RPSEA and Environmentally Friendly Drilling Program

Joanna McFarland, Manager
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Post Office Box 2008
1 Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6181
mcfarlanej@ornl.gov
Tel: 865.574.4941
Fax: 865.241.4829

Current Projects:

Completed Projects:

1. Natural Gas and Oil Technology Partnership Support
   Fundamental Chemistry for Process Development of Heavy Oil
   › contact: Bill Steele (phone: N/A, email: N/A)
• Fact Sheet
2. Bioupgrading of Heavy Crudes Using Temperature- and Oil-Tolerant Enzyme Catalysts
   › contact: Abhijeet Borole, borolea@ornl.gov, 865.576.7421
• Fact Sheet
3. Remote Sensing for Environmental Baselining and Monitoring
   › contact: David Reister, reisterdb@ornl.gov, 865.574.2272
• Final Report
4. Use of Ionic Liquids in Produced Water Clean-Up
   › contact: David DePaoli, depaolidw@ornl.gov, 865.574.6817
• Fact Sheet
5. Life Performance Monitoring Using Fiber Optic Strain Sensors
   › contact: Barton Smith, smithdb@ornl.gov, 865.574.2196
• Fact Sheet
6. Modeling of Water-Soluble Organic Content in Produced Water
   › contact: Joanna McFarlane, mcfarlanej@ornl.gov, 865.574.4941
• Fact Sheet
7. Biocatalytic Hydrogenation And Hydrodesulfurization For Upgrading Heavy Crudes
   › contact: Abhijeet Borole, borolea@ornl.gov, 865.576.7421
• Fact Sheet
8. Developing an Ecological Framework to Evaluate Impacts of Releases at Upstream Exploration and Production Sites: The Effect of Size and Distribution
   › contact: Rebecca Efroymson, efroymsonra@ornl.gov, 828.505.1673
• Fact Sheet
9. Maintenance of Environmental Compliance Assistance System
   › contact: Sharon Robinson, robinsonsm@ornl.gov, 865.574.6779
   • Fact Sheet
10. Coalbed Natural Gas Produced-Water Treatment Using Gas Hydrates
    › contact: Costas Tsouris, tsourisc@ornl.gov, 865.241.3246
• Fact Sheet
11. Physical Property Measurement of Produced Water/Characterization of Soluble Organics in Produced Water
    › contact: Debra Bostick, bostickda@ornl.gov, 865.574.2447
• Fact Sheet
12. A New Inspection Tool for Pipeline Flaw and Leak Detection
    › contact: Venugopal Varma, varmavk@ornl.gov, 865.574.7156
    • Fact Sheet
    • Poster