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A -- ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS TESTS IN PRIORITY BASINS SOL DE-PN26-97FT34181 POC Mary Beth J. Pearse, Contract Specialist, (412)892-4949; William R. Mundorf, Contracting Officer, (412)892-4483; fax (412)892-6216 WEB: click here to download a cop of solicitation DE-PN26-97FT34181, http://www.petc.doe.gov/business.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact, pearse@fetc.doe.gov. NOTICE OF UNRESTRICTED ELIGIBILITY, Program Opportunity Notice (PON). The U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, announces that, pursuant to 10 CFR 600.6(a)(3), it intends to conduct a competitive solicitation and to award financial assistance cooperative agreements on an unrestricted eligibility basis to offerors who propose to provide this demonstration program for testing of one or more Exploration and Production (E&P) technologies in a well of opportunity in one or more tight gas fractured reservoirs in one or more priority basins. The overall objective is to solicit efforts that will ultimately reduce the technical risks and the economic uncertainty standing in the way of increased industry development of the low-permeability (tight) gas resources of the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent gas basins. This will be done by demonstrating increased efficiency through field tests of improved or emerging E&P technologies. The goal is to encourage development of the tight gas resources by industry through testing E&P technologies in priority tight gas basins. Approximately $1,198,000 is planned for this solicitation. The total should provide support for approximately 1 to 3 demonstration application selections. All responsible individuals, corporations, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and state or local governments may submit proposals for consideration. Solicitation DE-PN26-97FT34181 is expected to be released on or about May 5, 1997 with the expected closing date for submission of proposals on June 5, 1997. This PON will only be available via internet and will not be distributed in paper form. The solicitation will be accessible as a Word Perfect 6.1 (Windows) document or in the Portable Document Format (PDF), on the World Wide Web at http://www.petc.doe.gov/business.html (select "solicitations"). Those who obtain a copy of the solicitation through the WWW should check the location frequently for any amendments. All inquiries regarding this solicitation should be directed to the Point-of-Contact, Mary Beth J. Pearse, at the phone no./address above or via internet e-mail to "pearse@fetc.doe.gov." LINKURL: http://www.petc.doe.gov/business.html LINKDESC: click here to download a copy of solicitation DE-PN26-97FT34181 EMAILADD: pearse@fetc.doe.gov EMAILDESC: click here to contact "pearse@fect.doe.gov" via e-mail (0092)

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