The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), awarded a $6,250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Pioneer Energy Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Lakewood, Colorado. The funding will support efforts to advance the Emission Control Treater (ECT) technology to a fully functional, commercially operating product (Technology Readiness Level 8) that targets marginal conventional oil and gas...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $7,500,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) to Pioneer Energy Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company based in Lakewood, Colorado. The award aims to advance the company's Emission Control Treater (ECT) technology to a fully functional, commercially viable product (Technology Readiness Level 8) that can process sour crude oil with zero emissions. The project...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development federal grant program (CFDA 81.089), awarded a $6,252,775 cooperative agreement to Electricore Inc., a non-profit organization based in Valencia, California. The objective of this project is the field deployment of three demonstration units at separate, low-producing well sites for at least 12 months to validate the full-scale methane emission mitigation capacity 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 $7,599,720.00 to M2X Energy Inc. to deploy a modular, transportable gas-to-methanol (GTM) system that will convert stranded, associated (wellhead) gas into low-carbon methanol for use as a low-carbon fuel for marine shipping and derivative low-carbon chemicals. The key objectives are to: 1) eliminate methane...
This $7,499,101 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 the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology aims to accelerate the commercialization, scale-up, and field deployment of innovative methane emissions reduction technologies. The key objectives are to validate and commercialize new technologies capable of mitigating methane emissions from flaring and venting...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, through the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program, awarded a $8,946,563 Cooperative Agreement to Windfall Bio, Inc. to adapt their methane bioconversion technology for a full-scale system designed to operate as a flare replacement system on an operating oil production site. The objective is to gather well-site gas that would otherwise be emitted or flared, and facilitate the...
The U.S. 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) to deploy and field test innovative methane emission mitigation technologies at compressor stations across multiple locations, including the Permian Basin, Appalachian Basin, and Southern California. The project, under CFDA 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development, aims to advance these technologies...
The U.S. 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) on January 15, 2025 under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The goal of this "WELL CHECK" project is to accelerate the mitigation of methane emissions from small oil and gas operators with production volumes between 15 and 40 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The key...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) awarded a $4,994,678 cooperative agreement to Onboard Dynamics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Bend, Oregon. The project, funded under the Inflation Reduction Act, aims 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...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has awarded a $4,818,805 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program to Blue Mountain Operations, LLC. The goal of this 6-month project is to eliminate primary and secondary methane emissions from natural gas-driven pneumatic devices in remote oil and gas production facilities without access to grid power. The funding will support the scaling and deployment of...