Undocumented Orphaned Well Characterization and Remediation
- Posted
- September 13, 2024
- Closed
- November 13, 2024
- Award ceiling
- $3,400,000
- Award floor
- $1
- Program funding
- $15,000,000
- Expected awards
- 7
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 81.089
- Category
- Energy
- Archives
- December 13, 2024
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 81.089 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.1B
- FY2025 obligated
- $966.3M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $195.6M
- Awards in window
- 821
Top recipients: Colorado State University, Institute of Gas Technology, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, University of North Dakota, University of Wyoming
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The purpose of Modification 000001 is to inform potential applicants that awards issued under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will adopt the 2024 Revisions to 2 CFR and subsection vi. Technical Volume File - Mandatory Other Attachment of section IV was revised. Undocumented Orphaned Well Characterization and Remediation This announcement aligns with Department of Energy's Office of Resource Sustainability's Methane Mitigation Technologies Program to develop advanced tools and technologies that will significantly reduce methane emissions and other environmental impacts associated with undocumented orphaned wells. This announcement will support the undocumented orphaned wells subprogram by soliciting research on new processes and development of new materials, tools, and technologies for wellbore characterization, effective plugging and abandonment operations, and pre and post plugging and abandonment emissions monitoring.
Who can apply
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Small businesses
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