The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), in support of the DOE Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Energy’s Subsurface Technology and Engineering Research, Development and Demonstration (SubTER) Crosscut Initiative, announces a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding opportunity that seeks to develop advanced methods to access the subsurface.
Grant applications are sought in Development of Advanced Methods to Access the Subsurface in High-Temperature and High-Pressure Environments.
- Maximum Phase I Award Amount: $150,000
- Maximum Phase II Award Amount: $1,000,000
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Grant applications are sought to research, develop, and deploy new and original processes, techniques, tools, and/or sensors that support the SubTER crosscut initiative’s thrust areas of wellbore integrity and drilling technologies. Geothermal energy resources are often more difficult to access compared to other subsurface energy resources due to deep drilling through high-temperature, high-pressure, hard crystalline lithologies.
Responsive applications to this subtopic could include techniques to address wellbore instability, reduce lost circulation, or drill in the presence of CO2 (or other gasses). The innovations sought range from well log/petrophysical analyses to new packers, liners, and other completion tools.
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