Philip A. Freeman
Philip Freeman is an Operations Research Analyst with the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
Philip obtained his B.S. in Engineering at Cornell University in 1986. He is an Operations Research Analyst at the Eastern Energy Resources Science Center in Reston, Virginia. His experience in resource assessment work spans oil and gas, coal, reserve growth, and carbon dioxide storage resources. He has worked on teams tasked to develop probabilistic resource assessment methodologies. His contributions to economic analysis includes developing business development models, constructing geographic analysis and estimating annual production functions. He has experience combining large datasets of well, reservoir and field data for physical characterization of rock and/or fluid properties and using GIS for analysis or presentation.
Professional Experience
1999 to present: Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA
1997 to 1999: Cartographic Technician, U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Energy Resources Team, Reston, VA
Education and Certifications
B.S. Engineering. Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University, 1986
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Commercial possibilities for stranded conventional gas from Alaska's North Slope
Meeting Asia's future gas import demand with stranded natural gas from central Asia, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Australia
National assessment of geologic carbon dioxide storage resources: methodology implementation
Role of stranded gas in increasing global gas supplies
Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Hanna, Laramie, and Shirley Basins, Wyoming: Chapter C in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources
Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska: Chapter B in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources
Role of stranded gas from Central Asia, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Australia in meeting Asia’s future demand for gas imports
Assessment of remaining recoverable oil in selected major oil fields of the San Joaquin Basin, California
Assessment of remaining recoverable oil in selected major oil fields of the Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico
Assessment of potential additions to conventional oil and gas resources of the world (outside the United States) from reserve growth, 2012
Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Bighorn Basin, Wyoming and Montana: Chapter A in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources
Role of stranded gas from Central Asia and Russia in meeting Europe’s future import demand for gas
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Commercial possibilities for stranded conventional gas from Alaska's North Slope
Stranded gas resources are defined for this study as gas resources in discrete accumulations that are not currently commercially producible, or producible at full potential, for either physical or economic reasons. Approximately 35 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of stranded gas was identified on Alaska’s North Slope. The commercialization of this resource requires facilities to transport gas to marketsAuthorsE. D. Attanasi, P.A. FreemanMeeting Asia's future gas import demand with stranded natural gas from central Asia, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Australia
This analysis shows the important contribution that stranded gas from central Asia, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Australia can make in meeting the projected demand for gas imports of China, India, Japan, and South Korea from 2020 to 2040. The estimated delivered costs of pipeline gas from stranded fields in Russia and central Asia at Shanghai, China, are generally less than delivered costs of liqueAuthorsE. D. Attanasi, P.A. FreemanNational assessment of geologic carbon dioxide storage resources: methodology implementation
In response to the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a national assessment of potential geologic storage resources for carbon dioxide (CO2). Storage of CO2 in subsurface saline formations is one important method to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curb global climate change. This report provides updates and implementation details of the assesAuthorsMadalyn S. Blondes, Sean T. Brennan, Matthew D. Merrill, Marc L. Buursink, Peter D. Warwick, Steven M. Cahan, M.D. Corum, Troy A. Cook, William H. Craddock, Christina A. DeVera, Ronald M. Drake, Lawrence J. Drew, P.A. Freeman, Celeste D. Lohr, Ricardo A. Olea, Tina L. Roberts-Ashby, Ernie R. Slucher, Brian A. VarelaRole of stranded gas in increasing global gas supplies
This report synthesizes the findings of three regional studies in order to evaluate, at the global scale, the contribution that stranded gas resources can make to global natural gas supplies. Stranded gas, as defined for this study, is natural gas in discovered conventional gas and oil fields that is currently not commercially producible for either physical or economic reasons. The regional studieAuthorsE. D. Attanasi, P.A. FreemanGeologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Hanna, Laramie, and Shirley Basins, Wyoming: Chapter C in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources
