Bechtel BWXT Idaho,LLC, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3521

A -- LOW SULFUR CAT-CRACKED GASOLINE SOL Cbd0700 DUE 022800 POC Paul Grahovac WEB: Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory, http://www.inel.gov/procurement/litco/index.html. E-MAIL: Paul Grahovac, pg2@inel.gov. A -- Low sulfur cat-cracked gasoline. This is a potential technology development and licensing opportunity with Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (BBWI), the prime operating contractor for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). Environmental restraints are forcing the refining industry to produce transportation fuels of ever decreasing sulfur levels. While improvements in fuel quality over the past one to two decades has been remarkable, further marked decreases in sulfur levels of gasoline and diesel are being mandated. The great majority of sulfur compounds in the total gasoline pool originate from the cat-cracked blend feedstock. The conventional method of reaching lower sulfur levels is to increase hydrotreating severity. There are definite drawbacks to increased hydrotreating severity for cat- cracked gasoline: high hydrogen consumption and lowering of octane number. The conventional thought regarding the origin of the sulfur compounds in cat-cracked gasolines is that they are fragments of larger molecules in the cat cracker feed. Other work, however, has indicated that the sulfur compounds in cat-cracked gasoline are not fragments of the feed but were formed by other processes. The INEEL is beginning a project with the objective of exploring manipulation of these processes with laboratory scale cat-cracking studies to produce low sulfur cat-cracked gasoline. BBWI is seeking a written indication of interest from companies interested in providing to the project a technical in-kind (non-cash) contribution having a value of at least $50K, or an equivalent cash contribution, or combination of the two. This would involve a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with certain patent licensing opportunities for the participating partner. This is not an opportunity to provide goods or services to BBWI or the Department of Energy. This Request for Interest (RFI) will close to response 30 days after publication. Interested parties should send e-mail to pg2@inel.gov (Paul Grahovac, Senior Account Executive, Technology Transfer & Commercialization, BBWI). If you do not have e-mail access, send regular mail to Paul Grahovac, Senior Account Executive, Technology Transfer & Commercialization, BBWI, P. O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3805. Posted 01/26/00 (W-SN419052). (0026)

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