UL helping fuel Louisiana’s energy management with historic grant

[cajun4life]

We are. Industry is kicking ass and we set a record for both domestic oil production and natural gas production this past year. We’ll set another one in 2024.

But industry is always evolving, not staying stagnant, and it’s good to see these partnerships. This is how our students here on the Gulf Coast can end up having a foot in the door to good paying jobs with folks like Exxon, Sasol, Occidental, Venture Global, etc when they graduate.

Mike Sabel with VG is a pretty cool dude. I’ve flown him probably 50 times. His vision for LNG and processes are genius.

[cajun4life]

Interesting. My concern is we focus more on carbon capture and unreliable energy sources.

The company I work for is extremely busy in the gulf. One new structure should be online by late summer. Two more blocks with exploratory drilling, one of which is good. It’s unknown if it will require a new structure or tie back into something else.

But the deep water game is in full swing with nearly every major operator actively drilling.

[Cajunrunner]

Interesting. My concern is we focus more on carbon capture and unreliable energy sources.

We're not. Or at least industry is not focusing more on those than its core business, which is fossil fuel production and/or manufacturing of fossil fuel byproducts. Except for BP. They're idiots.

And while I'm not going to try to convince anyone of the economics behind carbon sequestration or capture (especially not the direct air capture, those are bunk), carbon sequestration has been around for decades. In fact, that exact process has been used in the Permian Basin the past 50 years to get additional oil & gas production out of fields that have gone through the primary drilling & production phase.

What Exxon is going to do around Intracoastal City is that same process, except it just won't produce excess oil & gas (hence where the funny economics come into play). Instead, they'll be a service provider for new petrochemical and related plants along the Mississippi River, whom the EPA has limited "allowance" of CO2 admissions (I'm not convinced that such needs to be required, but that train has done left the station). They will take CO2 produced by those plants and transport it via pipeline to inject underground.

Several operators in the Permian Basin have utilized that exact process for a long time to increase production, drilling CO2 wells in North New Mexico and Southern Colorado, then transporting it via pipeline to the Permian. That was probably part of the reason Exxon acquired Denbury. Not just to be in the sequestration business to have as part of their portfolio, but also, that Denbury line already goes into Texas. A bit further extension, and they can take CO2 from plants along the Mississippi and Calcasieu Rivers into old West TX oil & gas fields for secondary tertiary hydrocarbon recovery.

[Cajunrunner]

Mike Sabel with VG is a pretty cool dude. I’ve flown him probably 50 times. His vision for LNG and processes are genius.

The amount of renewed investment is SW LA and SE TX with LNG is a game-changer for that region and its economy. I wouldn't be surprised to see it have a huge positive affect for McNeese and Lamar Universities, and also should bring increased progress for UL and UofH as well.

[cajun4life]

The amount of renewed investment is SW LA and SE TX with LNG is a game-changer for that region and its economy. I wouldn't be surprised to see it have a huge positive affect for McNeese and Lamar Universities, and also should bring increased progress for UL and UofH as well.

VG is completely self sustained. Once the plant is actually powered up and the cooling process takes place, it generates its own power and is nearly completely off grid.

[Cajunrunner]

VG is completely self sustained. Once the plant is actually powered up and the cooling process takes place, it generates its own power and is nearly completely off grid.

A buddy of mine here in the neighborhood is an engineer for the company that consulted, designed and build the facility (or at least the main components of it). Sounds like they didn't spare a dime. State of the art.

[CajunNation]

The amount of renewed investment is SW LA and SE TX with LNG is a game-changer for that region and its economy. I wouldn't be surprised to see it have a huge positive affect for McNeese and Lamar Universities, and also should bring increased progress for UL and UofH as well.

Awesome!

[Turbine]

... They will take CO2 produced by those plants and transport it via pipeline to inject underground.

Any research on raising land mass using this method, or is it to far below the surface to have an effect?

[Cajunsmike]

Any research on raising land mass using this method, or is it to far below the surface to have an effect?

It is too far below surface to have any effect. CO2 injection has been ongoing for decades, even in Louisiana. Purpose is to increase recovery form old fields. It is just not as economic here as in other areas due to geology therefore you don't hear about it as much.

[facelessjonmoon]

Since the original thread appears to have been whacked for some reason, though all it was just energy discussions which is related to this good news for our university.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is an integral part of a statewide effort that received the largest and most competitive grant ever awarded by the National Science Foundation – up to $160 million over the next 10 years. The statewide effort – Future Use of Energy in Louisiana, or FUEL – includes more than 50 public and private partners from across Louisiana.

The NSF Engines grant will support Louisiana’s energy industry, create jobs in the energy sector, develop innovative solutions to energy challenges and help train the world’s energy workforce. The NSF announced the award at a press conference on Monday, Jan. 29, in Washington, D.C.

“As a partner in the FUEL consortium team, we look forward to contributing our expertise in the evolution of the energy economy across a range of technical areas,” said Dr. Jonathan Raush, principal investigator for UL Lafayette on the grant and associate professor of mechanical engineering. “This NSF Engines award will provide opportunities to expand and strengthen both University and industry collaborations, conduct use-inspired R&D, technology commercialization and workforce development. Project focus areas of the consortium, ranging from development of the industrial hydrogen economy to water management, energy efficiency, sustainable manufacturing and more are key growth areas for UL Lafayette. Working collaboratively, the execution of these programs will help move Louisiana to be the global research and development leader for solving energy-related challenges.”

https://louisiana.edu/news/ul-lafaye...L5wHco2pqRvDOE

"Dr. Jonathan Raush, principal investigator for UL Lafayette on the grant and associate professor of mechanical engineering"

Dr. Raush was a 4 year starter at LT. Nice to see him still involved with the university

[Cajunrunner]

"Dr. Jonathan Raush, principal investigator for UL Lafayette on the grant and associate professor of mechanical engineering"

Dr. Raush was a 4 year starter at LT. Nice to see him still involved with the university

Yep! I believe he was on the robotics team with former UL Track & Field athlete Chris Meaux, that won the national competition.

Good dude. We painted his name on our chests a few games back then.

[cajunfan96]

We're not. Or at least industry is not focusing more on those than its core business, which is fossil fuel production and/or manufacturing of fossil fuel byproducts. Except for BP. They're idiots.

And while I'm not going to try to convince anyone of the economics behind carbon sequestration or capture (especially not the direct air capture, those are bunk), carbon sequestration has been around for decades. In fact, that exact process has been used in the Permian Basin the past 50 years to get additional oil & gas production out of fields that have gone through the primary drilling & production phase.

What Exxon is going to do around Intracoastal City is that same process, except it just won't produce excess oil & gas (hence where the funny economics come into play). Instead, they'll be a service provider for new petrochemical and related plants along the Mississippi River, whom the EPA has limited "allowance" of CO2 admissions (I'm not convinced that such needs to be required, but that train has done left the station). They will take CO2 produced by those plants and transport it via pipeline to inject underground.

Several operators in the Permian Basin have utilized that exact process for a long time to increase production, drilling CO2 wells in North New Mexico and Southern Colorado, then transporting it via pipeline to the Permian. That was probably part of the reason Exxon acquired Denbury. Not just to be in the sequestration business to have as part of their portfolio, but also, that Denbury line already goes into Texas. A bit further extension, and they can take CO2 from plants along the Mississippi and Calcasieu Rivers into old West TX oil & gas fields for secondary tertiary hydrocarbon recovery.

So, if I understand this correctly, this "carbon capture" will be used for further drilling? This makes me feel better about this situation. I presumed these Dumb Azz politicians were just putting carbon dioxide underground to "save the planet."