This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) aligns with DOE’s Office of Resource Sustainability’s Methane Mitigation Technologies Program to develop advanced tools and technologies that will significantly reduce methane emissions and other environmental impacts associated with Undocumented Orphaned Wells (UOWs), with the goal of eliminating methane emissions from carbon-based fuel supply chains by 2030. This FOA will be focused on addressing the technical challenges of measuring, quantifying, and mitigating methane emissions from UOWs. This FOA will support the UOW subprogram by soliciting research on new processes and development of new materials, tools, and technologies for wellbore characterization, effective plugging and abandonment (P&A) operations, and pre- and post- P&A emissions monitoring. Objective The objective of this FOA is to competitively solicit applications for advancing cost-effective technology options toward commercialization that can more efficiently characterize the condition of Undocumented Orphaned Wells (UOWs) and provide a range of remediation options.

Areas of Interest (AOI):

• AOI 1: Advanced Remediation Techniques for UOW Boreholes
• AOI 2: UOW Wellbore Characterization
• AOI 3: Long-Term UOW Monitoring