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DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

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million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells. This work also supports the creation of new clean energy jobs, helping transition some of the oil and gas workforce to the production of renewable energy. University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

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Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

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Hydrogen demand is currently concentrated in oil refining and ammonia production, but nearly 90% of projected demand growth through 2050 comes from new sectors like heavy-duty transportation, steel production, and long-term energy storage. According to S&P Global Commodity Insights’ hydrogen outlook, global hydrogen demand grows from 70.4

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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations. Oklahoma State University. Louisiana State University. University of Houston. Louisiana State University.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,483,787. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,499,817.

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DOE-Sponsored Seismic Project Helps Identify Untapped Oil in Developed Reservoirs

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Using innovative seismic-based technologies developed with funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a Kansas drilling company has discovered an untapped, 10-foot-thick oil zone in a developed Colorado reservoir. discovered the oil zone near Cheyenne Wells, Colo., Mull Drilling Company of Wichita, Kan.,

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Univ. of Oklahoma study suggests that biocorrosion associated with ULSD not related to level of sulfur in the fuel

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Findings from a study by a team at the University of Oklahoma suggest that the stability of diesel fuel—i.e., The production of ULSD requires extensive processing of crude oil to reduce the amount of sulfur to a maximum of 15 ppm S. Concentrations can range from 0.05% to 14% by weight in crude oils and natural bitumens.

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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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Energy-Water cohort teams will develop new, energy-efficient processing technologies for industrial (particularly oil and gas) and municipal wastewater. Columbia University, Expanding the Boundaries of Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal for Energy-Efficient Clean Water Production – $1,620,136. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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