DEFE0032665
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – Methane mitigation demonstration using linear motor compressor.
The primary objective of this project is to deploy and test a novel, low cost, linear motor methane mitigation compressor to capture a wide variety of leaks across the natural gas value chain, including from reciprocating compressors and pneumatic controllers that are among the largest methane emitters.
Using a low cost, reliable methane mitigation compressor, these leaks can be captured from the ventilation systems at legacy and newly installed transmission, storage, gathering, and processing facilities, and compressed back into the pipeline.
Because of the unique flexibility of this technology, the compressor can also be used to recover emissions from planned events such as blowdowns that are required to perform regular maintenance.
These planned events are frequently the single largest source of emissions at a site and can be avoided if the gas trapped in the equipment is compressed downstream rather than vented into the atmosphere.
This project will validate the effectiveness of the technology in a variety of relevant environments, as well as identify and quantify the wide-ranging applications for its use.
The primary objective of this project is to deploy and test a novel, low cost, linear motor methane mitigation compressor to capture a wide variety of leaks across the natural gas value chain, including from reciprocating compressors and pneumatic controllers that are among the largest methane emitters.
Using a low cost, reliable methane mitigation compressor, these leaks can be captured from the ventilation systems at legacy and newly installed transmission, storage, gathering, and processing facilities, and compressed back into the pipeline.
Because of the unique flexibility of this technology, the compressor can also be used to recover emissions from planned events such as blowdowns that are required to perform regular maintenance.
These planned events are frequently the single largest source of emissions at a site and can be avoided if the gas trapped in the equipment is compressed downstream rather than vented into the atmosphere.
This project will validate the effectiveness of the technology in a variety of relevant environments, as well as identify and quantify the wide-ranging applications for its use.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE PURPOSE OF THIS FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT (FECM) ON BEHALF OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLED, “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) – METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM OIL AND GAS METHANE MONITORING AND MITIGATION”, IS TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO A VARIETY OF ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MITIGATING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM MARGINAL CONVENTIONAL WELLS (MCWS) AND OTHER OIL AND NATURAL GAS ASSETS; ACCELERATING THE COMMERCIALIZATION, SCALE-UP AND APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; AND ADVANCING THE CHARACTERIZATION AND REDUCTION OF METHANE EMISSIONS THROUGH MULTI-SCALE, MEASUREMENT-INFORMED DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Des Plaines,
Illinois
60018-1804
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Institute Of Gas Technology was awarded
Linear Motor Compressor Methane Mitigation in Natural Gas Facilities
Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032665
worth $5,079,569
from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Des Plaines Illinois United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years 8 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
$1,270,165 (20.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – Methane Emissions Reduction Program Oil and Gas Methane Monitoring and Mitigation.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/4/25
Period of Performance
1/15/25
Start Date
9/30/28
End Date
Funding Split
$5.1M
Federal Obligation
$1.3M
Non-Federal Obligation
$6.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEFE0032665
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEFE0032665
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892404 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
Awardee UEI
J1T9VTF9PK89
Awardee CAGE
9C0U1
Performance District
IL-03
Senators
Richard Durbin
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
Modified: 8/4/25