Developing technologies from Houston and Australia show promise

摘要

Oil & Gas Engineering caught up with Dr. Ramanan Krishnamoorti at the University of Houston (UH). Krishnamoorti is chief energy officer at UH, responsible for integrating the educational, research, and industry partnerships that make up the university's energy initiatives. He spoke about several technologies in development at UH. Speaking about exploration technology, Krishnamoorti said that on the exploration side of the oil and gas industry within real-time monitoring, there is focus on micro-seismic technologies and seismic signal inversion. These technologies involve sending sound waves into the rock and receiving the acoustic signals that are reflected back to the surface. Doing this provides opportunities to study and analyze what is being reflected back from the subsurface.