Descripción del proyecto
La secuenciación de nueva generación impulsa la prospección de hidrocarburos
Los hidrocarburos derivados de combustibles fósiles, sobre todo petróleo, gas natural y carbón, son nuestra principal fuente de energía. Está en marcha una transición gradual hacia recursos más limpios y sostenibles, pero se trata de un proceso lento. En necesario contar a corto y medio plazo con mejores formas de identificar las reservas de combustibles fósiles, sobre todo si se tienen en cuenta la escasez, cada vez mayor, de combustibles fósiles enterrados a gran profundidad en el suelo y el tiempo, los gastos y los riesgos asociados actualmente con la prospección. El proyecto PROSPECTOMICS, financiado con fondos europeos, adoptará un método radicalmente diferente y aprovechará la capacidad de la secuenciación de nueva generación que ha revolucionado la biología molecular para identificar reservas de hidrocarburos.
Objetivo
The proposed PROSPECTOMICS project intends to develop a radically new approach to Hydrocarbon (HC) prospecting based on molecular biological techniques. PROSPECTOMICS is the first project that utilizes the full potential of recent advances in so-called next-generation sequencing (NGS) with respect to hydrocarbon prospecting. Only the very recent developments in sequencing technology and the massive reduction in cost allow such a project to be carried out at an informative scale, which would have been unthinkable less than 10 years ago. PROSPECTOMICS brings together vastly different fields (Biogeochemistry, Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, Metaproteomics, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning) and uses their individual strengths to complement each other in order to develop a completely novel approach that has the potential to challenge current technical paradigms. The PROSPECTOMICS consortium consists of six groups from four countries, each an expert for one specific technology. Partnership with a petroleum exploration company guarantees a direct connection to real world conditions and uniquely offers the opportunities to immediately to field-test the hypotheses generated.
Despite ongoing efforts to increase the percentage of renewable energy resources, HC will remain an important energy source for several decades. One of the key factors to reach EU’s ambitious goals in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is the replacement of coal by other energy sources, mainly natural gas. Additionally, increasing global competition for resources and rising energy prices as well as price differentials between the European Union and its competitors requires energy which is sustainable, affordable and with a secure and reliable supply. Exploration for new resources within the EU are a key factor for reaching these goals. PROSPECTOMICS will help to meet these challenges by paving the way for completely novel approaches to HC prospecting.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoal
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryhydrocarbons
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
14473 POTSDAM
Alemania