Issued in 2006
December 27, 2006
DOE Funds Projects Geared Toward Near-Zero Emissions Power Production
DOE announces the selection of five projects totaling nearly $12 million targeting cost-effective technologies to improve performance and economic targets for near zero emission coal-based power generation systems.
December 21, 2006
DOE Invites Nominations for Two Advisory Committees
DOE invites any interested person or organization to nominate qualified individuals to serve on one of two federal advisory committees established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
December 19, 2006
DOE Names New Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
DOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Jeffrey D. Jarrett today announced the selection of Thomas D. Shope as the new Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.
December 15, 2006
DOE Estimates Future Freshwater Needs to Meet Thermoelectric Power Demand
In support of an emerging energy-water research program, DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory has updated its groundbreaking 2004 study estimating future freshwater requirements for the U.S. thermoelectric generation sector.
December 12, 2006
DOE-Funded 'Microhole' Drilling Rig Demonstrated Successfully in Midcontinent
A DOE-funded technology that could change the way America's oil and natural gas wells are drilled has been successfully demonstrated in the Nation's Midcontinent region.
December 08, 2006
DOE Takes Next Steps to Expand Strategic Petroleum Reserve to One Billion Barrels
DOE today announced it has identified the salt domes at Richton, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as the preferred site to lead the expansion of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to one billion barrels.
December 06, 2006
DOE Advances Production of Hydrogen from Coal
The Department of Energy today announced the selection of six research and development projects that will promote the production of hydrogen from coal at large-scale facilities.
December 04, 2006
DOE Project Revives Oil Production in Abandoned Fields on Osage Tribal Lands
A technology developed with DOE funding has revived oil production in two abandoned oilfields on Osage Indian tribal lands in northeastern Oklahoma.
November 30, 2006
Energy and Treasury Secretaries Announce the Award of $1 Billion in Tax Credits to Promote Clean Coal Power Generation
Samuel Bodman and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson today announced the awarding of $1 billion in federal tax incentives to nine companies to bring about rapid deployment of advanced coal-based power generation and gasification technologies.
November 29, 2006
DOE Selects Six Projects Under University Coal Research Program
DOE announced today that six projects will receive nearly $2.4 million in funding under the University Coal Research Program, the Department's longest-running student-teacher research grant initiative.
November 27, 2006
Energy Department Approves Full-Scale Demonstration of Coal Dryer
The U.S. Department of Energy has given the go-ahead to Great River Energy to conduct the first-ever full-scale demonstration of the utility company's innovative coal drying technology.
November 16, 2006
DOE-Funded Project Honored with Environmental Stewardship Award
A DOE¿funded project has been honored with a major national award for superior environmental stewardship related to oil and natural gas operations.
November 09, 2006
Museum Exhibit Features Native American Artifacts Found on Former DOE Oil Field
A new exhibit, featuring artifacts excavated from a former DOE oil field, has opened at the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History in Bakersfield, California.
November 07, 2006
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Operating Contractor Earns Business Excellence Award for Safety
DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company, the management and operating contractor for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, is one of two recipients of the prestigious 2006 Robert W. Campbell Award.
October 31, 2006
Department of Energy Advances Commercialization of Climate Change Technology
DOE Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Jarrett today announced the Department's support of seven tests in North America to advance carbon sequestration technologies while attending the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate.
October 23, 2006
Secretary of Energy Announces Nearly $24 Million in Grants for Carbon Sequestration Research
Secretary Bodman today announced the selection of nine projects totaling nearly $24 million aimed at developing novel and cost-effective technologies to capture CO2 produced in coal-fired power plants.
October 20, 2006
DOE to Host Fourth LNG Public Education Forum in Texas
The fourth in a series of DOE-sponsored public education forums on LNG has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston, Texas.
October 19, 2006
Four Minority Universities Selected for Fossil Energy Research Grants
DOE today awarded grants to four institutions for energy research through the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions program.
October 15, 2006
Three NETL-Supported Technologies Win R&D 100 Awards
Three technologies developed with support from NETL have earned prestigious R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine.
