This Cooperative Agreement award of $7,499,101, granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development), aims to accelerate the commercialization, scale-up, and application of innovative methane emissions reduction technologies. The objective is the field deployment, full-scale validation, and commercialization of new technologies capable of mitigating methane emissions caused by flaring and...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $7,477,863 Cooperative Agreement (Federal Grant Award ID: DEFE0032679) under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) to Baker Hughes Energy Transition LLC. The primary objective of this project is to demonstrate and deploy an integrated methane emissions reduction system for upstream flares that is easily retrofittable, cost-effective with less than 1-year payback, and flexible enough to...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program to Encino Environmental Services, LLC. The purpose of this award is to develop and deploy an advanced "smart" thief hatch, called the EnviroMech Thief Hatch 2.0, that integrates sensors, actuators, and robust composite materials to increase the durability, reliability, and operational...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded Electricore Inc., a non-profit organization based in California, a $6,252,775 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objective of this project is the field deployment of three demonstration units operating at separate, low-producing well sites for at least 12 months. The goal is to demonstrate full-scale validation of methane emission...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $5,261,685.00, granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development), is intended to develop and deploy leak detection and reduction software to monitor methane emissions at oil and gas production facilities using SCADA data. The objective is to provide highly accurate, reliable, low-cost, and broad coverage of methane emissions monitoring, and then use this...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $209,999,996 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy), a non-profit research organization based in Des Plaines, Illinois. The goal of this "WELL CHECK" project is to accelerate the mitigation of methane emissions from small oil and gas operators within the U.S. industry. The funding will be...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), awarded a $9,999,522 Cooperative Agreement to GTI Energy on January 15, 2025. The award supports the development and deployment of the Methane Emissions Training, Reporting, and Information for Communities (METRIC) program, which aims to accelerate the use of off-the-shelf methane emission monitoring technologies in and around disadvantaged communities...
This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $299,999,930.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy on Jan 15, 2025. The award, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program, aims to cost-effectively mitigate methane emissions from marginal conventional oil and gas wells through a collaborative approach. The objective is to support the Inflation Reduction Act's Methane Emissions Reduction Program for oil and gas methane...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $3,409,297 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program to Blue Sky Measurements, Inc. on January 15, 2025. The three-phase project aims to perform field validation testing, complete a commercial-ready certified design, and obtain EPA approval for Blue Sky Measurements' NIRVIEW fixed-position optical sensing technology for detecting, quantifying, and...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,349,734 Cooperative Agreement to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) on January 15, 2025 under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The primary objective of this project is to deploy and test a novel, low-cost, linear motor methane mitigation compressor to capture a wide variety of methane leaks across the natural gas value chain, including from...