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Completed Produced Water Management Projects
Project Number	Project Name	Primary Performer
DE-SC0006147	Biofilm Remediation of Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback Water in the Marcellus Shale	Frac Biologics, Inc.
DE-NT0005227	Membrane Technology for Produced Water at Lea County, NM	Lea County Government, Lovington, NM
DE-FE0000833	An Integrated Water Treatment Technology Solution for Sustainable Water Resource Management in the Marcellus Shale	Altela, Inc. Argonne National Laboratory
DE-FE0000784	Cost Effective Recovery of Low-TDS Frac Flowback Water for Re-use	GE Global Research
DE-FC26-09NT0005681	Effects of Irrigating with Treated Oil and Gas Product Water on Crop Biomass and Soil Permeability	Western Research Institute
DE-09ER85383	Treatment of Produced Water by FARADAYIC Electrodialysis and Reverse Osmosis	Faraday Technology, Inc.
DE-09ER85357	Unconventional High Temperature Nanofiltration for Produced Water Treatment	Eltron Research Inc.
DE-AP26-06NT02045	Coalbed Methane Research	Arthur Langhus Layne LLC
DE-FC26-06NT15568	Research and Development Concerning Coalbed Natural Gas—Congressional Mandate	University of Wyoming
DE-FC26-05NT15551	Coalbed Natural Gas Produced-Water Treatment Using Gas Hydrate Formation at the Wellhead	BC Technologies, Ltd, LLC
DE-FC26-05NT15549	Produced Water Management and Beneficial Use	Colorado School of Mines
DE-FC26-04NT15548	Treating Coal-Bed Methane Produced Water for Beneficial Use of MFI Zeolite Membranes	New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
DE-FC26-04NT15547	Novel Fouling-Reducing Coatings for Ultrafiltration, Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membranes	University of Texas at Austin
DE-FC26-04NT15546	Long Term Field Development of a Surfactant Modified Zeolite/Vapor Phase Bioreactor System for Treatment of Produced Waters for Power Generation	University of Texas at Austin
DE-FC26-04NT15545	Identification, Verification & Compilation of Produced Water Management Practices for Conventional Oil & Gas Production Operations	Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission
DE-FC26-04NT15544	Field Validation of Toxicity Tests to Evaluate the Potential or Beneficial Use of Produced Water	Oklahoma State University
DE-FC26-04NT15543	Novel Cleanup Agents for Membrane Filters Used to Treat Oil Field Produce Water for Beneficial Purposes	Texas Engineering Experiment Station
DE-AD26-03NT30403	Coal Bed Methane Best Practices Management Practices Workshop	Arthur Langhus Layne - LLC
DE-AP26-03NT30489	Coal Bed Methane Research	Arthur Langhus Layne - LLC
DE-FC26-03NT15427	Advanced Membrane Filtration Technology for Cost Effective Recovery of Fresh Water from Oil & Gas Produced Brine	Texas Engineering Experiment Station
DE-AC26-02NT15134	NM WAIDS: A Produced Water Quality & Infrastructure GIS Database for New Mexico Oil Producers	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
DE-FC26-02NT15461	Treatment of Produced Waters Using a Surfactant Modified Zeolite/Vapor Phase Bioreactor	University of Texas at Austin
DE-FC26-02NT15463	Recovery of More Oil-in-Place at Lower Production Costs While Creating a Beneficial Water Resource	AERA Energy LLC
DE-FG26-02NT15227	Evaluations of Radio nuclides of Uranium, Thorium, and Radium Associated with Produced Fluids, Precipitates, and Sludges from Oil, Gas, and Oilfield Brine Injection Wells in Mississippi	University of Mississippi
DE-FG26-02NT15380	Development of a Primer on the Background and Development of Coal Bed Methane	Arthur Langhus Layne - LLC
DE-FG26-01BC15166	Evaluation of Phytoremediation of Coal Bed Methane Produced Water and Water of Quality Similar to that Associated with Coalbed Methane Reserves of the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming	Montana State University
DE-IA26-01BC15236	Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Reconnaissance-Level Airborne Contaminants Study	Bureau of Land Management
DE-IA26-01BC15238	Provide Support to Produced Water: Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Project	U.S. Geological Survey
DE-FC26-00BC15326	Modified Reverse Osmosis System for Treatment of Produced Water	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
DE-IA26-00BC15168	Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program	Minerals Management Service
