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EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES

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DE-AC26-07NT42677 Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas & Other Petroleum Resources Program Consortium Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)
 

RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION

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DE-NT0005664 Reservoir Characterization of Bridgeport and Cypress Sandstones in Lawrence Field Illinois Illinois State Geological Survey
DE-FC26-09NT0005670 Fabry-Perot MEMS Accelerometers for Advanced Seismic Imaging Lumedyne Technologies Incorporated
 

ADVANCED DRILLING

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DEEP FORMATIONS

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IMPROVED RECOVERY

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DE-FC26-08NT43291–01.8 Investigation of Improved Conductivity and Proppant Applications in the Bakken Formation Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
DE-FE0006015 Full-featured, User Friendly CO2 EOR and Sequestration Planning Software NITEC LLC
DE-FE0006011 Development of Real Time Semi-autonomous Geophysical Data Acquisition and Processing System to Monitor Flood Performance Sky Research, Inc.
DE-FE0005979 Nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 Foam for CO2 EOR Application New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
DE-FE0005975 Measuring Fracture Density and Orientation in Unconventional Reservoirs with Simple-source Vertical Seismic Profiles University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology
DE-FE0005961 RVA: 3-D Visualization and Analysis Software to Support Management of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources University of Illinois/Illinois State Geological Survey
DE-FE0005958 Improved Mobility Control in CO2 Enhanced Recovery Using SPI Gels Impact Technologies LLC
DE-FE0005952 Development of an Advanced Simulator to Model Mobility Control and Geomechanics During CO2 Floods The University of Texas at Austin
DE-FE0005917 Use of Engineered Nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 Foams to Improve Volumetric Sweep of CO2 EOR Processes The University of Texas at Austin
DE-FE0005902 Novel CO2 Foam Concepts and Injection Schemes for Improving CO2 Sweep Efficiency in Sandstone and Carbonate Hydrocarbon Formations The University of Texas at Austin
DE-FE0005889 Case Studies of the ROZ CO2 Flood and the Combined ROZ/MPZ CO2 Flood at the Goldsmith Landreth Unit, Ector County, Texas The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
DE-FE0003537 Next Generation Surfactants for Improved Chemical Flooding Technology Oklahoma University Enhanced Oil Recovery Design Center
DE-FE0003616 Stripper Well Consortium Pennsylvania State University
DE-FE0001243 Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources University of Utah
DE-FE0000408 Shale Oil Upgrading Utilizing Ionic Conductive Membranes Ceramatec, Inc
DE-NT0006556 Chemical Methods for Ugnu Viscous Oils University of Texas
DE-NT0006555 Use of Polymers to Recover Viscous Oil from Unconventional Reservoirs New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
DE-NT0005679 Bridging the Gap between Chemical Flooding and Independent Oil Producers University of Kansas Center for Research
DE-FC26-09NT0005670 Fabry-Perot MEMS Accelerometers for Advanced Seismic Imaging Lumedyne Technologies Incorporated
DE-NT0005664 Reservoir Characterization of Bridgeport and Cypress Sandstones in Lawrence Field Illinois Illinois State Geological Survey
ER84951 Demonstration of Advanced Technology for Surface Processing of Oil Shale Combustion Resources, Inc.
DE-FC26-08NT0005643 Geomechanical Study of Bakken Formation for Improved Oil Recovery University of North Dakota
DE-FC26-06NT43029 Carbon Dioxide-Enhanced Oil Production from the Citronelle Oil Field in the Rodessa Formation, South Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham
 

ARCTIC RESOURCES

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DE-FE0001240 Alaska North Slope Oil and Gas Transportation Support System Geo-Watersheds Scientific
DE-NT0006556 Chemical Methods for Ugnu Viscous Oils University of Texas
DE-NT0006555 Use of Polymers to Recover Viscous Oil from Unconventional Reservoirs New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
DE-NT0005684 Using Artificial Barriers to Augment Fresh Water Supplies in Shallow Arctic Lakes University of Alaska-Fairbanks
DE-NT0005683 North Slope Decision Support for Water Resource Planning and Management University of Alaska-Fairbanks
DE-NT0005663 Fluid and Rock Property Controls On Production and Seismic Monitoring Alaska Heavy Oils Colorado School of Mines
DE-FC26-08NT0005641 Producing Light Oil from a Frozen Reservoir: Reservoir and Fluid Characterization of Umiat Field, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska University of Alaska-Fairbanks

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

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DE-FE0001175 Targeted Technology Transfer for Oil and Natural Gas Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
 

NATURAL GAS PROCESSING

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LOW PERMEABILITY SANDSTONES

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Liquefied Natural Gas

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DE-FC26-00NT40978 Liquefaction of Coal Mine Methane to produce LNG for Industrial and Transportation Applications Appalachian-Pacific Coal Mine Methane Power Co, LLC