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BIL	Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor Sort ascending
N	2024-02-26	Treatment of Produced Water for Beneficial Use with Concurrent Resource Recovery Utilizing Coal- and Waste Coal-derived Material (202.11 KB)	Prime: Ohio University Subs: CONSOL Innovations, Giner Labs, and Exergy Systems	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation & Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-04-11	Critical Minerals in Coaly Strata of the Cherokee-Forest City Basin (182.49 KB)	Prime: University of Kansas; Subs: Osage Nation, Iowa Geological Survey, Missouri Geological Survey, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Oklahoma Geological Survey	Livingston County, MO	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-03-24	A Strain Sensing Array to Characterize Deformation at the Utah FORGE Site (177.55 KB)	Clemson University, USGS	Clemson, SC	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-09-25	Capabilities Enhancement for Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center (METEC) to Decarbonize Natural Gas Resources (164.69 KB)	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-25	Methane Accounting Project (MAP): Multi-scale Methane Monitoring and Accounting Framework Across Oil and Gas Supply Chains (179.12 KB)	Prime: University of Texas-Austin Sub: Colorado School of Mines	Austin, TX; Golden, CO	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-07	Low-cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors (158.21 KB)	University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-07	Consortium to Assess Northern Appalachia Resource Yield (CANARY) of CORE-CM for Advanced Materials (164.8 KB)	Prime: Penn State University Subs: Rosebud Mining	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-30	Williston Basin CORE-CM Initiative (171.46 KB)	Prime: University of North Dakota EERC Subs: Pacific Northwest National Lab, Ames Lab, Montana Tech University, North Dakota State University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-10	The Marcellus Methane Monitoring (M3) Project: Multi-scale Measurement and Reconciliation of Methane Emissions in the Marcellus (253.62 KB)	Prime: University of Texas-Austin Subs: Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines, Chesapeake Energy, EQT	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-30	Advanced Multi-Dimensional Capacitance Sensors Based Subsea Multiphase Mass Flow Meter to Measure and Monitor Offshore Enhan... (170.96 KB)	Prime: Tech 4 Imaging Sub: Accuflow	Columbus OH; Kern County, CA	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-25	Consortium to Assess Northern Appalachia Resource Yield (CANARY) of CORE-CM for Advanced Materials (172.11 KB)	Prime: Penn State University Subs: Rosebud Mining, Alliance Coal	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-05	SABER: Site-Aerial-Basin Emissions Reconciliation (191.94 KB)	Prime: Colorado State University Subs: Univ of Wyoming , Penn State University, Bridger Photonics, Colorado State Univ METEC Site	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-10	Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns in the Permian Basin: Seal Integrity Evaluation and Field Test (164.57 KB)	Prime: University of Texas; Subs: Los Alamos National Laboratory; Prime: University of Texas; Subs: Los Alamos National Laboratory	Austin, TX; Los Alamos, NM	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-06	Designing an Integrated Methane Monitoring Platform Comprising Satellites, Aircraft, Near-surface Drones, Ground-level Mobile... (223.59 KB)	Prime: Sonoma Technologies INC Subs: FluxSense, Inc, SeekOps, Inc, Scientific Aviation, GHGSat, Inc., Kern Energy	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-11	Transforming Uinta Basin Earth Materials for Advanced Products (163.94 KB)	University of Utah	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-11-08	Integrated Methane Monitoring Platform Extension (165.14 KB)	Prime: Piedmont Natural Gas/Duke Energy; Sub: Duke Energy, OptimaBio	Charlotte, NC; Walnut Cove, NC; Tar Heel, NC	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-06	Integrated Multiscale Methane Monitoring Platform Design (229.01 KB)	Prime: GTI Energy Subs: Colorado State University, Highwood Emissions, University of Michigan, Presidio Energy	