Innovation

Ensign Oil and Gas LLC executive team and alliance partners have developed many of the new innovations and unique service offerings in the oil & gas industry, both offshore and onshore.  Here's just a small sampling of the types of innovation and unique service offerings the alliance partners have developed over the years that are ready to applied on your project.

Research articles and text of documents written by Mr. Prescott have been added to Research Gate website and can be found on the following link: https://www.researchgate.net/

ENSIGN OIL AND GAS, LLC

Global energy solutions

Oil and Gas Industry US and International Patents

Executive Summary:

Ensign Oil and Gas LLC was formed by leaders in the Oil and Gas Industry, alliance partners and technical advisers.  The Chairman and CEO is Clifford Neal Prescott with over 50 years in the oil and gas industry, with project experience on site in Alaska (Cook Inlet & North Slope), Canada (East Coast), North Sea (UK & Norway), Middle East (Saudi Arabia & UAE), S.E. Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam), Caribbean and S. America (Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador) and has worked on projects in Africa, Brazil, Australia, China and Russia, where industry firsts were realized.  Mr. Prescott has written over 100 technical papers and has more than 10 US and International Patents for innovation in the oil and gas industry.

Recent US and International Patents were awarded Mr. Prescott who was the original conceptual and detailed inventor who led teams to finalize the designs.

The United States Patent Office has awarded a US Patent 9,835,293 B2 to Prescott et al on December 5, 2017 for a unique innovation entitled "Systems and Methods for Processing Geothermal Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)".  Clifford Neal Prescott, P&I Energy LLC Chairman and CEO is the co-inventor with Dr. Jianfeng (Jeff) Zhang, who is a technical adviser and an alliance partner with P&I Energy LLC with his company, Clearview Sensing.  P&I Energy LLC intends to bring this type of innovation in production to it's projects thereby enhancing cost savings and protection of the environment.  Mr. Prescott and Dr. Zhang are co-inventors in several patented applications for the oil field.  The process includes a closed-loop system that uses geothermal wells as a heat source.  A warming fluid circulates through the closed-loop system coupled with a geothermal well and a LNG heat exchanger.  The closed-loop system minimizing environmental impact by eliminating the need to discharge the warming fluid.

The United States Patent Office has awarded a US Patent 10,052,568 B2 to Prescott et al on August 21, 2018 for a unique innovation entitled "Configurations and Methods for Gas-Liquid Separation".  Clifford Neal Prescott, P&I Energy LLC Chairman and CEO is the co-inventor with Dr. Jianfeng (Jeff) Zhang, who is a technical adviser and an alliance partner with P&I Energy LLC with his company, Clearview Sensing.  P&I Energy LLC intends to bring this type of innovation in production to it's projects thereby enhancing cost savings and protection of the environment.  Mr. Prescott and Dr. Zhang are co-inventors in several patented applications for the oil field.

The United States Patent Office has awarded a US Patent 10,060,220 B2 to Prescott et al on August 28, 2018 for a unique innovation entitled "Subsea Protection System".  Clifford Neal Prescott, P&I Energy LLC Chairman and CEO is the co-inventor and originator of the concept of a subsea protection structure, which is a subsea wellbore protection (SWP) system.  The SWP system includes a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation beneath a sea floor and a SWP structure positioned below grade with respect to the sea floor.  The SWP structure comprises a caisson that encloses a first wellbore equipment component.  The first wellbore equipment component is in fluid communication with the wellbore.  P&I Energy LLC intends to bring similar types of innovation in production to it's projects thereby enhancing cost savings and protection of the environment.  Mr. Prescott has several more patented applications for the oil field.

