Workshop: Advanced Manufacturing for the Oil and Gas Energy Industry; Houston, Texas; November 2014

研讨会：石油和天然气能源行业的先进制造；

• 批准号: 1450819
• 负责人: Satish Bukkapatnam
• 金额: $ 3.7万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450819&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Advanced; Manufacturing; Oil; Gas

For the foreseeable future, clean oil and gas (O&G) is likely to remain the largest and the most economical source of energy. The advent of unconventional (shale) energy sources during the past decade offers an unprecedented opportunity to promote manufacturing resurgence, which in turn is essential to absorb the projected abundance of energy (45 quadrillion BTUs of annual production) and chemical feedstock. Recent advances in manufacturing technologies (e.g., additive, ultraprecision, and nano-manufacturing) offer a mostly untapped opportunity to create high value products (e.g., nanowire thermoelectrics) out of byproducts (e.g., sulfuric compounds) that are generally treated as waste in O&G value chains. These technologies can lead to an exciting possibility of transforming the O&G sector into a net-zero material footprint industry. Additionally, fundamental research that addresses key scientific and technological challenges in processing (e.g., drilling, and coating) complex and advanced materials (e.g., shale rock and alloy steel) pertinent to the O&G energy industry will also be beneficial to other industries in the country. The workshop will be held in Houston, which is considered as the nation's hub for the O&G energy industry, in November 2014. This workshop brings together a team of invited speakers to identify research and education needs in advanced manufacturing for the O&G energy industry. The invited speakers bring distinct and complementary expertise in O&G practice, materials processing (e.g., nano-manufacturing technologies, rock drilling process), manufacturing machines and tools (e.g., precision machines, diamond bits for horizontal drilling), enterprise systems (e.g., energy supply chains, transport and storage), and public policy (e.g., environmental and workforce related). The main objectives of the workshop are as follows: (1) Examine the state-of-the-art in manufacturing process technologies, automation methods and equipment, and systems-level research for the O&G energy industry taking place in academia, industry, and research labs; (2) Assess future prospects and outlook, including the growth in energy supply and the demand for advanced machinery and processes; (3) Gather the O&G industry perspective of the short-term (1-3 year ahead) and long-term (3-10 years ahead) research issues; (4) Identify and formulate specific needs, gaps and challenges, especially in the upstream (extraction of oil and gas) and the midstream (storage and transport) of the O&G value stream; (5) Formulate recommendations for research and education programs to advance manufacturing technologies and systems for the O&G energy industry.

在可预见的未来，清洁石油和天然气（O＆G）可能仍然是最大和最经济的能源来源。过去十年中非常规（页岩）能源的出现为促进制造业复苏提供了前所未有的机会，而制造业的复苏又对于吸收预计丰富的能源（年产量 45 万亿英热单位）和化学原料至关重要。制造技术（例如增材制造、超精密制造和纳米制造）的最新进展提供了一个尚未开发的机会，可以利用副产品（例如硫化合物）生产高价值产品（例如纳米线热电材料），这些副产品通常被视为石油和天然气废物价值链。 这些技术可以带来令人兴奋的可能性，将石油和天然气行业转变为净零材料足迹行业。此外，解决与油气能源行业相关的复杂和先进材料（例如页岩和合金钢）加工（例如钻井和涂层）方面的关键科学和技术挑战的基础研究也将有利于该国的其他行业。该研讨会将于 2014 年 11 月在被视为美国石油和天然气能源行业中心的休斯敦举行。该研讨会汇集了受邀演讲者团队，以确定石油和天然气能源行业先进制造的研究和教育需求。受邀演讲者在油气实践、材料加工（例如纳米制造技术、凿岩工艺）、制造机器和工具（例如精密机器、用于水平钻井的金刚石钻头）、企业系统（例如能源供应链、运输和储存）以及公共政策（例如环境和劳动力相关）。研讨会的主要目标如下： (1) 考察学术界、工业界和学术界在油气能源行业的制造工艺技术、自动化方法和设备以及系统级研究的最新进展。研究实验室； (2) 评估未来的前景和展望，包括能源供应的增长以及对先进机械和工艺的需求； (3) 收集油气行业短期（未来1-3年）和长期（未来3-10年）研究问题的视角； (4) 确定并制定具体需求、差距和挑战，特别是油气价值流的上游（石油和天然气开采）和中游（储存和运输）； (5) 制定研究和教育计划建议，以推进油气能源行业的制造技术和系统。