UW Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media Accepting Wyoming Gas Injection Initiative Proposals

The University of Wyoming’s Center of Innovation for Flow through Porous Media (COIFPM) is accepting proposals for research grants as part of the Wyoming Gas Injection Initiative (WGII).

Oil and gas operators with wells or fields in Wyoming are eligible to receive grants as part of this groundbreaking initiative. UW will serve as the awarding institution for grants under WGII.

WGII makes available $22 million of matching funds from the state of Wyoming -- in close collaboration with oil and gas operators and Dow -- to implement multiple field pilot projects in the state.

WGII’s request for proposal is currently open, with applications accepted through Friday, Sept. 29, at midnight. Selected applicant(s) will be notified by Thursday, Nov. 30.

The initiative will fund projects over a three- to five-year period, and its goal is to support developments with significant potential to enhance well productivity and recovery from existing fields and wells in Wyoming that are in significant decline.

Both field pilot testing and laboratory-scale studies will receive funding to advance implementation.

Application instructions can be found here. To submit an application, click here.

About the Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media

UW’s COIFPM -- developed using more than a $100 million investment -- is the global leader in research, development and implementation of novel breakthrough technologies for oil and gas extraction, and geostorage of greenhouse gases. As the world’s premier facility of its kind, COIFPM is focused on developing cutting-edge technologies and discoveries that can transform the energy industry and change the world for the better.

As the world’s largest experimental and computational research center focused on flow through porous media problems with applications primarily in oil and gas recovery, carbon utilization and storage, and hydrogen storage, COIFPM offers unparalleled capabilities at atomic, nano, micro and macro scales, establishing a massive capacity for users to conduct numerous multifaceted studies simultaneously.

For more information, visit www.uwyo.edu/research/coifpm/index.html.

About the Wyoming Gas Injection Initiative

WGII involves field pilot testing of advanced enhanced oil recovery technologies such as foam-assisted gas injection, using recovered hydrocarbon gases, carbon dioxide or other gases for revitalization of oil fields and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from operations in Wyoming. It also includes laboratory-scale derisking of the recovery schemes, using site-specific rock and fluid samples at relevant field implementation conditions at UW’s COIFPM and in close collaboration with Dow.

For more information, email WGII@uwyo.edu.