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R&D Funding for Improved Oil Recovery and Produced Water Treatment Technologies (Field Testing & Deployment)

This notice seeks R&D proposals to improve recovery efficiency from unconventional oil and natural gas reservoirs and to advance technologies for treating flowback and produced water. Projects should support rapid field deployment and focus on testing and validating water treatment approaches that can reduce reliance on deep well injection and associated risks like induced seismicity. Note…

Source

Agency: National Energy Technology Laboratory

Award

Total Funding: $150M

Award Ceiling: $150M

Award Floor: $1

Dates

Open Date: July 6, 2026

Close Date: September 8, 2026

Eligibility

industry:energy

industry:research

Keywords

oil recovery

produced water

flowback treatment

unconventional reservoirs

water treatment

field deployment

enhanced recovery

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