FEW 49342	Hypoxia, Program Review, and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Workshop	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW 62962	Managing Coal Bed Methane Produced Water for Beneficial Uses, Initially Using the San Juan and Raton Basins as a Model	Sandia National Laboratory
FEW 15546	Long-Term field Deploymentof a Surfactant Modified Zeolite Vapor PhaseBioreactor System	Los Alamos National Laboratory
FEW 49177	Life Cycle Assessment, Produced Water and Waste Management Analyses	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW 02FE20	Treatment of Produced Waters Using a Surfactant Modified Zeolite/Vapor Phase Bioreactor System	Los Alamos National Laboratory
FEW 04FE10-5	Treatment of Produced Water Using a Surfactant Modified Zeolite/Vapor Phase Bioreactor System	Los Alamos National Laboratory
FEW 4340-72	Northern Cheyenne Reservation Coal Bed Natural Gas Resource Assessment and Analysis of Produced Water Disposal Options	Idaho National Laboratory
FEW 49124	Management of Produced Water	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW 49237	Cleaning Agents for Produced Water Membrane Filters	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW EE-1760	Improving Science-Based Methods for Assessing Risks Attributable to Petroleum Residues in Soil Transferred to Vegetation	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
FEW FEAC329	Modeling of Water-Soluble Organic Content in Produced Water	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
FEW FEAC332	Use of Ionic Liquids in Produced Water Cleanup	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
FWP 15549csm	Hydrophobic Membrane for the Removal of Organic Impurities in Production Water	Argonne National Laboratory
FWP 49243	Produced Water Management and Beneficial Use/15549Colorado School of Mines	Argonne National Laboratory
FWP FEAB112	Coalbed Natural Gas Produced-Water Treatment Using Gas Hydrates	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OST-32-06	Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Development	NETL In-House

Completed Federal Lands Access Projects
Project Number	Project Name	Primary Performer
DE-FC26-06NT42937	Reducing Onshore Natural Gas and Oil Exploration and Production Impacts Using a Broad-Based Stakeholder Approach	Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
DE-FC26-06NT42931	An Approach to Recover Hydrocarbons from Currently Off-Limits Areas of the Antrim Formation, MI, Using Low-Impact Technologies	Michigan Technological University
DE-FC26-06NT42930	Probabilistic, Risk-Based Decision Support for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Facilities in Sensitive Ecosystems	University of Arkansas
DE-FC26-06NT15567	Technology’s Impact on Production: Developing Environmental Solutions at the State and National Level	Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 1	Examining the Effect of Noise from Energy Exploration and Development on the Breeding Biology of the Greater Sage-Grouse	University of California at Davis (UCD)
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 1a	Conservation Planning for Sage Grouse and CBM - “Potential effects of Coal Bed Methane Development on Greater Sage-Grouse”	University of Montana
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 2	Potential Impact of Oil and Gas Field Activities on Raptor Nesting Radius/West Benches Raptor Research Project	Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 3	Hydrologic Modeling	Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 4	HD Mountains Mule Deer Monitoring Project, San Juan Basin, Colorado	Bureau of Land Management
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 5	Joint Montana Regional Coalbed Natural Gas Ground-Water Monitoring Program	Bureau of Land Management
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 6	Data Collection for the Assessment of Aquatic Communities in Northeastern Wyoming and Southeastern Montana	Bureau of Land Management
DE-AI26-06NT15467 Task 7	Effects of Coalbed Natural Gas Development on Fish Assemblages in the Powder River Basin	Bureau of Land Management
DE-FC22-05NT42658	Field Testing of Environmentally Friendly Drilling System	Texas A&M University
DE-FC26-04NT15542	Facilitating Oil Industry Access to Federal Lands Through Interagency Data Sharing	Ground Water Protection Council
DE-FC26-04NT15541	Compilation and Presentation of Existing Data on Oil & Gas Leasing and Development in a Manner Useful to the NEPA Process	Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
DE-AP26-04NT40408	Data Collection, Analysis, and Program Support on Task Basis	AchieveIt! Inc.
