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  FOSSIL ENERGY NEWS SPOTLIGHT

DOE to Repurchase Heating Oil for the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
The Department of Energy announced the award of a contract to Hess Corporation for the delivery of 808,625 gallons (approximately 19,250 barrels) of home heating oil for the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.  Read more >

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Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnerships Find New Use for Unmined Coal
The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium has begun injecting carbon dioxide in a groundbreaking field project in Illinois. The project represents a promising strategy for safely storing this greenhouse gas while increasing natural gas production.  Read more >

NETL Innovations Capture R&D 100 Awards
Sorbents to reduce pollutants from coal-fired power plants and a software tool that can be used to design advanced power plants with reduced cost, time, and technical risk have earned R&D 100 Awards for the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory.  Read more >

DOE Seeks to Commercialize Carbon Capture and Storage Technology
The Department of Energy has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement to invest in multiple commercial-scale IGCC or other clean coal power plants with cutting-edge carbon capture and storage technology under the Department's restructured FutureGen program.   Read more >

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OFFICE OF FOSSIL ENERGY

Ensuring that we can continue to rely on clean, affordable energy from our traditional fuel resources is the primary mission of DOE's Office of Fossil Energy. Fossil fuels supply 85% of the nation's energy, and we are working on such priority projects as pollution-free coal plants, more productive oil and gas fields, and the continuing readiness of federal emergency oil stockpiles.

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ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005
   

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