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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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NETL-RUA team using CT scanner to improve enhanced oil recovery techniques

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Researchers participating in the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Regional University Alliance (RUA) are using a medical computed tomography (CT) scanner to evaluate improvements to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques. NETL is the research laboratory for the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.

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WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

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West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute and principal investigator on the project, is an expert in acid mine drainage.

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USGS’ first assessment of shale gas resources in the Utica Shale: 38 trillion cubic feet

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The Utica Shale has a mean of 940 million barrels of unconventional oil resources and a mean of 208 million barrels of unconventional natural gas liquids. The Utica Shale assessment covered areas in Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Click to enlarge. Kirschbaum, M.A., Schenk, C.J.,

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First-of-a-Kind Field Test for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery with Simultaneous CO2 Sequestration

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West Virginia University, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are collaborating in the $13 million field trial, located in Marshall County, W.Va. These wells have been producing coalbed methane and water since 2004. Monitoring the quality of groundwater and stream water. CONSOL Energy Inc.,

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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NETL’s goals for these projects are to improve management of water resources, water usage, and water disposal, and to support science that will aid the regulatory and permitting processes required for shale gas development. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. million (DOE share: $6.9

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Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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not reformulated) gasoline; and (4) crude oil production is 100% conventional crude (most oil sands production occurs outside of our spatial modeling domain—i.e., They excluded emissions occurring outside of the contiguous US and surrounding waters) from the results below. the contiguous US).

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