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-11	Reducing Methane Emissions with an Engine Fuel Reformer (176.82 KB)	Prime: Southwest Research Institute; Subs: Cooper Machinery Services; Prime: Southwest Research Institute; Subs: Cooper Machinery Services	San Antonio, TX, Houston, TX	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-28	Alaska Liquid Natural Gas Pipeline Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) (151.18 KB)	Alaska Gasline Development Corporation	Anchorage, AK	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-07	Developing Methane Emissions Inventories by Fusing Airborne, Satellite, and Modeled Assessments: Comprehensive Surveys of the... (219.46 KB)	Prime: Kairos Aerospace; Sub: Stanford University, GHGSat Canada, MiQ – Methane Intelligence	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-14	HALO: Hydrogen-Recovery Using an AI-Arc-Plasma Learning Operational System for Produced Water (152.29 KB)	OCEANIT	Honolulu, HI;Houston, TX	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-10	Bringing Alaska's CORE-CM Potential into Perspective (161.88 KB)	Prime: University of Alaska, Fairbanks Sub: Alaska Division of Geologic and Geophysical Surveys	Multiple sites, AK	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2024-02-21	Desalinated Produced Water as Irrigation Source for Non-Consumptive Agriculture and Adjacencies for Ammonia Mining and Carbon Se (201.04 KB)	Prime: Aris Water Solutions Sub: Texas A&M University, New Mexico State University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-07	Detailed Measurement Informed Methane Emission Inventory of the Haynesville Shale Basin (179.28 KB)	Prime: GTI Energy Sub: PNNL, Chesapeake Energy	Des Plaines, IL;Richland, WA;Oklahoma City, OK	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-14	Consortium to Assess Northern Appalachia Resource Yield (CANARY) of CORE-CM for Advanced Materials (172.72 KB)	Prime: Penn State University; Subs: Corsa Coal ; Prime: Penn State University; Subs: Corsa Coal	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-08-03	Surface-based Methane Monitoring and Measurement Network Pilot Demonstration: Project Astra Phase II (237.43 KB)	Prime: University of Texas-Austin Subs: Environmental Defense Fund, ExxonMobil, GTI, Pioneer Natural Resources, and Schlumberger	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-05	Integrated Methane Monitoring Platform Extension (167.5 KB)	Prime: Piedmont Natural Gas/Duke Energy; Sub: Colorado State University, Fayetteville State University	Charlotte, NC; Fort Collins, CO;Fayetteville, NC	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-10	The Oxiperator for Methane Slip from Lean Burn Gas Engines and Much More (178.72 KB)	Prime: Prabhu Energy Labs Subs: Carnegie Mellon Univ, Colorado State Univ, Univ of California Davis, Imperial Machine & Tool, America Bureau of Shipping, Prabhu Energy Lab	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-07	Comprehensive Top-down and Bottom-up Estimation of Annual Basin-wide Methane Emissions from the San Joaquin Valley... (195.38 KB)	Prime: Sonoma Technologies Sub: FluxSense Inc, University of California Riverside, University of Colorado Boulder, GHG Sat Inc .	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-11	Intelligent, Universal, Low-Cost Emissions Reduction Retrofit Kit for Industrial Engines (176.01 KB)	Prime: University of Oklahoma Subs: Kansas State University, Elipsa	Norman, OK, Manhattan, KS,Boston, MA	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-04-27	Coal Basin Methane Project (191.75 KB)	Prime: Community Office for Resource Efficiency Subs: Delta Brick & Climate Co; Coal Basin Pitkin County, CO; Bowie #1 Mine	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-23	The Oxiperator for Methane Slip from Lean Burn Gas Engines and Much More (204.48 KB)	Prime: Prabhu Energy Labs Subs: Carnegie Mellon Univ, Colorado State Univ, Univ of California Davis, Imperial Machine & Tool, America Bureau of Shipping, Prabhu Energy Lab, CZero	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-08-29	Polar Bear SM – Innovative Capture of Storage Tank Vapors (494.19 KB)	UNDEERC	Multiple, ND	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-10	Design and Implementation of Innovative Stimulation Treatments to Maximize Energy Recovery Efficiency at the Utah Forge Site (151.91 