P&I Energy, LLC

production & Innovation:

New Innovation and Technologies in the Process of Identifying the Hydrocarbon Bearing Shale Zones, Allowing More Efficient and Low Cost Production

Executive Summary:

P&I Energy was formed by leaders in the Oil and Gas Industry, alliance partners and technical advisers.  The Chairman and CEO is Clifford Neal Prescott with over 50 years in the oil and gas industry, with project experience on site in Alaska (Cook Inlet & North Slope), Canada (East Coast), North Sea (UK & Norway), Middle East (Saudi Arabia & UAE), S.E. Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam), Caribbean and S. America (Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador) and has worked on projects in Africa, Brazil, Australia, China and Russia, where industry firsts were realized.  Mr. Prescott has written over 100 technical papers and has more than 10 US and International Patents for innovation in the oil and gas industry.

The Company’s Mission

P&I Energy brings new innovation and technologies in the process of identifying the hydrocarbon bearing shale zones, allowing more efficient and low cost production.  We are committed to use the best technologies available in the industry.  P&I Energy identifies and commercializes overlooked hydrocarbon reserves by fostering orphan wells.  We do this by bringing to bear superior opportunity evaluation capabilities and insights to quickly identify and exploit undeveloped opportunities by leveraging technology to enhance production. 

Awards and Recognitions

Individually, P&I Energy have received awards and recognition's for innovation leadership in the oil and gas industry for their work in exploration and production.

Target Market

There are many shale reservoirs in the USA. However, the largest deposit of hydrocarbons in the last 30 years has been defined by the Department of Energy (DOE) as the Permian Basin with over $900 billion recoverable.

The Permian Basin is a source rock that covers the area about 250 miles wide and 300 miles long in Texas and New Mexico.  This the largest oil bearing basin in North America that contains more than 70 billion barrels of remaining oil in place.  It contains the world's thickest deposits with thickness of the hydrocarbon windows range from 2,500 ft. - 4,500 ft.  It is expected by ~2020, the Permian Basin will be the area with the highest tight oil production rate in North America at more than 1.8 million bbl. / day.

Focused on the Permian Basin

We focus on acquiring, exploring and producing oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas which is a most attractive place for investment in the Oil and Gas Industry today.  We intend to acquire properties in this area and actively produce hydrocarbons from the properties using advanced technologies to locate the most productive zones and maximize production while lowering the use of frack water and proppants.

Engineering experts, ltd.

Innovation:

Quality Assurance and Quality Control Monitoring Services

Executive Summary:

Our Alliance Partner, Engineering Experts, Ltd., provides industry leading Quality Assurance and Quality Control monitoring and project management services. The company was founded by Gordon Aaker in 1989 to serve the Energy Sector, with emphasis on oil field services, materials and risk assessment.  He has an Engineering Degree from the University of Texas El Paso and has grown up working in the West Texas Permian Basin Oil Fields. The company has a sizable number of multi-disciplined subject matter experts in the oil & gas industry that are available to be placed on Upstream Onshore and Offshore Projects.

Mr. Aaker is a registered mechanical Professional Engineer with 40+ years of experience practicing “hands-on” engineering.  His experience is primarily in materials/ coatings, fabrication/welding design of industrial projects.  These include onshore and offshore oil & gas projects, refining & petrochemical projects, mining, pipeline design, commercial fabrication (i.e. pumps, compressors, boilers, valves, fittings & shop equipment) and many domestic products including household products (ie. Hand tools, lawn equipment).

Gordon has participated in numerous international and domestic projects including Deepwater marine projects involving topsides/jackets/platforms, pipelines, subsea infrastructure, SCR’s, TLP’s, FPSO’s, FSO’s, and LNG terminals. Onshore projects include oil & gas treatment facilities, pipelines, offloading buoys and modules. Specific responsibilities involve management of bid package & evaluation, review of fabrication procedures for constructability, welding/NDE, material selection, coating/insulation selection, and corrosion control (cathodic protection).

His academic training in Metallurgical Engineering, combined with extensive industrial experience in mechanical engineering design, enables him to accurately identify failures that are the result of poor design and incorrect or improper use of material.  He is a recognized authority of construction methods, welding & fabrication codes, and international design standards.

