Virginia, and 49 of the State's 55 counties produce natural gas
- New approaches to analyzing gas resources have led to more accurate calculations of the nation's known and potential gas resources, including unconventional resources such as low-permeability "tight" gas reservoirs, gas trapped in shales, and coalbed methane - also abundant in West Virginia
Past AONGRC Projects
- Coal Mine Methane
- Preferred Upstream Management Practices Project
- Reservoir Characterization
- Secondary Natural Gas Recovery
- Tertiary Oil Recovery Information System (TORIS) Database
AONGRC Goals
- Continue to identify industry partners for secondary gas recovery projects and coal mine methane projects
- Increase workshops to help solve technical problems faced by industry
- Create industry consortia to solve regional research problems
AONGRC Stakeholders
- Oil and gas trade associations in seven states; regional professional societies
- Oil and gas exploration and production companies, service companies, and gas storage and pipeline companies
- Coal mines
