[Federal Register: January 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 19)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-PS26-06NT15430, Enhanced Oil
and Natural Gas Production Through Carbon Dioxide Injection
AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of release of funding opportunity announcement.
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SUMMARY: The DOE will support producers of oil and gas in carrying out
projects to inject carbon dioxide for the purpose of enhancing recovery
of oil or natural gas, while increasing the sequestration of carbon
dioxide (CO2).
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The National Energy Technology Laboratory's (NETL) Strategic Center
for Natural Gas and Oil program mission is to enhance U.S. security by
ensuring the Nation has a reliable energy supply. The Strategic Center
for Natural Gas and Oil seeks to accomplish this critical goal by
advancing environmentally responsible technological solutions that
bolster domestic oil and natural gas recovery. Priority will be given
to projects in the noted areas of interest--the Williston Basin in
North Dakota/Montana and the Cook Inlet Basin in Alaska. This
solicitation seeks to maximize U.S. oil and natural gas production in a
cost-effective manner through the injection of CO2, while at
the same time sequestering significant quantities of CO2. To
promote greater use of industrial CO2, additional
consideration will be given to those proposals that use anthropogenic
CO2 from existing industrial processes for the
CO2 flood (e.g., ethanol and gas processing plants, oil
refineries, petroleum coke gasification, coal liquefaction, etc.).
Projects should clearly set forth the manner in which adverse
environmental impacts would be minimized. Finally, the solicitation
will give priority programmatic consideration to projects that involve,
in a significant way, existing state/regional institutions that have a
mandate or significant interest in supporting enhanced oil or natural
gas recovery, and reducing the carbon intensity/CO2
emissions in the state and/or region.
DATES:
Funding Opportunity Announcement Issue: 03 Feb 2006.
Proposal Receipt: 05 May 2006.
Selection Notification: 04 Aug 2006.
Award: 30 Sep 2006.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for additional detail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Pearse,
Marybeth.pearse@netl.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These specific demonstration projects are
Congressionally mandated in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, H.R. 6, Section
354, Subsection (c), with the purpose of promoting the capture,
transportation and injection of produced carbon dioxide for
sequestration into oil and gas fields, while promoting oil and natural
gas production.
Projects selected under this solicitation will add to the
technological base by demonstrating technology methods for improving
the economic viability and effectiveness of CO2 flooding,
capture and sequestration techniques. The efforts will support national
air quality goals by answering questions surrounding the increased use
of CO2 for enhanced oil and natural gas recovery, while also
allowing more CO2 to remain in the geologic formations. The
results will provide additional benefits by improving the industry
performance and extending the life of producing fields.
Examples of improved recovery technologies will be demonstrated at
DOE's CO2 EOR Workshop in Houston, hosted by the Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council (PTTC). This workshop is tentatively
scheduled for Feb. 22-23, 2006. Please refer to PTTC's Web site at
http://www.pttc.org for finalized dates and meeting details.
Address Information: The Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-PS26-
06NT15430, Enhanced Oil and Natural Gas Production through Carbon
Dioxide Injection, can be found at http://www.e-center.doe.gov or
http://grants.gov, after the Funding Opportunity Announcement issue
date above.
Issued in Pittsburgh PA on January 19, 2006.
Richard D. Rogus,
Procurement Team Leader.
[FR Doc. E6-1098 Filed 1-27-06; 8:45 am]
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