He has authored numerous technical papers/publications in material/welding/corrosion engineering subjects mainly on oil and gas development topics. Finally, Mr.  Aaker performed the Root Cause Failure Analysis [RCFA] under contract to the United States Chemical Safety Board for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill and most recently the RCFA for the Exxon-Mobile Torrance Refinery explosion and fire.

Applied Technical Services  Used to Improve Safety Standards:

Mr. Aaker's company recently was appointed by the USA Chemical Safety Board to investigate the Macando accident in the Gulf of Mexico.  He assembled an all-star team of subject matter experts in several critical disciplines and conducted an exhaustive evaluation of the conditions surrounding the accident in order to arrive at a comprehensive technical report which was presented to the USA Congress.  The Macando incident in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest oil spill in USA history and findings from the accident evaluation were used in improving the Safety Standards for the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry.

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Clearview Subsea, LLC

Innovation

Onshore and Offshore Cryogenic Pipelines

Executive Summary:

Two leaders in cryogenic pipeline design have an alliance to develop both onshore and offshore cryogenic pipelines for the oil and gas industry.  Neal Prescott of Ensign Oil and Gas LLC, and Dr. Jeff Zhang of Clearview Subsea, LLC have several co-inventor patents in the offshore industry.  They have continued to develop new innovations in this field.

Innovation Solution:

A proprietary concept has been developed for cryogenic pipelines utilizing a pipe-in-pipe configuration and highly thermally efficient Aerogel insulation and a fiber optic leak detection system.  The system allows the transfer of cryogenic liquids such as low temperature chemicals such as ethylene and LNG. 

A new product transfer material used for the internal pipe is more efficient and lower cost than such materials as 9Ni, 36Ni and 304 Stainless Steel.  Welding procedures have been developed. 

A new configuration for double containment using this material is available to use in onshore LNG terminals.

Clearview Sensing, llc.

innovation:

Sensor Technologies and System Solutions for Water Quality Monitoring

The OilWatcher, Low-Cost Oil-in-Water Monitor

Executive Summary:

A proprietary concept has been developed by one of our Alliance Partners (Clearview Sensing), which is an inline, online, or probe configuration, oil-in-water concentration trending instrument using Laser Induced Fluoresce for observation of oil-in-water concentration trends.  Applicable to water treatment facilities and separation trains for monitoring the system and providing data/warning/alarms for early mitigation actions. 

Clearview Subsea LLC is a technology development and consulting company founded by Dr. Jeff Zhang and located in the Energy Corridor of Houston, Texas.  Clearview Sensing LLC, a sister company, began with consulting on deep-water subsea oil and gas development projects and developing robust, high accuracy oil-in-water content monitoring for subsea produced water discharge or re-injection.  The are now expanding into multiple areas of sensor technologies and system solutions for water quality monitoring.  They are composed of highly capable, energetic engineers and industry-recognized consultants.

ensign oil and gas, llc

innovation:

Arctic Offshore Export Terminal and Port

Executive Summary:

A proprietary concept was discussed by Jim Lewis, (JCLA), which is an Offshore Arctic Export Terminal and Port, first described in 2014 at the Arctic Technology Conference (ATC), referenced document OTC 24665.  By a system of ship-like rectangular GBS (Gravity Base Structure) type structures, a safe area can be constructed so that there is no ice movement and shelter from large wind storms. The structures could be constructed in the Pacific Rim and towed to the site of the new port. They would then be ballasted into position. The units would be designed to accommodate the shallow waters of the near shore Arctic seas. In addition, the individual units could be configured to serve multi-functions in the exploration and development of offshore hydrocarbon fields and to be used as an export terminal for chemicals and hydrocarbons as well as LNG.