The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (Public Law 110-140) directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a national assessment of potential geologic storage resources for carbon dioxide (CO2). The methodology used for the national CO2 assessment is non-economic and intended to be used at regional to subbasinal scales. This report identifies and contains geologic descriptions of twelAuthorsMatthew D. Merrill, Jacob A. Covault, William H. Craddock, Ernie R. Slucher, Peter D. Warwick, Madalyn S. Blondes, Mayur A. Gosai, P.A. Freeman, Steven M. Cahan, Celeste D. LohrGeologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska: Chapter B in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources
This report presents ten storage assessment units (SAUs) within the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The Powder River Basin contains a thick succession of sedimentary rocks that accumulated steadily throughout much of the Phanerozoic, and at least three stratigraphic packages contain strata that are suitable for CO2 storage. Pennsylvanian through Triassic silicicAuthorsWilliam H. Craddock, Ronald M. Drake, John L. Mars, Matthew D. Merrill, Peter D. Warwick, Madalyn S. Blondes, Mayur A. Gosai, P.A. Freeman, Steven M. Cahan, Christina A. DeVera, Celeste D. LohrRole of stranded gas from Central Asia, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Australia in meeting Asia’s future demand for gas imports
Demand for natural gas is increasing more rapidly than anticipated in Far East markets because (1) China has modified its policies in order to increase reliance on gas, in part to mitigate the growth in its coal consumption (which now stand at almost half of world coal production), (2) Japan has announced its intention to eventually shutdown its nuclear power industry, and (3) India, which currentAuthorsEmil D. Attanasi, Philip A. FreemanAssessment of remaining recoverable oil in selected major oil fields of the San Joaquin Basin, California
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an estimate of volumes of technically recoverable, conventional oil that could eventually be added to reserves in nine selected major oil fields in the San Joaquin Basin in central California. The mean total volume of potential oil reserves that might be added in the nine fields using improved oil-recovery technologies was estimated to be aboutAuthorsMarilyn E. Tennyson, Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, Timothy R. Klett, Mahendra K. Verma, Robert T. Ryder, E. D. Attanasi, P.A. Freeman, Phoung A. LeAssessment of remaining recoverable oil in selected major oil fields of the Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an estimate of technically recoverable, conventional oil in selected oil fields in the Permian Basin in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The mean total volume of potential additional oil resources that might be added using improved oil-recovery technologies was estimated to be about 2.7 billion barrels of oil.AuthorsMarilyn E. Tennyson, Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, Timothy R. Klett, Mahendra K. Verma, Robert T. Ryder, E. D. Attanasi, P.A. Freeman, Phoung A. LeAssessment of potential additions to conventional oil and gas resources of the world (outside the United States) from reserve growth, 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated volumes of technically recoverable, conventional petroleum resources resulting from reserve growth for discovered fields outside the United States that have reported in-place oil and gas volumes of 500 million barrels of oil equivalent or greater. The mean volumes were estimated at 665 billion barrels of crude oil, 1,429 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, andAuthorsTimothy R. Klett, Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, Marilyn E. Tennyson, E. D. Attanasi, Phil A. Freeman, Robert T. Ryder, Donald L. Gautier, Mahendra K. Verma, Phuong A. Le, Christopher J. SchenkGeologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Bighorn Basin, Wyoming and Montana: Chapter A in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources
The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (Public Law 110–140) directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a national assessment of potential geologic storage resources for carbon dioxide (CO2). The methodology used for the national CO2 assessment follows that of previous USGS work. The methodology is non-economic and intended to be used at regional to subbasinal scales. This report iAuthorsJacob A. Covault, Mark L. Buursink, William H. Craddock, Matthew D. Merrill, Madalyn S. Blondes, Mayur A. Gosai, P.A. FreemanRole of stranded gas from Central Asia and Russia in meeting Europe’s future import demand for gas
Stranded gas is natural gas in discovered fields that is currently not commercially producible for either physical or economic reasons. This study examines stranded gas from Russia and Central Asia and the role it can play in addressing Europe’s growing demand for imported natural gas requiring additional volumes of gas in excess of 130 trillion cubic feet. We find sufficient volumes of stranded gAuthorsEmil D. Attanasi, Philip A. Freeman