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Approved Categorical Exclusions

ARRA	Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor Sort descending
N	2019-10-18	Quantification of Methane Emissions from Marginal Oil and Gas Wells (Field Monitoring-5 Weeks) (139.8 KB)	Prime: GSI Environmental Sub: Field monitoring locations in OH, WV, PA, and western VA	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-01-28	Methane Partial Oxidation over Multifunctional 2-D Materials (150.98 KB)	Prime: University of South Carolina; Subs: Pajarito Powder, University of Colorado, Boulder	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-03-25	Improving Production in the Emerging Paradox Oil Play (177.54 KB)	University of Utah	San Juan County, UT	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-02-16	Utica Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (USEEL) (120.95 KB)	Prime: Ohio State University Subs: West Virginia University, Houston Advanced Research Center, Texas A&M University	Multiple sites, OH, WV, and TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-02-04	Field Laboratory for Emerging Stacked Unconventional Plays in Central Appalachia (Task 7.0) (193.34 KB)	Prime: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Sub: EnerVest Operating, LLC	Blacksburg, VA Coeburn, VA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-08-05	Conasauga Shale Research Consortium (CSRC) (169.72 KB)	Prime: University of Kentucky Subs: West Virginia University, West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey, Hays Exploration Inc.	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-08-23	Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (Revised SOPO) (229.4 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin - BEG, Laredo Petroleum, Inc., University of Pittsburgh	Des Plaines, IL Austin, TX Reagan County, TX Pittsburgh, PA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-08-20	Dynamic Binary Complexes as Super-Adjustable Viscosity Modifiers for Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids (171.8 KB)	Prime: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Sub: Incendium Technologies (Invisco)	Multiple sites, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-07-12	All-Digital Sensor System for Distributed Downhole Pressure Monitoring in Unconventional Fields (175.16 KB)	Prime: Clemson University Subs: Oklahoma State University, Quest LLC	Clemson, SC Stillwater, OK	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-09-03	Improving Production in the Emerging Paradox Oil Play (170.53 KB)	Prime: University of Utah Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-01-30	One Step Non-Oxidative Upcycling of Methane to Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons (117.74 KB)	Prime: University of Maryland; Sub: University of Delaware	College Park, MD; Newark, DE	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-10-06	Quantification of Methane Emissions from Marginal Oil and Gas Wells (Second Field Campaign) (149.61 KB)	Prime: GSI Environmental Sub: Field monitoring locations in CO, WY, and KS	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2016-09-09	Multi-Functional Distributed Fiber Sensors for Pipeline Monitoring and Methane Detections (194.68 KB)	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-01-31	Methane Mitigation Using Linear Motor Leak Recovery Compressor (183.7 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Sub: University of Texas	Des Plaines, IL; Austin, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-10-07	Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (New tasks added) (166.27 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin - BEG, Laredo Petroleum, Inc., University of Pittsburgh	Des Plaines, IL Austin, TX Reagan County, TX Pittsburgh, PA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-03-12	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (167.57 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: AECOM, GHD Services, Inc.	Multiple sites, CO	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-02-15	Quantification of Methane Emissions from Marginal Oil and Gas Wells (Tasks 1-4) (176.52 KB)	Prime: GSI Environmental Subs: Gas Technology Institute, Colorado State University, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2016-09-09	Remote Methane Sensor for Emissions Using Chirped-laser Dispersion Spectroscopy (178.43 KB)	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2016-09-27	Long-Term Methane Emissions Rate Quantification and Alert System for Natural Gas Storage Wells and Fields (180.97 KB)	Prime: GSI Environmental Subs: HARC, Colorado State University, Utah State University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-12-10	A Novel Membrane System for Removing Dissolved Organic Compounds from Produced Water (178.4 KB)	Prime: TDA Research, Inc. Subs: Matheson, Gas Technology Institute	Wheat Ridge, CO Longmont, CO Des Plaines, IL	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-06-29	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (176 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: AECOM	Multiple sites, MA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-12-27	Long-Term Methane Emissions Rate Quantification and Alert System for Natural Gas Storage Wells and Fields (160.87 KB)	Prime: GSI Environmental Sub: Utah State University	Gulf Coast Salt Cavern well, TX and LA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-07-24	Enabling Cost-Effective High-Quality Seismic Monitoring of Unconventional Reservoirs with Fiber Optics (173.29 KB)	Prime: MagiQ Technologies Inc Sub: SIGMA3 Inc.	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-07-28	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (181.72 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: AECOM, GHD Services, Inc.	