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Oil experts f rom Texas A&rM and
t isalsohalM ()t h cr universities are helping in-
ndbiolon«P end f" t oil l ) l rodl ( KCI 1 s v ta P , the
• , $ .7 trillion worth ol oil that they
S in WCa®m ve no t been able to recover,
of SteppinMDr. Mel Friedman, dean of geosci-
■ices, has said that two-thirds of the
Blown oil reserves are left in the
j. , Bound because the independent oil
iorteacinm (lc | acers who recover the major
“'Us. We [Brtion of the oil do not have the
ve shork te Itnology or the research capabiii-
B s they need.
Most of the research
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on new
methods of oil recovery is being
■me by the big oil companies like
xon and Mobil that have the re-
urces to fund the research, he
said.
JThe information is not being dis-
We SllOiiliBninated to the smaller companies
' lessofartBat make up the bulk of domestic
about oura oil production, he said.
-r ■ Fried man said the Department ol
31 intenu| r ,1,
■tergy is spending onlv J perc ent ol
nil y- Bbudget on oil and gas recovery re-
couJjrejBarch, with most of the rest of the
ist for Ik*
money being spent in support of the
coal and lignite industry.
The DOE assumes that oil pro
ducers will do their own research
and do not want the government to
get involved, but most oil producers
cannot afford to do this type of re
search and the result is that a large
proportion of known oil reserves is
being left in the ground, he said.
The Geoscience Institute for Oil
and Gas Recovery Research, a con
sortium of 15 universities from
around the country including Texas
A&M and the University of Texas,
has estimated that 66 percent of
known U.S. oil will be abandoned if
more effort is not put into oil and
gas recovery research.
fhere are 250 billion barrels of oil
or 46 percent of the known reserves
that are considered immobile and
trapped and could not be recovered
in the forseeable future. Another 20
percent or 96 billion barrels of oil
are considered mobile unswept oil
and could be recovered with an in
crease in research efforts.
The Texas Bureau of Economic
Geology has estimated that there are
35 billion barrels of mobile unswept
oil in Texas. Friedman has calcu
lated that if I percent of this oil is re
covered it would result in a $6.3 bil
lion boost to the Texas economy and
$290 million in direct severence
taxes.
To advance research efforts the
DOE formed the consortium to re
search new methods of oil recovery
and make the information available
to the general public.
The consortium will be presenting
its first report reflecting the efforts
of over 500 experts in the oil indus
try to the DOE in September. Fried
man said the report will advise the
DOE to set up numerous requests
for proposals or RFPs that will be
awarded to qualified universities.
Each REP will target a specific
area of research and funding will be
on a dollar by dollar matching basis.
The oil industry will be encouraged
to support the RFPs and help the
universities pay the matching funds.
Friedman is confident that Texas
A&M will receive its share of RFPs.
“The research will take time to
bear fruit,” said Friedman, “but with
a little investment into oil recovery
research we could reap big divi
dends in the near future.”
Friedman said it is conceivable
that the U.S. could be completely en
ergy self-sufficient. The U.S. im
ports 40 percent of its oil and gas
supply.
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apped a federal lawsuit against
chool district, but plans to con-
ue her state court battle after
ing accused of having sex with
student who later committed
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trauma of the night she said she was kidnapped and
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The 19-year-old woman said in an interview with the
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to the coin-operated laundry.
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shaking,” she said. “Forgetting about it. That’s the
toughest,” she said, referring to the ordeal. “But I ig
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Born the ninth of 12 children of an alcoholic father
and overworked mother, she said she learned to survive
by seeking obscurity, or according to her rule: Be quiet
and bad things will go away.
She broke that rule on March 27, when, at her hus
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