Hungary’s current geological mineral assets are nearly 38 Gt, with a nominal economic value exceeding HUF 9000 billion. Of this, the hydrocarbon stock (excluding non-conventional hydrocarbons) is only 2 %, but its nominal economic value is close to HUF 4000 billion. In terms of stocks that can be extracted from the technologies currently available, the picture is even less favourable (the combined share of crude oil + natural gas is 0.7 %). There is a growing demand for the exploitation of non-traditional CH resources worldwide, including in our country. Since the beginning of Hungarian research, AFKI has been involved in the tasks related to the exploration of ‘tight’ and ‘shale’ storages, and we plan further studies to utilise its research experience in this field as well. The research planned in the framework of the tender can play a significant role in increasing the use of geothermal energy in Hungary. A specific water management strategy is needed in order to meet in a sustainable manner the needs of groundwater based on groundwater for drinking water, medicine and energy. The project’s research team intends to carry out innovative research on the sustainable exploitation of natural energy sources in the following research areas. 1. Research and development of processes to increase the recovery efficiency of hydrocarbon plants (leading researcher István Lakatos, academician) 2. Research and development of highly efficient yield-enhancing stratification processes (leading researcher Ferenc Kovács, academician) 3. The energy usability of infertile and unused wells (leading researcher Péter Szűcs, doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) The research activities to be carried out are described in detail below. 1. Research and development of processes to increase the recovery efficiency of hydrocarbon plants Unfortunately, the annual production of oil from 2 Mt to 0.7 Mt, from 8 Gm3 of natural gas to barely 3 Gm3 has decreased over the past decades compared to the peak period. This is due to the fact that Hungary is today the most import-intensive member of the European Union in terms of oil and gas demand. It is well known that reducing import demand is possible by exploring new resources, i.e. increasing wealth and improving extraction efficiency. In view of the fact that there is little hope of discovering significant new assets due to the above-average degree of exploration of the country’s territory, the only way to reduce the sensitivity of imports is to increase the stocks that can be extracted, which means the wider use of modern tertiary technologies than today. On this basis, the primary objective of the research is to develop intensive cultivation technologies (EOR) covering the entire storage volume of oil and gas plants, and new stimulation methods (RCC) suitable for changing the operational characteristics of production and injection wells. The planned R & D activity spans the entire innovation chain from basic research through pilot tests to the industrial deployment of new processes. The guarantee of successful research activities is the close cooperation of AFKI (and its legal predecessor) with MOL Group Upstream’s organisations, which started with the establishment of the MTA Oil Mining Research Laboratory in 1957 with the declared aim of providing basic research support for the Hungarian Petroleum and Gas Industry. The aim of the planned research therefore remains to increase the extraction efficiency of domestic hydrocarbon assets, to halt and slow down production, which simultaneously serves the national economic interest and MOL Group’s strategic objectives. Tasks and timing of R & D activities (in the month of the project): • Overview of relevant literature: potential, present and future of general IOR/EOR methods. The global role of layer and well stimulation methods in the short and long term (1-6). • The possibilities of tertiary (chemical and gas injection) methods in oil and gas plants. Results of the application of intensive methods, critical interpretation of the results (3-15). • Establishing new types of intensive production methods and preparing basic research plans (13-22) • Applied research of high-efficiency new hybrid production methods and carrying out related laboratory complex tests (14-30) • Examination and laboratory modelling of hybrid flooding technologies and multifunctional well promotion operations (36-46) • Based on the principles developed, development of general and specific technologies (26-46) • Design of industrial experiments, preparation of generic technologies and specific pilots, taking into account the entire innovation chain. Dissemination of results (26-48). 2. Research and development of highly efficient yield-enhancing stratification processes The aim of the development of highly efficient yield-enhancing processes linking the subthemes of the research area is the mineral raw materials