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Approved Categorical Exclusions

ARRA	Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor Sort ascending
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	2018-04-03	University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research subaward - Methane Emissions Quantification (MEQ) of Compressor Stations (145.72 KB)	Prime: Penn State University Subs: Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Enervest Operating Company, CSE Corporation	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	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	2017-11-20	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (138.93 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: AECOM, GHD Services, Inc.	Multiple sites, OH and IN	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	2016-09-09	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	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	2016-09-27	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	2019-02-04	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	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	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	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	2018-02-05	Field Laboratory for Emerging Stacked Unconventional Plays in Central Appalachia (207.88 KB)	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Blacksburg, VA	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	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	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	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	2020-01-31	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	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	2016-09-22	Advanced Instrumentation for Methane Measurements at Compressor Stations (170.43 KB)	Prime: GSI Environmental Subs: HARC, Utah State University, Shape Ranch	Multiple sites, Multiple states	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	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	2018-01-31	The Eagle Ford Shale Laboratory: A Field Study of the Simulated Reservoir Volume, Detailed Fracture Characteristics, and EOR Pot (191.94 KB)	Prime: Texas A&M University (TEES) Subs: WildHorse Resource Development; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Stanford University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-08-16	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (167.25 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Sub: AECOM	Multiple sites, TX	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	2018-01-29	Hydraulic Fracture Test Site II (HFTS2) - Delaware Basin (178.28 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: University of Texas at Austin - Bureau of Economic Geology; Desert Research Institute; Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-12-21	The Eagle Ford Shale Laboratory: A Field Study of the Simulated Reservoir Volume, Detailed Fracture Characteristics, and EOR Pot (345.3 KB)	Prime: Texas A&M University (TEES) Sub: WildHorse Resource Development	Caldwell, TX	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	2020-10-21	Improving Production in the Emerging Paradox Oil Play (174.89 KB)	University of Utah	Grand County, UT	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-05-05	DOE/NARUC Natural Gas Partnership (184.04 KB)	NARUC	Washington, DC	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	2019-09-10	CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery in Altered Carbonates in the Southern Michigan Basin (169.91 KB)	Prime: Battelle Memorial Institute Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	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	2016-09-20	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (137.33 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: AECOM, GHD Services, Inc., Washington State University	Des Plaines, IL Austin, TX Niagara Falls, NY Pullman, WA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-01-24	FORGE Roadmap (172.13 KB)	Science & Technology Policy Institute (STPI)	Washington, DC	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-05-23	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (175.37 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Sub: GHD Services, Inc.	Multiple, AZ and NV	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-02-18	Advancing Development of Emissions Detection (ADED) (176.4 KB)	Prime: Colorado State University Subs: University of Texas-Arlington, University of Texas-Austin, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-09-10	Enhanced Cooling Tower Technology for Power Plant Efficiency Increase and Operating Flexibility (140.21 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute; Sub: Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Worley/Advisian	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2016-09-20	Milford Site for Frontier Observatory for Geothermal Energy (FORGE) - Phase 2A (109.32 KB)	Prime: University of Utah Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2020-04-16	Dynamic Binary Complexes as Super-Adjustable Viscosity Modifiers for Hydraulic (172.42 KB)	Prime: Texas A&M Engineering; Sub: Incendium Technologies (Invisco)	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2016-09-19	Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE): Fallon, NV - Phase 2A (152.43 KB)	Prime: Sandia National Labs Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-07-25	Field Evaluation of the Caney Shale as an Emerging Unconventional Play (175.89 KB)	Prime: Oklahoma State University Subs: Continental Resources, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-08-16	Smart Methane Emission Detection System Development (Revised CX) (190.07 KB)	Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-08-29	Engineered Water for Improved Oil Recovery from Fractured Reservoirs (206.76 KB)	Prime: University of Texas at Austin; Sub: Kinder Morgan	Multiple sites, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-07-03	Methane Mitigation Thermal Electric Generator (MMTEG) - Task 6.0 (220.78 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: Kelly Space & Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Multiple sites, CA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-08-08	Methane Mitigation Thermal Electric Generator (MMTEG) (148.77 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Sub: Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Pasadena, CA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-08-29	Remote Methane Sensor for Emissions Using Chirped-laser Dispersion Spectroscopy (Task 7) (133.68 KB)	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2019-07-26	Large-Volume Stimulation of Rock for Greatly Enhanced Fluids Recovery Using Targeted Seismic-Assisted Hydraulic Fracturing (159.14 KB)	Prime: Oklahoma State University Sub: University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team