DE-FC26-03NT15466	Modeling the Transport and Chemical Evolution of Onshore/Offshore Emissions and their Impact on Local and Regional Air Quality Using a Variable-Grid-Resolution Air Quality Model	University of North Carolina of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
DE-IA26-03NT15420 Task 1	Resolving Environmental Barriers to Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands - APD NEPA Analysis Toolkit	Bureau of Land Management
DE-IA26-03NT15420 Task 2	Resolving Environmental Barriers to Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands - 1:24,000 Scale 3d Order Soil Survey	Bureau of Land Management
DE-IA26-03NT15420 Task 3	Resolving Environmental Barriers to Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands - Comparing the Effects of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation from Gas and Oil Exploration and Production Activities on Vertebrates Differing by Trophic Level and Life History	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
DE-IA26-03NT15420 Task 4	Resolving Environmental Barriers to Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands	Bureau of Land Management
DE-FC26-02NT15445	Adaptive Management and Planning Models for Cultural Resources in Oil and Gas Fields in New Mexico and Wyoming	Gnomon, Inc.
DE-IA26-01BC15237	Research to Improve Access to Public Lands for Oil and Gas Operations Interagency Agreement	Bureau of Land Management
DE-FC26-00BC15327	Development of Fine Particulate Emission Factors and Speciation Profiles for Oil and Gas Fired Combustion Systems	GE Energy and Environmental Research Corporation
DE-AI26-00BC15171	Help Resolve Issues that Affect Access to Federal Lands for Oil and Gas Operations	Bureau of Land Management
FEW EE-1557	Air Quality Impacts of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in the West	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
FEW 49311	Developing a GIS-based Decision Support System for Land Use Planning Activities	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW 49310	Sagebrush and Sagebrush Obligate Species: A Program for Strategic Monitoring	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW 5704	BAGI Video Gas Leak Visualization	Sandia National Laboratory
FEW EE-1682	A Predictive Model for Determining Indoor Concentrations of Outdoor Volatile Organic Compound Air Toxins	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
FEW 49345	Probabilistic Risk-Based Decision Support for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Facilities in Sensitive Ecosystems	Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
FEW EE-1788	Characterizing the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P-51(EE-1450/EE-1486)	A Predictive Model of Indoor Concentration of Outdoor PM_2.5 in Homes	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Completed Regulatory Streamlining Projects
Project Number	Project Name	Primary Performer
DE-FC26-04NT15456	Collaborative Streamlining with States	Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
DE-FG26-04NT15455	Energy in the Environment- Initiatives 2004-08	Ground Water Protection Council
DE-FG26-03NT41790	Alaska North Slope Tundra Travel Model	Alaska Department of Natural Resources
DE-FC26-03BC15428	Produce More Oil & Gas via E-Business Data Sharing	Ground Water Protection Council
DE-FC26-02NT15464	Cost-Effective Reciprocating Engine Control and Monitoring for E&P Field and Gathering Engines	Kansas State University
DE-FC26-02NT15446	Alaska Oil & Gas Exploration: Development and Permitting Project	State of Alaska
DE-FC26-01NT41248-3.03.2	Physical, Biological and Chemical Implications of Mid-Winter Pumping of Tundra Ponds	U Alaska Fairbanks
DE-AC26-01BC15332	Risk Reduction and Soil Ecosystem Restoration in an Active Oil Producing Area in an Ecologically Sensitive Setting	University of Tulsa
DE-FC26-01BC15336	Building Partnerships with Results: Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Multi-State	Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
DE-FC26-01BC15371	Cost Effective Approaches to Enhance Domestic Oil and Gas Production and Ensure the Protection of the Environment	Ground Water Protection Council
DE-IA26-01BC15320	Support the Review of State Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulations	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FEAC321	An Ecological Framework to Evaluate Impacts of E&P Releases	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
FEW 0067	An Ecological Framework to Evaluate Impacts of E&P Releases	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
FEW 3 (49648/49658)	Water & Waste Regulatory Analysis	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW 49068	Interactive Information System on Drilling Waste Management Practices	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW FEAC320	Remote Sensing for Environmental Baseline and Monitoring	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
FEW0054	Ecological Assessments for Upstream Petroleum Sites	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
FEW 3 (49648/49658)	Water & Waste Regulatory Analysis	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW ESD02-002/FEW0088	Dominquez Channel Modeling and Analysis for Pollutant Transport and Total Maximum Daily Loads	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Completed Oil Refining Projects
Project Number	Project Name	Primary Performer
DE-FE0000516	North Dakota Refining Capacity Study	North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC)
DE-AD26-04NT40007	Test and Evaluation Services for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve	Strategic Petroleum Reserve - Washington DC
DE-FC26-02BC15340	Biocatalyst Desulfurization	Petro Star Inc.
