The SPR was created following President Ford’s signing of the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act, which established a U.S. emergency oil reserve.
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) and the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced the selection of five projects to receive up to $15 million in funding to investigate wellbore integrity research subjects.
New projects to increase recovery efficiency from unconventional oil and gas wells and to prevent offshore spills and leaks.
Two funding opportunity announcements (FOA), under FE’s Carbon Storage Program, will advance the development and validation of storage technologies
FE’s Crosscutting Research Program R&D create cost-effective progress toward generating units and industrial plants that use fossil fuels
The HBCU/OMI program has the additional goal of increasing the participation of under-represented populations of students in such research.
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) kicked off the 22nd Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) program on June 12 in Washington, DC.
The phase 2 projects include laboratory- and bench-scale research to improve reliability, robustness, and endurance of SOFC cell and stack technology.
Three new funding opportunities will advance technologies related to advanced combustion systems, advanced turbines, and gasification.
The DOE Office of Fossil Energy announced it is investing $6.9 million in rare earth element research through two funding opportunities.