The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) announced a funding opportunity for cost-shared projects for the U.S. oil and natural gas industry.
The funding will support three critical priorities, the department said – improving recovery efficiency from unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, advancing hydraulic fracture characterization technologies, and developing innovative solutions for produced water management. The Notice of Funding Opportunity will advance President Donald Trump’s Executive Order “Unleashing American Energy” as well as Energy Secretary Christopher Wright’s order “Unleashing the Golden Era of Energy Dominance” designed to provide affordable, reliable, and secure energy to all Americans through the responsible development of domestic oil and natural gas supplies.
“By unlocking more of our domestic oil and natural gas resources, improving our understanding of hydraulic fracturing, and innovating in produced water management, we are not only creating jobs and lowering energy costs for American families, we are also driving innovation that will benefit our economy for generations to come,” DOE Acting Assistant Secretary of the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office Curt Coccodrilli said
Officials said the NOFO seeks innovative proposals that address technical, economic, and environmental barriers across several areas, with a focus on increasing domestic energy production. Those include enhanced recovery from unconventional oil and gas reservoirs; advanced characterization of fracture propagation, and well diagnostics and advanced field-testing of multi-scale produced water treatment technologies and processes.