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adds, with the company routinely conducting
chemical tracer programs to characterize
any communication between laterals.
Although rare, Greylock will skip a
stage or two around a fault or other feature,
but designs its program in Greene County,
Pa., largely to drill between faults, he says.
The company has experimented with various
logging technologies, but treats the Marcellus
for what it largely is in Greene County: a
thick homogeneous rock formation.
Through all its metrics for success,
Greylock has adopted a " 5-ER " standard,
representing the five-year estimated recovery
of a well, rather than a standard
EUR calculation, Deaderick points out.
" We have found that EUR lacks precision
because it looks at total recovery
from a well without considering the economic
component very well, " he remarks.
" With 5-ER, we are looking at what making
a change operationally does to fiveyear
recoveries, because that is driving
the financial engine and helping us understand
if we are maximizing the recoverable
potential from a well. "
With solid ESG performance imperative,
the company is deploying new technologies
to reduce its environmental impact, Deaderick
adds. On one recent Greylock project,
Energy Water Solutions' VOX™ evaporation
technology enabled the company
to reduce flowback water handling from
5,000 to 4,200 bbl/d, he reports.
The company continues to benefit from
cost reductions from drilling and frac
fleet automation, Deaderick says, including
automated systems with both diesel and
natural gas distribution for dual-fuel pumps
that keep systems going during stimulation
and eliminate a diesel truck constantly
traversing locations to fill fuel tanks.
Emissions Detection Program
With downhole success, Jonah Energy
LLC continues to add technologies to its
emissions detection program as it works
to influence a shift to reporting real emissions
levels over calculated ones to demonstrate
that natural gas is a clean, reliable
energy source for end-users, says Paul
Ulrich, vice president of government and
regulatory affairs.
" One thing we are very cognizant about
Jonah Energy LLC is applying a number of technologies to demonstrate that natural
gas is a clean, reliable energy source-from natural-gas-powered rigs to drone flyovers
and fixed infrared field monitors for 24-hour emissions surveillance. But a key innovation
is its work to measure and report actual emissions levels instead of calculated levels,
which in November, helped it become the first U.S. company to achieve a gold
standard rating for emissions data submitted to the United Nations Oil and Gas Methane
Partnership 2.0.
and appreciate is that the West Coast is
demanding cleaner energy resources, " says
Ulrich. " We feel in order to respond to the
market, customers, regulators and policymakers,
we have been pushing and continue
to push the envelope on providing the
cleanest natural gas in the system. "
More than a decade ago, the company
first deployed forward-looking infrared
cameras throughout its operations in the
Jonah Field of Wyoming's Green River
Basin. Since then, the company has added
fixed monitors in the field for 24-hour
surveillance. Inspections are done monthly,
over and above state requirements for
quarterly inspections and federal requirements
for biannual reviews.
Jonah Energy is contracting with vendors
Scientific Aviation, Bridger Photonics, and
other companies to conduct drone flyovers
and airborne gas mapping LiDAR analysis.
Practical operational innovations include
the use of natural-gas-powered drilling rigs
and consolidation of pad locations, he says.
But a key, forward-looking innovation
includes its work to identify actual emissions
levels instead of relying on mandated
calculations based on engine size, leak
factors and other measures that make
calculations highly variable, Ulrich says.
" Actual measurement is the path that
needs to be taken for the customer and
others to have confidence in what we are
reporting versus calculations, " he says.
" In our mind, it's really that simple. We
want to be able to provide that confidence
and transparency to the marketplace. "
To that end, in November Jonah Energy
became the first U.S. company to achieve
a gold standard rating for emissions data
submitted to the United Nations-sponsored
Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0.
Ulrich points out.
Jonah Energy reported 85% of all
emission sources from operated assets
using actual measurement and detailed
engineering calculations rather than generic
emission factors, Ulrich reports. Independent
analyses came up with a path to
direct measurement and all information
was verified by a third party, he adds.
" It is a strong signal to the market,
to customers, policymakers and others
that we take emission reductions very
seriously; serious enough that we have
charted a path to direct measurement
and we are the first in the country to do
so, " Ulrich comments.
The concept of responsibly produced
gas is in its infancy, he says, but the company
is involved in discussions with other business
partners throughout the supply chain on
how transparent and credible the company's
numbers are and what the pathway to gold
standard means to the industry as a whole.
" We want to be able to demonstrate
what's possible and how natural gas can
play an ongoing foundational role in our
energy needs in this country, " Ulrich
says. " But in order for us to do that, we
need to produce natural gas cleaner and
demonstrate that we are doing that. " ❒
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