[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4903-4904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1098]


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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, 
[email protected].

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.
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