Oil and Gas Program Solicitation 2005 (3 PUMP Field Demonstrations)

The summary for the Oil and Gas Program Solicitation 2005 (3 PUMP Field Demonstrations) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Headquarters, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Oil and Gas Program Solicitation 2005 (3 PUMP Field Demonstrations): NOTE: This descriptive area provides an overview of this Funding Opportunity. YOU MUST READ THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY MASTER ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DETAILS ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, EVALUATION CRITERIA AND HOW TO PREPARE AN APPLICATION UNDER AN AREA OF INTEREST OR TECHNICAL TOPIC. Please scroll to the bottom of this page under the heading Full Announcement and Other Files and click on the link to access the Master Announcement. You may submit an application through either one of the two following sites: (1) www.Grants.gov, or (2) http://e-center.doe.gov. While you may choose to submit an application through either method, please keep in mind that if you choose to submit through the www.Grants.gov portal, you should allow approximately 14 days to fully register to submit an application. We recommend that you begin this registration process as soon as possible. The DOE has prepared this funding opportunity so that the same mandatory files, file names and file extensions, and the information in each file will be the same whether you submit through (1) www.Grants.gov or (2) http://e-center.doe.gov. The method of submittal should not affect the content of the application, nor will it affect how the DOE evaluates the application. Whether you choose to submit through www.Grants.gov or http://e-center.doe.gov, you are strongly cautioned to begin transmission at least 24 hours in advance to allow for sufficient time for uploading files, and to ensure adequate time to address problems or concerns with transmission of your application, if any. Questions relating to the grants.gov system or on how to submit an application should be directed to [email protected] or 1-800-518-4726. Questions regarding how to submit an application through IIPS can be e-mailed to the IIPS HELP Desk at [email protected] or by calling 1-800-683-0751. Please direct all inquiries on the content of the solicitation to the point of contact identified in the solicitation and on this cover page. There are five separate Areas of Interest and various Technical Topics within Areas of Interest to which an application can be submitted under this Announcement. This cover page contains information and allows for submission of an application for Area of Interest 3: PUMP Field Demonstrations ONLY. DE-PS26-05NT15600-3 Area of Interest 3: PUMP Field Demonstrations This PUMP Area of Interest is an effort to identify and demonstrate additional solutions to production constraints and bring these into use by the industry. Applications under this Area of Interest should address a technical barrier to production in a region with a demonstrated solution. Teaming is encouraged to facilitate an integrated approach and scheduling tasks in parallel for a near-term result. Teaming with established technology transfer networks is encouraged. The application partners could include, but not be limited to producers, producer organizations, service companies, universities, State agencies, non-Federal research laboratories, and Native American Tribes or Corporations. National Laboratories may be team members in a application, but shall not receive more than 25% of the funding for the total cost of the project. Examples of projects that will not be accepted include the following: No applications for paper studies will be accepted. Projects that duplicate or resemble projects previously funded under the PUMP program will not be favorably received unless the application clearly offers a benefit not addressed by the earlier project. No projects involving the purchase of oil reserves will be accepted. No projects for the production of natural gas, coal bed methane or condensate only will be accepted. Projects must focus on the recovery of oil with or without associated gas. No applications that require extensive research and development of a technology will be accepted. The technologies proposed for consideration in the PUMP program must be suitable for testing and verification in the field without extensive laboratory development. No projects that are to simply return fields to production or to in-fill drill a field will be accepted. Solutions to an identified problem can be regional or national, but must be applicable to specific existing production prospects or oil fields in identifiable regions. These prospects, fields and regions should be specified in the application. Technologies or processes proven in another region or for another purpose may be applicable to overcome constraints in a new region or for a new purpose. Projects concerning new management approaches and computer tools will also be considered, but there must be a field demonstration of the benefits resulting from their use. Because of the short term nature of the PUMP program, technologies lacking laboratory or field pilot scale evidence of efficacy prior to this Funding Opportunity will not be considered. Applicants must show proof of access to any proposed filed demonstration sites for the duration of the project. If the technology or approach requires special regulatory approval, some form of assurance must be submitted that the project will not be delayed significantly or blocked by the regulatory agency. Aggressive technology transfer that will promote the use of those practices is a required part of the project. Applications must include a technology transfer component. Applications should demonstrate how the technology transfer activities will increase the likelihood of the results being used by others within the region and/or in other regions Applications should also discuss the extent of the impact of a successful project through transfer to other companies or government agencies. These impacts should be expressed in terms of geographic applicability, the amount of oil resource that can be recovered, and industry segments or government agencies that would use the results of the project and how that would result in more oil being recovered.