Multiple sites, CA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-08-07	Multi-Functional Distributed Fiber Sensors for Pipeline Monitoring and Methane Detections (175.67 KB)	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-02-18	Microwave Catalysis for Process Intensified Modular Production of Carbon Nanomaterials from Natural Gas (141.09 KB)	Prime: West Virginia University; Subs: North Carolina State University, H Quest Vanguard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, C4-MCP	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-02-12	2018 Oklahoma Seismicity Workshop (143.77 KB)	University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2016-02-19	Subsea High Voltage Diret Current Connectors for Environmentally Safe and Reliable Powering of UDW Subsea Processing (144.89 KB)	Prime: RPSEA Sub: GE Global Research Center	Niskayuna, NY	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2019-10-11	Fouling-resistant, Chlorine-tolerant Zwitterionic Membranes for the Selective Removal of Oil, Organics, & Heavy Metals from Pr (166.94 KB)	Prime: ZwitterCo Subs: Asatekin Laboratory, Bureau of Reclamation	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2016-02-19	Update and Enhancement of Shale Gas Outlooks (191.38 KB)	University of Texas-Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG)	Austin, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2016-09-16	Methane Mitigation Thermal Electric Generator (MMTEG) (144.01 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Sub: Kelly Space & Technology	Multiple sites, CA	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2017-07-13	Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission caused by Methane Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atl (179.09 KB)	Prime: University of Rochester Sub: US Geological Survey	US Atlantic Margin	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2016-01-22	Reducing the Impacts of Gas Shale Development: Advanced Analytical Methods for Air and Stray Gas Emissions and Produced Brine Ch (156.31 KB)	Prime: GSI Environmental Sub: Kentucky Geological Survey/University of Kentucky	Multiple sites, KY	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2016-04-11	Biological Treatment of Air Emissions at Natural Gas Field Sites (136.78 KB)	Prime: Houston Advanced Research Center Sub: Texas A&M University-Kingsville	Burleson County, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2020-03-03	Fouling-resistant, Chlorine-tolerant Zwitterionic Membranes for Selective Removal of Oil, Organics, & Heavy Metals Permian... (184.99 KB)	ZwitterCo	Cambridge, MA	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2016-01-19	Deepwater Permanent Subsea Pressure Compensated Chemical Reservoir Construction and Testing (154.64 KB)	Prime: RPSEA Sub: Argen Polymer, LLC	The Woodlands, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2018-05-18	Support for Methane Hydrate Research on the Alaska North Slope (167.88 KB)	Prime: Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska (PRA) Sub: Expro	Anchorage, AK	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas G/Natural Gas Team
N	2018-04-04	Support for Methane Hydrate Research on the Alaska North Slope (226 KB)	Prime: Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska (PRA) Sub: Baker Hughes	Anchorage, AK	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas G/Natural Gas Team
N	2018-03-16	Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Laboratory (TMSL) (182.15 KB)	Prime: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Subs: Missouri University of Science & Technology, University of Oklahoma, University of Southern Mississippi, Los Alamos National Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas G/Natural Gas Team
N	2018-10-23	Support for Methane Hydrate Research on the Alaska North Slope (Task 8) (364.51 KB)	Prime: Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska (PRA) Sub: British Petroleum (BP) Exploration Alaska	North Slope Boro, AK	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas G/Natural Gas Team
N	2018-02-15	Support for Methane Hydrate Research on the Alaska North Slope (167.39 KB)	Prime: Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska (PRA) Sub: NANA WorleyParsons (NWP)	Anchorage, AK	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas G/Natural Gas Team
N	2017-03-31	Support for Methane Hydrate Research on the Alaska North Slope (3.09 MB)	Prime: Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska (PRA) Sub: British Petroleum (BP) Exploration Alaska	Anchorage, AK	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas G/Natural Gas Team
N	2019-07-29	Improving EOR Performance Through Data Analytics and Next-Generation Controllable Completions (166.18 KB)	Prime: UND EERC Subs: UND EERC	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2018-11-06	Methane Mitigation Thermal Electric Generator (MMTEG) (141.95 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Sub: Morrison Applied Sciences	Hesperia, CA	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2019-07-09	Fully Distributed Acoustic and Magnetic Field Monitoring via a Single Fiber Line (171.48 KB)	Prime: Virginia Tech Sub: Sentek Instrument, LLC	Blacksburg, VA	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2016-03-23	Intelligent BOP RAM Actuation Sensor System (Project Modifications) (143.6 KB)	Prime: RPSEA Sub: GE Global Research	Niskayuna, NY	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2018-08-27	Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL) (178.67 KB)	Prime: West Virginia University Sub: Northeast Natural Energy	Blacksville, WV	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2016-03-11	Subsea Produced Water Sensor Development (Addition of Sub-Recipient) (185.94 KB)	Prime: RPSEA Sub: Fjords Processing	Flotta, Scotland, UK	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2016-03-11	Subsea Produced Water Sensor Development (Project Modifcations) (193.66 KB)	Prime: RPSEA Subs: Clearview Subsea LLC, Digitrol, ProAnalysis, JM Canty, Colin Tyrie, University of Houston, TUV SUD Ltd., Fjords Processing	Houston, TX	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2018-09-17	Flaring Issues, Solutions & Technologies - 2019 (359.07 KB)	Prime: Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) Subs: Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), Richard Haut, Consultant	Houston, TX	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Oil & Gas Natural Gas Team