DE-IA26-02NT15338	Peer-reviewed Publication of State-of-the-Art Thermodynamic Property Measurements Completed by Bartlesville Thermodynamics Group	National Institute of Standard & Technology
DE-FC26-02NT15381	Fundamentals of Delayed Coking Joint Industry Project	University of Tulsa
DE-FC26-02NT15382	Metabolic Engineering to Develop a Pathway for the Selective Cleavage of Carbon-Nitrogen Bonds	Gas Technology Institute
DE-FC26-02NT15383	Improved Processes to Remove Naphthenic Acids	California Institute of Technology
DE-FC26-02NT15454	JAECO Oil Processing Program	Jicarilla Apache Nation
DE-FC26-01BC15281	Conversion Extraction Desulfurization Process	Petro Star Inc.
DE-FC26-01BC15333	Field Test of TDA's Direct Recovery Oxidation Process for Sulfur Recovery	TDA Research, Inc.
DE-FC26-01NT41099	Production and Demonstration of Synthesis Gas-Derived Fuels	Integrated Concepts & Research Corporation
DE-FG26-00NT40833	A New Class of Mesoporous Catalysts for Applications in Petroleum Refining	Clark Atlanta University
DE-AC21-93MC29240	Review and Update Venture Development for US Resources	James W. Bunger & Associates
FEW P229500	Seasional Modeling of Central California for Year 2000	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
FEW ESD02-002 /FEW0088/FEWG315	Dominquez Channel Modeling and Analysis for Pollutant Transport and Total Maximum Daily Loads	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
FEAC323	Hydrogenation and Hydrodesulfurization	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
FEW 42C1-06	Proton Exchange Reactive Membranes for Conversion of Light Alkanes to Clean Liquid Fuel	Idaho National Laboratory
FEW 4340-68	Development of a Solid Catalyst Alkylation Process Using Supercritical Fluid Regeneration	Idaho National Laboratory
FEW 4661-06	Testing of a 5kWe SOFC on Diesel Reformate	Idaho National Laboratory
FEW 4661-08	Catalytic Methane Decomposition for CO2 Free Hydrogen Production	Idaho National Laboratory
FEW 49022	Developing Enzyme and Biomimetic Catalysts for Upgrading Heavy Crudes via Biological Hydrogenation and Hydrodesulfurization	Argonne National Laboratory
FEW FEAC326	Bio-upgrading of Heavy Crudes Using Temperature and Oil Tolerant	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
FEW13W0186	Characterization and Reaction Behavior of Sterically Hindered Sulfur Compounds in Heavy Crudes with Nano-Sized Molybdenum Disulfide	Brookhaven National Laboratory
FEW FEAC309/FEAC327	Fundamental Chemistry of Heavy Oil (Thermodynamics/Basic Chemistry of Heavy Oil)/Fundamental Chemistry for Process Development of Heavy Oil	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P-52 (FEW ESD98-040)	Biological Upgrading of Heavy Oils for Viscosity Reduction/Biocatalytic Alkane Transformation	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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