U.S. - Israel Energy Center
GoMed Consortium - Research and projects
Theme 1: Subsurface Analysis for Carbon Storage and Gas Reservoirs
- Design of automated methods for seismic interpretation and petrographic analysis based on improved algorithms and machine learning
- Development of better models of offshore reservoir structure with an emphasis on the Eastern Mediterranean
- Development of improved geochemical methods for determining the origin of H2S in offshore gas
- Evaluation of hydrate formation/dissociation for offshore production in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Theme 2: Safer Production in Offshore Reservoirs
- Development and full-scale testing of distributed sensing for operations and well integrity
- Development well-control training specific to Eastern Mediterranean operators
- Development of improved sealants for wellbore integrity
- Development of models to assess potential pollutant transport in the Israeli continental shelf region
Theme 3: Risk Assessment for Seafloor Infrastructure
- Assessment of risk posed by seafloor channels to infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Development of tools for evaluating risk posed by induced seismicity to seafloor infrastructure
- Developing tools for risk evaluation of offshore operations
Theme 4: Carbon Utilization Technologies and Upgrading Natural Gas
- Catalytic removal of sulfur compounds from natural gas
- New catalysts and reactors for converting methane to methanol
- Conversion of methane to aromatics