KB)	Prime: University of Texas Sub: Shell Exploration & Production Company	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2024-03-06	Assessment of Toughness in H-Containing Blended Gas Environments in High Strength Pipeline Steels (162.32 KB)	Prime: Colorado School of Mines Subs: SSAB Iowa; ArcelorMittal; Cleveland Cliffs; PRCI; Tallgrass; Sandia National LabPrime: Colorado School of Mines Subs: SSAB Iowa; ArcelorMittal; Cleveland Cliffs; PRCI; Tallgrass; Sandia National Lab	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-08-29	Developing & Investigating Subsurface Storage Potential And Technical Challenges for Hydrogen (DISSPATCH H2) (243.85 KB)	Prime: GTI Energy Subs: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Oklahoma	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-08	Storage Tank Emissions Assessment and Quantification (185.87 KB)	Prime: GTI Energy Subs: Colorado State University	Des Plaines, IL;Fort Collins, CO	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-15	Highly Replicable, and Integrated System for Mitigating Methane Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Lean-Burn Engines (205.84 KB)	Prime: Kansas State University Subs: University of Oklahoma	Manhattan, KS;Norman, OK	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-06-29	Natural Gas Demand Response (NGDR) Program for Residential, Commercial and Industrial Customers of SoCalGas (226.67 KB)	Prime: Gas Technologies Institute (GTI) Subs: SoCal Gas, Lumina	Des Plaines, IL; Los Angeles; CA,Campbell, CA	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
Y	2023-05-09	Storage Tank Emissions Assessments in the Marcellus (STEAM) To Acquire New Knowledge with Science (TANKS) - Methane Monitoring.. (188.39 KB)	Prime: West Virginia University Research Corporation Subs: Aerodyne, TES	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-15	Regional-Scale Showcase of An Integrated Methane Sensing Network in the Anadarko Basin (AIMNet) (195.06 KB)	Prime: University of Oklahoma Subs: Univ. of Oklahoma field site, Pennsylvania State University, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-10-10	The Future of Heating, Residential Gas Demand Response ("DR") Pilot in Single Family and Multifamily Use Cases (134.53 KB)	Prime: National Grid; Sub: DNV	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-15	On-board Reformation Device for Methane Abatement from Gas Engines (178.25 KB)	Prime: Argonne National Laboratory Subs: University of Central Florida, Nexceris	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2024-02-07	Developing Methane Emissions Inventories by Fusing Airborne, Satellite, and Modeled Assessments: Comprehensive Surveys of the... (164.77 KB)	"Prime: Kairos Aerospace Sub: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory"	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-05-15	Integrated System for Methane Emissions Monitoring, Mapping, and Quantification (177.77 KB)	ABB Inc	San Jose, CA	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2024-03-06	Assessment of Toughness in H-Containing Blended Gas Environments in High Strength Pipeline Steels (162.32 KB)	Prime: Colorado School of Mines Subs: SSAB Iowa; ArcelorMittal; Cleveland Cliffs; PRCI; Tallgrass; Sandia National Lab	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-07-03	Assessment of subsurface hydrogen storage in depleted gas fields of Appalachia (151.64 KB)	Prime: Virginia Tech Subs: University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Advanced Resources International	Blacksburg, VA; Lexington, KY; Knoxville, TN	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-09-05	Williston Basin Resource Study for Commercial-Scale Subsurface Hydrogen Storage (171.88 KB)	Prime: UND-EERC; Subs: None	Grand Forks, ND	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-08-11	Manufacturing Valuable Coal-Derived Products in Southern Appalachia (163.99 KB)	Prime: Collaborative Composite Solutions Subs: University of Alabama,	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
N	2023-09-28	Multi-Scale Integrated Monitoring System for Enhancing Methane Emission Detection, Quantification & Prediction (161.83 KB)	Prime: University of Oklahoma; Sub: Coterra Energy; Devon Energy; EnLink Midstream	Norman, OK; Houston, TX;Oklahoma City, OK;Dallas, TX	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies