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A -- IMPROVED NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELL REMEDIATION SOL DE-PS26-99FT40060 POC Nancy Toppetta, Contract Specialist, 412 892-5715 or Gary Sames, Contracting Officer's Representative, 412 892 4347 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the program solicitation., http://www.fetc.doe/gov/business/solicit. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, toppetta@fetc.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation, resulting in award of financial assistance (grants) awards for research and development efforts on "Improved Natural Gas Storage Well Remediation." The effort must address storage well damage issues associated with underground geologic reservoirs, such as depleted oil/gas fields, aquifers, etc., but must not include underground storage tanks or mined salt caverns. The general objectives of this research and development effort are to 1) characterize the geochemical conditions of underground geologic natural gas storage reservoirs and injection/withdrawal wells for a selected set of damage mechanisms that lead to decreased performance characteristics and 2) design and successfully demonstrate practical and cost effective remedial techniques for those damage mechanisms. The damage mechanisms to be considered are 1) inorganic precipitates, 2) hydrocarbons, organic residues, and production chemicals, 3) bacterial fouling and plugging, and 4) particulate fouling and plugging. The solicitation is expected to be released March 23, 1999 and will close on May 15, 1999. The solicitation will be released on DOE's FETC World Wide Web Server Internet System at http://www.fetc.doe/gov/business/solicit. Posted 03/11/99 (W-SN307423). (0070)

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