Project Grant DESC0018557

Under a $4,997,015 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (CFDA 81.135), the University of Texas at Austin proposes to conduct an in-situ test of carbon-negative reaction-driven cracking techniques to enhance mineral recovery. The key products and services to be delivered include: Injecting CO2 dissolved in water to permanently sequester CO2 via carbon-negative reactions. Chemically fracturing rock through reaction-driven cracking to reduce...

This $555,274 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research into the nanoscale physics of carbon dioxide utilization and storage in tight oil reservoirs. The Colorado School of Mines, in collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, will investigate how CO2 interacts with oil at pore walls and gradients along walls modulate oil-CO2 transport through nanopores. Researchers will integrate bench-scale...

This $31,262,296 Cooperative Agreement awarded 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 demonstrate the feasibility of safely converting a mature oil and gas field in the Permian Basin into a dedicated carbon dioxide (CO2) storage facility. The key objectives are to: 1) further validate the subsurface characterization, storage capacity, and technical/economic performance to inform the final...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Colorado School of Mines $2,197,721 under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) federal grant program on May 5, 2023 to complete the project by May 4, 2026. The award will support integrating reservoir stimulation and sensing technology to enhance in-situ mining and carbon mineralization through disruptive electro-hydraulic fracturing and distributed fiber-optic sensing....

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) provides $315,000 in funding to the University of Texas at Austin to develop polymeric membranes for use in low-cost filtration-type processes to improve the recovery of critical minerals from aqueous waste and process streams. The project aims to precisely control and measure the sizes of pores and voids in these membranes, and use computations and experiments to determine how suitable pore sizes...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, aims 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 $7,487,592 award to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology seeks to advance these technologies from...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research and development at the University of Tulsa to advance the modeling and analysis of CO2 transport in porous media for geological carbon sequestration. The $157,471 award, effective July 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, aims to develop computationally efficient data-driven models to predict and analyze the complex flow behavior of CO2 in geological formations. The...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $217,089 project grant to The Trustees Of The Stevens Institute Of Technology for research titled "USING A WELL-CONTROLLED HETEROGENEOUS PERMEABILITY FIELD TO STUDY ITS ROLE ON MISCIBLE DENSITY-DRIVEN CONVECTION IN POROUS MEDIA." The award period runs from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The research will be conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $256,494 Project Grant to Semplastics EHC LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop high-value products from produced water mineralized via reaction with anthropogenic CO2. This award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security. Semplastics previously received over $8 million in prime...

Greenpath Systems LLC was awarded a $199,948 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a multi-stage nanofiltration process for extracting value-added minerals from produced water. The project is being conducted under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Specifically, Greenpath Systems will...