Drilling, Completion and Stimulation (DCS)

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Drilling, Completion and Stimulation (DCS): This solicitation is being issued to develop new drilling, completion, and stimulation technologies that will aid the nation in meeting the increasing natural gas demands of the future. The ?Drilling, Completion , and Stimulation Solicitation? supports the Strategic Center for Natural Gas 2020 Vision of the U.S. public enjoying benefits (affordable supply, reliable delivery, and environmental protection) from an increase in gas use. The demand for natural gas is expected to grow at a rate of 2.1 percent per year between 1999 and 2020, with the total annual gas consumption projected to increase from 22 tcf in 1999 to 34 tcf in 2020. This increase will put a great strain on the natural gas industry as most of the conventional reservoirs have already been discovered. Therefore, the gas needed to meet the increasing demands will have to come from unconventional sources, which are known to contain vast quantities of gas across large areas and throughout thick columns of strata in many of the nation?s basins. Past assessments of these unconventional resources show that thousands of trillion cubic feet of gas exists in place. However, due to the complexity, depth and lower-quality of these reservoirs, only a small percentage of this gas can be produced economically. Today?s operators target areas of high natural fracture density because the extensive fracture network increases the drainage area of wells and thereby, the ultimate recovery of gas. But the majority of wells completed in unconventional reservoirs are sub-economic because a well-connected natural fracture system is the exception rather than the rule. Thus, technologies are needed to both reduce the costs of drilling, completion, and stimulation, and improve the recovery efficiency.