Issued in 2008
May 16, 2008
DOE Will Not Enter Into Contracts for Continued SPR Fill
DOE today announced it will not sign contracts this year for the receipt, exchange and transportation of up to 13 million barrels of crude oil to the Nation's SPR sites.
May 07, 2008
DOE Takes Next Steps with Restructured FutureGen Approach
DOE today released a draft Funding Opportunity Announcement to solicit public input on the demonstration of multiple commercial-scale clean coal power plants under the Department's restructured FutureGen approach.
May 06, 2008
DOE Awards $126.6 Million for Two More Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Projects
DOE today announced awards of more than $126.6 million to the West Coast and Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships for the Department's fifth and sixth large-scale sequestration projects.
April 10, 2008
Office of Fossil Energy Develops Educational Materials
Teaching students about fossil energy just got easier with the development of educational materials and classroom tools by DOE's Office of Fossil Energy.
April 04, 2008
SPR to Continue Royalty-in-Kind Fill Program
DOE today issued a solicitation seeking contracts to exchange up to 13 million barrels of royalty oil from Federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico for crude oil that meets the specifications of the SPR.
April 03, 2008
DOE Technology Monitors CO2 Injection in Australian Gas Field
Australia has launched the first carbon sequestration project in the southern hemisphere with the help of technology developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy.
March 18, 2008
Fossil Energy's Outreach Program Recognized with Excellence Award
The Office of Fossil Energy was recently recognized by the American Coal Council for its outreach efforts in educating the general public about coal and its place in the nation's energy supply.
March 05, 2008
DOE Plans Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for New Petroleum Reserve Site in Mississippi
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced plans to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve expansion site in Richton, MS.
February 21, 2008
United States, China Announce Joint Coal Mine Methane Project
DOE's Office of Fossil Energy announced a joint venture between U.S. and Chinese companies to extract coal mine methane at the Hebi coal mines in the Henan Province in China.
February 18, 2008
Carbon Sequestration Partner Initiates CO2 Injection into Michigan Basin
Tapping into a saline formation some 3,200 to 3,500 feet below the earth's surface, a DOE team of regional partners has initiated the injection of up to 10,000 metric tons of CO2 to assess the formation's ability to store the greenhouse gas.
February 04, 2008
Fossil Energy Requests $1.1 Billion for FY 2009 Budget
DOE's Office of Fossil Energy FY 2009 coal budget request of $648 million focuses on technology allowing the United States to maintain its technological lead in coal use in a way that will not raise climate concerns.
January 30, 2008
DOE Announces Restructured FutureGen Approach to Demonstrate Carbon Capture and Storage Technology at Multiple Clean Coal Plants
DOE today announced a restructured approach to its FutureGen project that aims to demonstrate cutting-edge carbon capture and storage technology at multiple commercial-scale IGCC power plants.
January 29, 2008
DOE Report: Alaska North Slope Has Plenty of Potential
DOE's Office of Fossil Energy has issued a comprehensive new report entitled, Alaska North Slope Oil and Gas: A Promising Future or an Area in Decline?
January 23, 2008
DOE to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for New SPR Site at Richton, Mississippi
DOE has notified Mississippi officials that it intends to move forward with the preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the planned SPR expansion site at Richton, MS.
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