WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves today announced that it will start repurchasing crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This repurchase is an opportunity to secure a good deal for American taxpayers by repurchasing oil at a lower price than the $96 per barrel average price it was sold for, as well as to strengthen energy security. In October, the Pre  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2022: The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced its intent to issue $750 million in funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to dramatically reduce the cost of clean-hydrogen technologies. The funding is a crucial component of the Administration's comprehensive approach to accelerating the widespread use of clean hydrogen and will pla  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending November 25, 2022 Plutonium Facility-Safety Basis: Last Thursday, Triad submitted to the NNSA Field Office for review draft portions of the new safety basis under development for the Plutonium Fac  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) announced $2.5 million in funding for four training and research projects to be conducted at U.S colleges and universities. The projects will support the development of technologies capable of converting nat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $2.5 million in funding for four training and research projects to be conducted at U.S colleges and universities. The projects will support the development of technologies capable of converting natural gas to high-value products, such as fertilizer, antifreeze, pharm  more