[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-19534]
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[Federal Register: August 10, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Morgantown Energy Technology Center Grant; Financial Assistance
Award to University of Oklahoma
AGENCY: Morgantown Energy Technology Center, Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of acceptance of an unsolicited financial assistance
application for Grant award.
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SUMMARY: Based upon a determination made pursuant to 10 CFR 600.14 the
DOE, Morgantown Energy Technology Center gives notice of its plans to
award a 36 month Grant to the University of Oklahoma with an associated
budget of approximately $1,206,445 of which the University of Oklahoma
will cost share approximately 13 percent.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura E. Brandt, I-07, U.S. Department
of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 880,
Morgantown, West Virginia 26507-0880, Telephone: (304) 291-4079,
Procurement Request No. 21-94MC31170.000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pending award is based on an unsolicited
application for the project entitled ``Enhancement of Methane
Conversion Using Electric Fields''. The overall objective of this
project is to develop a novel, economical process for the conversion of
natural gas to more valuable products such as methanol, ethylene, and
other organic oxygenates or higher hydrocarbons. Specifically, the
University of Oklahoma will investigate and develop electric field
conversion and electric field-enhanced catalytic conversion of methane,
resulting in an economical process or processes for the direct
conversion of natural gas to more valuable products. The most promising
process configurations and the most promising operating conditions will
be identified and the economic viability of the processes evaluated.
The overall scientific or technical merits of the new technology from
these research efforts in methane conversion are primarily in the areas
of transportation and chemical feedstocks. Much of the natural gas
occurs in remote areas in Alaska, and offshore reservoirs. Because of
this remoteness, the cost of transporting this gas to markets may
eventually prohibit the utilization of these resources. Therefore,
considerable interest is being shown in developing a relatively simple,
cost effective, process suitable for installation at the well-head for
conversion of methane to transportable liquid. Technically this would
provide new market areas for natural gas and would provide the means
for transporting costly natural gas to market at acceptable costs. If
these techniques were developed it could be used to offset imported oil
to this country and would provide new transportation fuels, energy
fuels and chemical feedstocks to the marketplace.
Louie L. Calaway,
Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Morgantown Energy
Technology Center.
[FR Doc. 94-19534 Filed 8-9-94; 8:45 am]
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