[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68440-68441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32995]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology
Center (FETC).
ACTION: Notice of Restricted Eligibility.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct
a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance
(cooperative agreements) to small independent oil production operators,
operating on shore in the lower contiguous 48 states. Small independent
oil-producing operators are defined as companies employing less than 50
full time employees; and those having no affiliation with a major oil
or gas producer (domestic or foreign). The program seeks solutions to
oil production problems. Applications will be subjected to a review by
a DOE technical panel, and awards will be made to a limited number of
applicants based on a scientific and engineering evaluation of the
responses received to determine the relative merit of the approach
taken in response to this offering by the DOE, and funding
availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Pearse, U.S. Departement of
Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Acquisition and Assistance
Division, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsubrgh PA 15236-0940,
Telephone: (412) 892-4949, FAX: (412) 892-6216, E-mail:
pearse@fetc.doe.gov. The solicitation (available in both Word 97 and
Portable Document Format (PDF)) will be released on DOE's FETC World
Wide Web Server Internet System (http://www.fetc.doe.gov/business/
solicit) on or about December 15, 1998.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
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Title of Solicitation: ``Research and Development with Small
Independent Oil Operators''.
Objectives: Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PSS26-99FT15146,
The Department of Energy seeks applications from small independent oil
producing operators for research and development, advocating solutions
for production problems experienced by small independent oil producers.
Eligibility: Eligibility for participation in this Program
Solicitation is restricted to small independent oil producing
operators. The solicitation will contain a complete description of the
technical evaluation factors and relative importance of each factor.
Areas of Interest: The Department is interested in innovative field
technologies which increase production, reduce operating costs, reduce
environmental concerns, or combinations thereof.
Awards: DOE anticipates issuing financial assistance (cooperative
agreements) for each project selected. DOE reserves the right to
support or not support, with or without discussions, any or all
applications received in whole or in part, and to determine how many
awards may be made through the solicitation subject to funds available
in this fiscal year and the first quarter of fiscal year 2000.
Approximately $600,000 is planned for this solicitation. The estimated
funding or cost sharing by the DOE is $75,000 per award, or less. Cost
sharing by the applicant is to be not less than 50% of the total
proposed amount, which may consist of in-kind contributions.
Solicitation Release Date: The Program Solicitation is expected to
be ready for release on or about December 15, 1998. Applications must
be prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms
contained in the Program Solicitation. To be eligible, the designated
DOE office must RECEIVE applications by the closing time and date
specified in the Program Solicitation (anticipated to be on or about
December 31, 1999, at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time).
Richard D. Rogus,
Contracting Officer, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-32995 Filed 12-10-98; 8:45 am]
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