Descrizione del progetto
Il sequenziamento di prossima generazione foraggia la ricerca di idrocarburi
Gli idrocarburi derivati dai combustibili fossili, prevalentemente petrolio, gas naturale e carbone, costituiscono le nostre principali fonti di energia. Sebbene il mondo si stia gradualmente dirigendo verso l’uso di risorse più pulite e sostenibili, questo processo richiede tempo. Nel breve e medio termine risultano necessari modi migliori di individuare le riserve di combustibili fossili, data la riduzione delle forniture sepolte in profondità nel suolo, nonché il tempo, i costi e i rischi attualmente correlati con la ricerca. Il progetto PROSPECTOMICS, finanziato dall’UE, adotterà un approccio radicalmente nuovo, sfruttando il potere del sequenziamento di prossima generazione responsabile della rivoluzione nell’ambito della biologia molecolare per il rilevamento delle riserve di idrocarburi.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
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H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
14473 POTSDAM
Germania