October 12, 2006
DOE Project Injects 700 Tons of Carbon Dioxide Into Texas Sandstone Formation
When scientists recently pumped 700 metric tons of CO2 a mile underground as a follow-up to a 2004 effort, they initiated a series of tests to determine the feasibility of storing the CO2 in brine formations.
October 04, 2006
DOE, Industry Consortium Project Deploys New Stripper Well Tool
A novel technology developed through a joint government and industry venture has demonstrated significant cost and production benefits for lower-producing wells, called "stripper" wells.
September 28, 2006
RMOTC Receives Federal Laboratory Consortium Award
DOE's Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center is the 2006 recipient of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer award for its breakthrough research on coal bed methane dissolved gas evaluation technology.
September 18, 2006
DOE Report Analyzes E-Commerce Standards for Energy Sector
A report addressing the security issues involving proposed standards for use in the energy sector has recently been released.
September 14, 2006
DOE Assistant Secretaries in China to Discuss Energy Cooperation
DOE Assistant Secretary Karen A. Harbert and Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Jeffrey Jarrett are in China this week to discuss energy cooperation between the United States and China.
September 12, 2006
Critical Carbon Sequestration Assessment Begins:
Midwest Partnership Looks at Appalachian Basin for Safe Storage Sites
Tapping into rock formations at sites thousands of feet deep, a government-industry team is using seismic testing to help determine whether those sites can safely store CO2.
September 07, 2006
DOE Funds Six New Projects Aimed at Alternate Hydrogen Production and Utilization
DOE today announced the selection of six R&D projects that will aid in alternate hydrogen production and greater hydrogen utilization.
September 06, 2006
A Two-For-One Solution....
DOE today announces the selection of a cost-shared project that will inject carbon dioxide into an oil reservoir to maximize domestic oil production.
August 22, 2006
DOE Releases 2006 Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap,
Project Portfolio
DOE releases the updated 2006 Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap and Program Plan.
August 14, 2006
Tax Credit Programs Promote Coal-Based Power Generation Technologies
Legislation designed to advance cleaner coal-based power generation and gasification technologies has received a strong response from the coal community, according to DOE's Office of Fossil Energy.
August 07, 2006
New Projects to Uncover the Potential of America's Methane Hydrate Resource
DOE today announced the selection of six cost-shared research and development projects that seek to unlock a huge potential source of hydrocarbon energy: methane hydrate.
August 02, 2006
Department of Energy Tracks Resurgence of Coal-Fired Power Plants
The latest installment of NETL's Tracking Coal-Fired Power Plants database has been released showing 153 new plants, 93 gigawatts of capacity proposed by 2025.
July 31, 2006
DOE Releases Final Report on Impact of 2005 Hurricanes to Natural Gas Industry
DOE announces the release of a report titled, "Impact of the 2005 Hurricanes on the Natural Gas Industry in the Gulf of Mexico Region."
July 25, 2006
FutureGen Alliance Announces Final Candidate Host Sites
The FutureGen Alliance today announced its short list of candidate sites for a $1 billion first-of-its-kind, near-zero emissions coal-fueled power plant following an extensive technical review.
July 24, 2006
Energy Department Awards Project in Power Plant Improvement Initiative
DOE today awarded a contract to CONSOL Energy Inc., a major coal producer, as part of an effort under DOE's Power Plant Improvement Initiative to reduce the ever-increasing demands on U.S. electricity supplies.
July 17, 2006
DOE Selects Projects Targeting America's "Tight" Gas Resources
DOE today announced the selection of two cost-shared research and development projects targeting America's major source of natural gas: low-permeability or "tight" gas formations.
July 13, 2006
DOE Researchers Developing Technology to Safely Detect Flaws in Plastic Gas Pipelines
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory is developing the first technology that can detect flaws in plastic natural gas pipelines without disrupting pipeline operations.
June 29, 2006
Federal Agencies Collaborate to Expedite Construction of Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
DOE and fourteen other federal departments and agencies have signed an agreement to expedite the permitting and construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline.
June 28, 2006
DOE Announces Loans of Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Secretary Bodman announced today that DOE has approved two loan requests totaling 750,000 barrels of crude oil from the SPR to two Louisiana refineries.
