Announcements

New DeepStar Membership Benefits Battelle's Oil and Gas Clients
DeepStar, an operator funded Research & Development collaboration between oil companies, vendors, regulators and academic/research institutes, ultimately enables organizations such as Battelle to better understand oil and gas company needs and develop new technologies and approaches based upon those needs. With that in mind, Battelle recently joined the industry consortium.

DOE Awards Battelle Two Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Contracts
With its first award, the Department of Energy tasks Battelle Principal Research Scientist Joel Sminchak and Senior Research Leader Neeraj Gupta with developing a framework for managing subsurface brine disposal in the Northern Appalachian Basin crucial for unconventional oil and gas production. The second contract taps Battelle Research Leader Srikanta Mishra's expertise to develop simplified modeling tools with the goal of enabling rapid assessment of CO₂ sequestration projects in deep saline formations. Additional detail.

Ohio EPA and DNR Tap into Battelle's Shale Gas Expertise
With the recent award of a significant contract, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are entrusting Battelle to develop an assessment procedure to increase water reuse and decrease injection of wastewater into disposal wells during shale gas drilling and production. Additional detail.

PHMSA Relies Upon Battelle's Pipeline Expertise
Bringing its pipeline expertise to help the Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Battelle will soon begin work on two recently awarded contracts by the organization: the first is a study focused on the longitudinal electric resistance weld seam failures in pipelines, the second contract awarded to Battelle by PHMSA involves determining pressure and alternative integrity testing methods for pipelines installed prior to 1970.

DOE ARPA-E Looks to Battelle to Improve Lithium Battery Systems
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently awarded Battelle a $1 million grant to develop internal sensing capabilities for high-energy lithium ion batteries to improve the safety and performance of commercial battery systems. Additional detail.

Shell's Jose Bravo Presents Seminar at Battelle Headquarters
On November 7, Battelle headquarters in Columbus, OH, served as the backdrop for Shell Chief Scientist Jose Bravo's mid-day seminar entitled: Technological Challenges for Production of Energy in the Next Decades. The information-sharing meeting kicked off with Battelle CEO Jeff Wadsworth welcoming Dr. Bravo to Battelle and was followed by key Battelle experts presenting on produced water, environmental metagenomics, biofuels technology and undersea systems.

Brazil-based Clients Benefit from Battelle's Cooperative Agreement with Centro de Technologia em Dutos (CTDUT)
Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CTDUT - Pipeline Technology Center is a not-for-profit institution, offering shared real-scale facilities for research and testing of equipment to the pipeline industry as well as in the qualification and training of specialized personnel. Brazil-based clients can now benefit from a recently signed cooperative agreement between CTDUT and Battelle which enables Battelle to resource CTDUT's facility.

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