Innovation Need:

Cost and delivery of long distance natural gas pipelines from an Arctic field development to a distant LNG liquefaction facility at a warm water port location has become excessive and environmental restraints have been increasing.  An alternative to this type of facility is now being considered: an Arctic offshore ice resistant LNG Port accommodating a new class of LNG transport vessels.  Improvements in LNG processes have reduced the footprint of the facility by 2/3 and lowered the cost by 20% giving an advantage to an offshore ice resistant port facility that can be used for offloading LNG which will eliminate the long distance natural gas pipeline. 

Innovation Solution:

Neal Prescott of Ensign Oil and Gas, LLC has extended this concept and incorporated a different configuration as seen in the above illustration to allow an all inclusive Arctic Marine Terminal capable of a multitude of services.  For example, it can be used as a low cost LNG Offshore Port as an Alternate to the Alaska LNG Project, which is basically an onshore focused project.  The Ensign Oil and Gas Solution proposes to site the Marine Port offshore the North Slope of Alaska in shallow water to allow for a comprehensive port to service not only LNG but also bunkering fuel, crude oil and a port for the US Coast Guard and Military Vessels that could protect the assets from hostile intentions.  It will provide a safe harbor from ice during the long winter months.

The Offshore Arctic Port Concept can be easily be built in stages to accommodate a Phased Project Development with a minimal port facilities being installed initially as the illustration shows.  Additionally, the Port can be expanded for additional facilities and to accommodate additional vessels as the illustration shows below.

Significance of Subject Matter:

The Ice Resistant LNG Port System would be designed to accommodate the shallow waters of the near shore Arctic seas. In addition, the individual units could be configured to serve multi-functions in the exploration and development of offshore hydrocarbon fields.  These units could be configured to provide shallow water drilling GBSs and or storage for offshore operations or both.

Advances in ice class LNG transport vessels developed for the Russian Arctic allows the discharge and transport of LNG by sea, thus eliminating long distance natural gas pipelines. The new LNG carriers being designed for the use at the Yamal project are capable of breaking through ice 2.1 meters thick and newer designs will be capable of breaking 2.5 meters ice unassisted. These new vessels are to enter service in 2016 and haul the LNG to the Pacific-rim countries. The vessels are 299 meters long and draft 12 meters.

Triad Technologies, LLC

Innovation

Full Bore Multi-phase Flow Meter Solution

Executive Summary:

Triad Technologies has a new affordable full bore multi-phase flow meter solution for oil and gas wells and rocket testing systems. This technology will improve oil recovery and reduce the need to flare potential harmful BTEX emissions. It will also help Aerospace companies optimize their fuel consumption and allow for more payload weight to be lifted into space.

By using an accredited 3-phase flow loop of oil, water and air to verify the performance of our flow meter, we will show its accuracy and repeat-ability of multi-phase flow measurements. The results will be used to demonstrate the technologies’ effectiveness in preparation for field-testing and commercialization.

The technology can be seen as a Unique Well Novelty, a Real Time Monitoring Tool and one that can contribute a major improvement into any oil recovery program. 

This technology provides excellent draw down performance monitoring of the reservoir. 

With smaller footprints and safer processing than traditional systems, the flow meter will change the industry forever. In addition, the technologies birth in Aerospace will continue to draw support for a commercial meter solution to all Aerospace companies including NASA.

Innovation Need:

In many industries, there is a need to understand the volumetric flow rate of products flowing in a pipe. Knowing this without altering the flow, without stopping or changing the flow and without separating the contents into a large vessel, tank or smaller piping has been virtually impossible until the creation of the multi-phase flow meter. A meter that can measure multi-phase flow in a pipe without separation has been long sought after in multiple industries and has been a very challenging physics problem.

Innovation Solution:

Unlike commercial turbine and Venturi-type sensors, which are flow intrusive and prone to high error rates, our new flow meter technology uses an optical technique to precisely measure the physical characteristics of a liquid flowing within a pipe. It generates a reading of the flows’ density, which provides a highly accurate mass flow. It also provides a direct measurement of the gas/liquid concentration within the flow and the velocity of the fluid, making it suited for real-time measurement of multi-phase flows.