Oil and Gas Research Program-Grant Rounds 69-60

Grant Round 62

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Grant Round 62

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

Approval Summary

ElectroGrow Methane Liquefaction

G-62-B Application

 

ElectroGrow Methane2Propane

G-62-C Application

 

Development of Next-Generation Carbon Capture Technologies for Efficiency Improvement and Cost Reduction

G-62-D Application

 

Enhanced Oil Recovery and Advanced Completion Design for Tight Carbonate Reservoirs in Western North Dakota

G-62-H Application

 

Bakken Production Optimization Program (BPOP) 5.0

G-62-I Application

 

Large-Scale Hydrocarbon Gas Injection EOR Pilot to Inform Future CO2 EOR in the Bakken

G-62-L Application

 

Williston Basin Resource Optimization: Large-scale Miscible Gas Huff n Puff EOR Pilot in Continental's Dunn County Acreage - Roadrunner/Clover Pad

G-62-M Application

 

A Multi-Well, Multi-Zone Enhanced Oil Recovery Project Utilizing Produced Natural Gas in Williams County - Durant Pad

G-62-N Application

 

Proposal for a Surfactant-Based EOR Pilot Testing Program

G-62-O Application

G-62-122: Large-Scale Hydrocarbon Gas Injection EOR Pilot to Inform Future CO2 EOR in the Bakken  

  • Sponsor: Chord Energy
  • Objective: To provide additional resources that will enable achievement of the BCO2EORFL goal of demonstrating commercial viability of Bakken EOR.   
  • Funded Amount: $13,998,200
  • Total Project Cost: $38,632,967
    • Final Report

G-62-123: Bakken Production Optimization Program (BPOP) 5.0

  • Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center
  • Objective: To provide technical tools that optimize oil production and lead to the broad deployment of technologies, including EOR and improved oil recovery.
  • Funded Amount: $6,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $12,030,206
    • Final Report

G-62-124: Proposal for Subfactant-Based EOR Pilot Testing Program, Bakken – Three Forks Formations, Williston Basin, ND

  • Sponsor: Devon
  • Objective: Increase oil recovery by mobilizing residual hydrocarbons, optimize operational parameters, and provide a scalable blueprint for broader EOR deployment in North Dakota.         
  • Funded Amount: $3,370,000
  • Total Project Cost: $1,535,000
    • Final Report

G-61-125: Enhanced Oil Recovery and Advanced Completion Design for Tight Carbonate Reservoirs in Western ND 

  • Sponsor: Cobra Oil & Gas Corp
  • Objective: Identify and implement methods to increase the recovery factor of tight carbonate reservoirs through reservoir characterization and numerical simulation of different completion, stimulation, and EOR scenarios.     
  • Funded Amount: $10,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $5,000,000
    • Final Report

G-62-126: Williston Basin Resources Optimization: Large-Scale Miscible Gas Huff n Puff EOR Pilot in Continental's Dunn County Acreage - Roadrunner/Clover Pad    

  • Sponsor: Continental Resources
  • Objective: Evaluate the potential of Intermittent Gas Injection (IGI), also known as miscible gas Huff n Puff, to enhance oil recovery post-primary development.           
  • Funded Amount: $8,771,905
  • Total Project Cost: $26,889,228
    • Final Report

G-62-127: A Multi-Well, Multi-Zone Enhanced Oil Recovery Project Utilizing Produced Natural Gas in Williams County - Durant Pad 

  • Sponsor: Continental Resources
  • Objective:  Evaluate the potential of Intermittent Gas Injection (“Huff n Puff”) Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) to unlock the vast resources remaining in the Bakken and Three Forks formation after primary development.     
  • Funded Amount: $9,836,905
  • Total Project Cost: $29,918,810
    • Final Report

Grant Round 61

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Grant Round 61

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

Approval Summary

Breaking New Ground in Flaring Reduction

G-61-A Application

 

Maximizing Lateral Well Oil Production from Conventional Carbonate Mission Canyon Reservoirs in North Dakota

G-61-B Application

 

Two Years of Grassland Carbon Capture

G-61-C Application

 

North Dakota Petroleum Foundation Outreach and Education Program

G-61-D Application

 

Injection Testing with Propane to Inform Future Bakken CO2 EOR Pilot 

G-61-E Application

 

Micro-LNG Flare Gas Mitigation

G-61-F Application

 

G-61-118: Breaking New Ground in Flaring Reduction  

  • Sponsor: University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center 
  • Objective: To facilitate the adoption of state-of-the-art gas capture technology by
    installation of 30 gas capture units on well pads in the field in ND for evaluation and
    documentation of the gas capture unit performance. 
  • Funded Amount: $2,566,341
  • Total Project Cost: $5,132,682
    • Final Report

G-61-119: Maximizing Lateral Well Oil Production from Conventional Carbonate Mission Canyon Reservoirs in North Dakota  

  • Sponsor: Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation
  • Objective: Mitigate and reduce water production while minimizing loses in oil and
    natural gas production which will involve the installation of mechanical downhole
    isolation. 
  • Funded Amount: $1,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $2,000,000
    • Final Report

G-61-120: ND Petroleum Foundation Outreach and Education Program   

  • Sponsor: North Dakota Petroleum Foundation
  • Objective: To promote public awareness about the benefits and opportunities of the ND oil and gas industry and generate information and knowledge that will have the highest probability of bringing new oil and gas companies and industry investment to the state.     
  • Funded Amount: $930,245
  • Total Project Cost: $2,126,415
    • Final Report

G-61-121: Injection Testing with Propane to Inform Future Bakken CO2 EOR Pilot  

  • Sponsor: University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
  • Objective: Laboratory testing, phase behavior and miscibility, reservoir surveillance, and modeling-based activities to determine optimal injection and operational strategies.   
  • Funded Amount: $1,800,000
  • Total Project Cost: $4,000,000
    • Final Report

Grant Round 60

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Grant Round 60

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary 

Approval Summary

Well Site Thief Hatch Methane Detectors-Phase II

G-60-A Application

 

Improving Gas Capture at Flare Sites in ND

G-60-B Application

 

Local Production of Diesel for Bakken Crude through Micro-refining Technology

G-60-C Application

 

G-60-117: Well Site Thief Hatch Methane Detectors-Phase II  

  • Sponsor: Blue Comply
  • Objective: To enhance further development and commercialization of an alternate method to monitor fugitive emissions from oil and gas production site thief hatches that is more accurate, efficient, and expedient than the current options available to oil and gas producers.  
  • Funded Amount: $450,000
  • Total Project Cost: $900,000
    • Final Report