The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $7,487,592 Cooperative Agreement to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) on January 17, 2025 under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The primary objective of this 3.5-year project is to deploy, field test, and permanently install innovative methane emission mitigation technologies at multiple compressor station sites across the Permian...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $5,811,334 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to Daphnetech USA LLC. The objective of the project is to permanently install a novel exhaust gas cleaning system called "SLIPPURE" that abates methane (CH4) pollution in exhaust gas emitted from natural gas-fueled engines. The goal is to dramatically accelerate the adoption of SLIPPURE and lower...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $209,999,996 Cooperative Agreement to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy), a non-profit research organization, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The goal of this 4-year award, titled "INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) - WELL EMISSIONS AND LEAKAGE LIMITATION CHECK (WELL CHECK)", is to accelerate the mitigation of methane emissions from small oil and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $7,499,101 to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to accelerate the commercialization, scale-up, and field deployment of innovative methane emissions reduction technologies. The project aims to validate and commercialize new technologies capable of mitigating methane emissions caused by flaring and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) provides $6,349,734 to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) to deploy and test a novel, low-cost linear motor methane mitigation compressor. The primary objective is to capture a wide variety of methane leaks across the natural gas value chain, including from reciprocating compressors and pneumatic...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $6,250,000, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The award supports efforts by Pioneer Energy Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Colorado, to advance their Emission Control Treater (ECT) technology to a fully functional, commercially operating product (Technology Readiness Level 8). The project aims to...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $7,500,691, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program. The overall goal is to develop and commercialize a methane (CH4) emission reduction technology and field test a permanent installation. The award will support research and development efforts by The University of Kentucky Research Foundation to...
This $4,824,449 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) is intended to mature and demonstrate long-term operation, material durability, and sustained performance of efficient compact combustors for methane mitigation in the oil and gas sector. The project aims to create workforce development strategies to benefit communities and...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,994,678 Cooperative Agreement to Onboard Dynamics LLC under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objective of this project is to incorporate new functionality into Onboard Dynamics' current GOVAC system to enable natural gas producers to capture methane that would traditionally be vented to the atmosphere during liquid unloading operations from wellbores. This...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program, awarded a $5,261,685 Cooperative Agreement to Envana Software Solutions, LLC on January 15, 2025. The objective of this project is to conduct highly accurate, reliable, low-cost, and broad coverage methane emissions monitoring using operational SCADA data, and significantly reduce methane emissions from the monitored oil and gas...