DEFE0032692
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – Methane emissions abatement technology for low-flow and intermittent emission sources.
The goal of this project is the successful field deployment and full-scale validation of the Capwell Methane Abatement Unit (MAU) in addressing point-source methane emissions, resulting in an improvement from TRL 7 (system prototype demonstration in an operational environment) to TRL 8 (actual system completed and qualified through test and demonstrated).
The goal of this project is the successful field deployment and full-scale validation of the Capwell Methane Abatement Unit (MAU) in addressing point-source methane emissions, resulting in an improvement from TRL 7 (system prototype demonstration in an operational environment) to TRL 8 (actual system completed and qualified through test and demonstrated).
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
Houston,
Texas
77004-4853
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Capwell Services was awarded
Capwell MAU: Field Deployment for Methane Emissions Abatement
Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032692
worth $3,348,578
from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in February 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Houston Texas United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year 2 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
$837,145 (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 6/3/25
Period of Performance
2/1/25
Start Date
4/30/26
End Date
Funding Split
$3.3M
Federal Obligation
$837.1K
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.2M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEFE0032692
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEFE0032692
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892404 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
Awardee UEI
X75CC9HNJKG8
Awardee CAGE
9SFD9
Performance District
TX-18
Senators
John Cornyn
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Modified: 6/3/25