June 26, 2006
Sequestration Test to Demonstrate Carbon Dioxide Storage While Increasing Oil Production
The first geologic sequestration project to occur under the guidance of DOE's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program is taking place in Alberta, Canada.
June 26, 2006
United States and South Korea Sign Agreement on FutureGen Project
Energy Secretary Sam Bodman and South Korean Minister of Commerce, Industry & Energy, Sye Kyun Chung, today signed an agreement making South Korea the second country to join the United States in the FutureGen International Partnership.
June 22, 2006
DOE Selects Projects Targeting Deep Natural Gas Resources
DOE today announced the selection of seven cost-shared research and development projects targeting America's vast but technologically daunting deep natural gas resources.
June 13, 2006
DOE Projects Provide Stepping Stone to America's Hydrogen Economy
DOE-funded research is tweaking an old technology to develop new supplies of ultra-clean liquid transportation fuels from both coal and natural gasand in the process provide a new source of non-polluting hydrogen energy.
June 08, 2006
DOE Initiative Targets Ultra-Low Environmental Impacts of Oil & Gas Recovery
DOE has selected three research projects designed to demonstrate a new operating paradigm for America's oil and natural gas producers: finding and producing oil and gas with ultra-low environmental impact.
June 05, 2006
Novel Treatment of Fly Ash Yields Safer, Salable Product
Developed with funding from DOE, a novel approach to improving coal-combustion fly ash was successfully tested at near full-scale levels.
June 01, 2006
Fuel Cell Projects Address Barriers to Commercialization
DOE today announced the selection of six R&D projects expected to further enhance solid-oxide fuel cell technology, moving it one step closer to commercialization.
May 30, 2006
DOE-Funded R&D Will Help Producers Tap America's Deep Natural Gas Resources
A DOE research program has achieved major milestones in the development of "smart" tools that enables cost-effective finding and production of huge gas resources lying three to five miles below the earth's surface.
May 26, 2006
Draft Environmental Impact Statement Published for Proposed Expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
DOE publishes the draft Environmental Impact Statement for site selection for the expansion of the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
May 24, 2006
Advanced Coal Dryer Boosts Power Plant Performance
Engineers at a power plant in North Dakota have begun the first continuous operation of an innovative clean coal technology drying system that uses the plant's excess heat to wring moisture from the incoming coal.
May 23, 2006
PPL Corporation Joins FutureGen Industrial Alliance
The FutureGen Industrial Alliance today announced that power generator PPL Corporation has joined the non-profit consortium of global electric utilities and coal companies working with DOE to site and develop FutureGen.
May 17, 2006
We Energies Begins Operational Phase of Mercury Control Test in Michigan Coal-Fired Power Plant
The nation's first full-scale test of the patented TOXECON" pollution control process began operations at the We Energies Presque Isle Power Plant located in Marquette, MI.
May 15, 2006
DOE-Funded Technology That 'Looks Ahead' of Drillbit Commercialized
A DOE-funded technology that establishes a "downhole Internet" for drilling oil and natural gas wells is now available for commercial use.
May 12, 2006
Coal Gasification Plant Returns $79 Million to DOE in Revenue-Sharing Gas Sales
A coal gasification plant purchased from DOE in 1988 recently paid millions of dollars to DOE as part of a revenue sharing agreement.
May 09, 2006
Twelve Sites Proposed for FutureGen Plant
Twelve sites in seven states were named today as candidates to host the $1 billion FutureGen power plant.
April 27, 2006
DOE to Host Third LNG Public Education Forum in California
The third in a series of DOE-sponsored public education forums on LNG has been scheduled for Thursday, June 1, 2006, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
April 24, 2006
DOE Announces Proposed Procedures for the Acquisition of Petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
DOE today proposed procedures for the acquisition of petroleum for the SPR. The procedures include provisions for acquisition of oil through several means.
