Press Releases

The Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has selected nine new projects targeting environmental tools and technology for shale gas and coalbed methane (CBM) production.

Dr. James J. Markowsky was confirmed by the Senate on August 7, 2009, as the 11th Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.

For his efforts in modeling and simulating fluid-particle flows, a researcher at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has been selected to receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' (AIChE) Fluidized Processing...

A project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy has resulted in the development of the Fayetteville Shale Infrastructure Placement Analysis System, or IPAS, which is now available online.

The U.S. Department of Energy today told Congress the agency is leading a nationwide program in search of naturally occurring natural gas hydrates - a potentially significant storehouse of methane--with far reaching implications for the environment and...

Researchers at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory have discovered an innovative way to use bees, pollen, and helium-filled balloons to verify that no carbon dioxide (CO2) leaks from carbon sequestration sites.

Southern Company and the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, one of seven members of the U.S. Department of Energy Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, have announced plans to store carbon dioxide captured from an existi...

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of three projects under the Office of Fossil Energy's University Turbine Systems Research Program.

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum today announced that New Zealand has become the newest member of the international carbon storage body.