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Utility to Purchase Electricity from Innovative DOE-Supported Clean Coal Project
An innovative clean coal technology project in Texas will supply electricity to the largest municipally owned utility in the United States under a recently signed Power Purchase Agreement, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today.
 
DOE-Sponsored Online Mapping Portal Helps Oil and Gas Producers Comply with New Mexico Compliance Rules
An online mapping portal to help oil and natural gas operators comply with a revised New Mexico waste pit rule has been developed by a team of New Mexico Tech researchers.
 
DOE RFP Seeks Projects for Improving Environmental Performance of Unconventional Natural Gas Technologies
Research projects to study ways for improving the environmental performance of unconventional gas development are being sought by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a facility of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy.
 

DOE Releases Comprehensive Review of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Mobility Control 
A thorough review of 40 years of RD&D related to the past successes and failures of lab- and field-scale efforts to reduce CO2 mobility using CO2 thickeners, foams, and gels is now available. Results clearly indicate that mobility and conformance control for CO2 EOR can be technically and economically attainable.

 
NETL-Sponsored Researcher Earns International Award
A former Fulbright Scholar at West Virginia University has been honored by a top international engineering and scientific society for his NETL-supported research into ways to prevent defects in superalloy castings used in advanced electric power systems.
 
DOE Selects Projects Aimed at Reducing Drilling Risks in Ultra-Deepwater
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected six new natural gas and oil research projects aimed at reducing risks and enhancing the environmental performance of drilling in ultra-deepwater settings.
 
CO2 Injection Begins in Illinois
The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC), one of seven regional partnerships created by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance carbon storage technologies nationwide, has begun injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) for their large-scale CO2 injection test in Decatur, Illinois.
 
NETL has released a new analysis of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for natural gas-fired power production.
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Midwest Has Potential to Store Hundreds of Years of CO2 Emissions
Geologic capacity exists to permanently store hundreds of years of regional carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in nine states stretching from Indiana to New Jersey, according to injection field tests conducted by the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP).
 
NETL Teams Earn High Achievement Awards from Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today honored the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and several partner agencies with Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards for contributions to two significant environmental efforts in 2010.
 
New Recycling Solution Introduced to Treat Marcellus Shale Flowback Frack Water
A new joint partnership between Casella Waste Systems, Inc. and Altela, Inc. has been formed to solve the environmental issue of brackish, salty water produced from drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. Altela, Inc. first tested its technology in the Appalachian basin through a project supported by NETL and is currently treating frac flowback water in the Marcellus Shale with its patented technology at a facility in Williamsport, PA.
 
Members of West Virginia's U.S. Congressional Delegation to Address Small Businesses at a Business Opportunity Session in Charleston
U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller (video appearance) and Joe Manchin, along with U.S. Representatives Shelley Moore Capito and David McKinley, will deliver key remarks at a small business event in Charleston, W.Va. 
 
Methane Hydrate Production Technologies to be Tested on Alaska's North Slope
The U.S. Department of Energy, the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, and ConocoPhillips will work together to test innovative technologies for producing methane gas from hydrate deposits on the Alaska North Slope.
 
 
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