The Advanced Remediation Technologies Program focuses on increasing oil and natural gas exploration and production, water management, and offshore efficiency, safety, and spill prevention, as well as carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery. The program funds research, demonstration, and development of technologies and solutions to responsibly increase oil and natural gas production with a particular focus on unconventional reservoirs.
Fossil fuels are critical to unleashing American energy and creating an affordable, secure, and reliable energy sector. Oil and natural gas provide fuel for vehicles, heat for homes, industrial goods, plastics, and other important products.
The advanced remediation technologies program focuses on:
- Gas hydrates to evaluate the potential of hydrates as a future energy source
- Advanced oil and gas production research to advance oil and gas production research, including unconventional oil and gas development, offshore safety, and spill prevention.
- Water management technologies on the characterization, treatment and management of water produced during oil and gas operations to increase both recycling of reservoir water for oil field activities (e.g. hydraulic fracture), and beneficial reuse of treated produced water for uses outside of the oil fields
Programs and Initiatives
OFFSHORE ENERGY SAFETY INSTITUTE (OESI 2.0)
Through the Offshore Energy Safety Institute (OESI 2.0), DOE is working with the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), under a Memorandum of Collaboration, to pursue collaborative offshore research to increase offshore safety.
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Last Updated: September 19, 2025