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You know we like to keep up with
the happenings at the Department of Energy, and they are investing in some
research at a state university. Let’s
dig in.
Did anyone
happen to read the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrocarbon and Geothermal
Energy Office Release on April 30, 2026, their announcement, “Energy
Department to Invest $36 Million in Enhanced Oil Recovery Program at the
University of North Dakota”? In the announcement,
it goes on to speak on how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently (May
8th) published they will be investing in the University of North Dakota’s
Energy & Environmental Research Center.
The University’s project called Bakken Enhanced Oil Recovery-Cracking
the Code (Bakken EOR-CC) involves them innovating enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
to industrial scale for the Bakken shale formation using artificial
intelligence (AI) and other available technologies using carbon dioxide (CO2). Bakken EOR-CC program has six experimental
studies trying to determine which is the best practice to access Bakken shale
oil, and the program has $100 million from other sources to fund their other
experiments. We wish them locking
cracking the code. If you would like to
read more of the Announcement from the U.S. DOE’s Hydrocarbons and
Geothermal Energy Office, please click the link: Energy Department to Invest $36 Million in Enhanced Oil Recovery Program at the University of North Dakota | Department of Energy.
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We hope you have a wonderful evening and a productive week.
**Disclaimer: Please see the Immediate Release from
the U.S. DOE for specifics. **