April 19, 2006
DOE Strategic Petroleum Reserve Contractor to Receive the Baldrige Award
Vice President Dick Cheney today presented DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company, operator of DOE's SPR, with the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
April 13, 2006
Computer Program Provides Insight Into "Fire Ice"
The first publicly available simulator of its kind, the TOUGH-Fx/Hydrate program is helping researchers and industry partners better understand an emerging natural gas resource: methane hydrates.
April 03, 2006
U.S. and India Sign Historic Agreement on FutureGen Project
DOE announces the signing of an agreement with India that makes it the first country to join the U.S. on the government steering committee for the FutureGen Initiative.
March 31, 2006
Widespread Interest Shown in Bid to Host FutureGen Project
The FutureGen Industrial Alliance reports that offerors in nine states (totaling 22 sites) have expressed an interest in hosting the FutureGen Project.
March 10, 2006
DOE-Funded Project Revives Aging California Oilfield
Technology developed under a DOE-funded research project has breathed new life into one of America's largest mature producing oilfields.
March 08, 2006
Industrial Alliance Searches for FutureGen Facility Host Site
The FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc. invites proposals for suitable sites upon which to build the FutureGen facility.
March 03, 2006
New CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology Could Greatly Boost U.S. Oil Supplies
State-of-the-art enhanced oil recovery with carbon dioxide, now recognized as a potential way of dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, could add 89 billion barrels to the recoverable oil resources of the United States, DOE has determined.
March 02, 2006
United States and India Reach Historic Agreement on FutureGen Project
President George W. Bush announced today that India will become the first country to participate on the government steering committee for DOE's FutureGen project.
March 01, 2006
DOE Continues Series of LNG Public Education Forums
The second in a series of DOE-sponsored public education forums on LNG has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at the Liberty Theater in Astoria, Oregon.
February 27, 2006
FuelCell Energy Inc. Project Chosen as Part of DOE's Coal-Based Fuel Cell Program
DOE today announced FuelCell Energy, Inc. has been selected to research, develop, and demonstrate fuel cell technologies that can support power systems with capacities of 100 megawatts or more.
February 24, 2006
NETL Technologies are Key to President Bush's Energy Policy
During a visit today to DOE's NETL in Morgantown, West Virginia, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Jeffrey Jarrett promoted the President's new Advanced Energy Initiative.
February 22, 2006
Florida Clean Coal Plant Underway
Representatives of DOE and Southern Company signed a cooperative agreement that launches the design, construction, and demonstration of an IGCC power generation system at the Orlando Utilities Commission's Stanton Energy Center.
February 15, 2006
DOE Initiates Series of LNG Public Education Forums
The first in a series of DOE-sponsored public education forums on LNG has been scheduled for Friday, March 10, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts.
February 13, 2006
DOE Launches Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Initiative
DOE today announced it is launching a new research effort aimed at maximizing U.S. oil and natural gas production while sequestering significant quantities of carbon dioxide.
February 08, 2006
FutureGen Industrial Alliance Announces Site Selection Process for World's First "Zero Emissions" Coal Plant
The FutureGen Industrial Alliance today announced a site selection process to determine the host site for the world's first coal-fueled "zero emissions" power plant.
February 06, 2006
Fossil Energy Requests $649 Million for FY 2007 Budget
The Office of Fossil Energy FY 2007 budget request of $649 million allocates $281 million for the President's Coal Research Initiative.
February 03, 2006
DOE Selects Projects to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
In a continued effort to promote clean coal technologies, DOE has selected 12 projects aimed at reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.
January 20, 2006
DOE Announces Oil Loan from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
DOE has approved an emergency loan of 871,000 barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. refinery in Port Arthur, Texas.
January 13, 2006
DOE Announces Commercial Success in Deep Trek Program
A "supercement" developed in DOE's Deep Trek program has been commercially applied by several companies during recent drilling operations to stop seal failures in wells at depths up to 2 miles.
January 10, 2006
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Completes Drawdown Deliveries
DOE has completed the last delivery of crude oil sold through its online competitive sale of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve stockpile.
January 03, 2006
Jeffrey Jarrett Sworn In as Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced that Jeffrey D. Jarrett was sworn in today as the Assistant Secretary of Energy for the Office of Fossil Energy.
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