The US Department of Energy’s Fossil Energy Office reported on Oct. 10 that it intends to fund cost-shared research and development projects that reduce risks associated with enhanced oil recovery and expand the application of EOR methods. The solicitation closes on Jan. 31, 2019.
The objective is to competitively solicit and award R&D projects that focus mainly on developing enhanced recovery technologies in conventional and unconventional reservoirs, FEO said in its Notice of Intent. Projects also should aid in the development of unconventional fossil energy resources as well as improve the understanding of reservoirs and low-recovery factors from unconventional oil wells, FEO said.
FEO said in its funding opportunity announcement that its National Energy Technology Laboratory will manage the selected projects, which will focus on two interest areas: EOR technologies for onshore conventional oil reservoirs and EOR technologies for unconventional reservoirs.
Prospective applicants should begin developing partnerships, formulating ideas, and gathering data in anticipation of the funding opportunity announcement’s issuance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, possibly in November, FEO said. No applications will be accepted through the NOI and all of the information it contains is subject to change, it noted.
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