Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery study reveals future benefits
North Dakota’s oil has made it the second oil-producing state in the nation. The North Dakota Tax Commissioner’s Office and EERC have released reports showcasing the potential benefits of carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery in North Dakota.
NREL Announces 2025 Executive Energy Leadership Cohort
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 19 leaders to participate in its 2025 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs). The program curriculum is structured to support decision makers from government, corporate, nonprofit, and community organizations as they work to apply energy practices in their respective communities. EERC’s Tyler Hamman among members.
UTulsa hosts national energy leaders
The University of Tulsa recently hosted the state’s first National Academy of Engineering (NAE) member-led event, bringing global leaders in energy research and innovation to campus to explore pathways toward carbon-neutral oil production. EERC’s Charlie Gorecki among invitees.
Honorees announced for 2025 Staff Recognition Luncheon
Among UND’s honorees were 35 EERC employees; five of which celebrated 30 years of service.
EERC’s Amanda Livers-Douglas nominated as Prairie Business Magazine’s Top 25 Women in Business 2025
Known for her exceptional leadership and dedication, Livers-Douglas is committed to advancing scientific integrity and mentoring young professionals.
Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery study reveals future benefits
The North Dakota Tax Commissioner’s Office and Energy & Environmental Research Center have released reports that forecast the economic potential of CO2-enhanced oil recovery in North Dakota.
OCED Awards Final Two Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs to Establish Critical Energy Infrastructure in America’s Heartland and Mid-Atlantic
OCED awarded the Heartland Hydrogen Hub, led by the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), with $20 million (of the total federal cost share of up to $925 million) to begin Phase 1 activities.
DOE Selects Five Projects To Receive Nearly $101 Million for Test Centers To Advance Carbon Capture, Removal, and Conversion Technologies
EERC plans to enhance its existing CO2 capture, removal and conversion test center to rapidly and cost-effectively test more technologies under relevant power plant operating conditions.
Origen secures $13 million Series A to deploy limestone-based direct air capture technology
The funding directly supports Origen’s previously announced partnership with the EERC to capture 1,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of carbon dioxide per year using this process at a facility under construction in North Dakota.
DOE Announces more than $136 Million in Projects To Develop Transformational Technologies Across America’s Most Critical Industrial Subsectors
Selected projects will advance technology solutions for core portions of our nation’s industrial base, including the manufacturing of chemicals and fuels, iron and steel, cement and concrete, forest and paper products, food and beverage, glass and other industries.
UW selected to lead critical mineral and material coalition by DOE
The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources was recently selected to receive $7.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to lead a regional coalition expanding a domestic critical mineral and materials supply. Additional partners on the project representing industry, academia and state agencies include the Energy and Environmental Research Center…
Dr. Nidhal Badrouchi Named 2024 Mike Maidenberg Emerging Leader Award Recipient
In addition to receiving the Mike Maidenberg Emerging Leader Award, Dr. Badrouchi has selected the Grand Forks Senior Center to receive a scholarship to attend the 2025 Chamber Leadership Class. He said, “I believe that supporting and giving back to those who have already served and contributed so much to our community is one of the greatest moral responsibilities of leadership.”
‘With proper STEM education, girls can live their dreams’
Ene Susan Ajonye is Assistant Chief Research Scientist at the Nigeria Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and Graduate Research Assistant, Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), North Dakota, USA, shares interesting insights on how commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education can change the socioeconomic fortunes of the girl-child.
Origen Partners With EERC To Speed Up DAC Tech Commercialization
Origen, the UK-based company specializing in a direct air capture (DAC) technology leveraging the power of limestone, has partnered with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) in North Dakota to accelerate the commercial deployment of its solution.
More than $58 million in federal funding announced for two Grand Forks energy projects
A Minnkota subsidiary received $49 million to construct a carbon storage facility as part of Project Tundra, and UND’s EERC received $9 million for a carbon capture feasibility study in Washington.
North Dakota, South Korea partner on on energy research
North Dakota and South Korean officials signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday, the first day of a North Dakota trade mission to South Korea. Joining Gov. Doug Burgum on the trade mission were Charles Gorecki, CEO of the Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota, Commerce Commissioner Josh Teigen and North Dakota Trade Office Executive Director Drew Combs.
Case Study: Understanding H2S Occurrence: Bakken Production Using Sulfur Isotopes
Souring—or H2S generation—in the Bakken petroleum system (BPS) production is becoming problematic for oil producers and pipeline operators because of the sporadic occurrence and associated economic and HSE impacts.
Eight from Greater Grand Forks honored at annual Prairie Business recognition event
Honorees from 2023’s 40 Under 40, along with the 2024 winners of Top 25 Women in Business and 2024’s Leaders & Legacies and their guests enjoyed an evening of socializing and celebrating. Approximately 130 invited honorees and their guests attended. [EERC CEO, Charles Gorecki, among honorees.]
U.S. Department of Energy Invests $44 Million to Provide Technical Assistance in Geologic Basins Targeted for Carbon Storage
These regional partnership projects will accelerate the understanding of specific geologic basins to enable the permanent storage of carbon dioxide emissions from industrial operations and power plants, as well as from legacy emissions in the atmosphere.
Discovery’s Power to Transform
How can any new strand of new material be transformative if it is as thin as a human hair? Well, if the strand is made of graphene, then it can lift a grand piano. Picture such a thing — a grand piano gently swaying, held aloft by what looks like a human hair — and think about the quantum leap it potentially represents in materials strength and usefulness.
Legislators receive update on enhanced oil recovery projects
Lawmakers in Bismarck heard from the North Dakota Oil and Gas Division about some of the ongoing enhanced oil recovery projects in the Bakken. The process of EOR is to inject other materials like carbon dioxide, water and surfactants to help obtain more oil from the rock.
Carbon Storage Assessment Tool Upgraded, Released by NETL
NETL has released version five of a user-friendly, sophisticated database that can be used to estimate the carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential of underground geological environments, helping stakeholders make more informed decisions that could improve the efficiency, safety and long-term stability of CO2 storage operations.
Industrial Commission approves funding for EERC to develop EV Infrastructure Resilience Plan
The North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center is working on developing a plan to improve electric grid resiliency amid growing demand for EV charging stations.
ND Gov. Doug Burgum votes to use state funds on electric vehicle study
The $375,000 is a 20% match to a $1.5 million federal grant from the Department of Energy for the Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Resilience Plan. Federal funding also is helping pay for electric school buses for some North Dakota schools.
DOE Invests Nearly $32 Million in Technologies To Help Eliminate Natural Gas Flaring at Oil and Gas Production Operations
University of North Dakota, Energy & Environmental Research Center will demonstrate at well sites in the Williston Basin of North Dakota the economic application, gas capture efficiency, and performance of a patented technology developed to eliminate flaring.
Hoeven ushers in grant to help Bakken Formation ‘compete and win’
North Dakota’s senior senator visited UND’s Energy & Environmental Research Center last week to announce a $5.1 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) monitoring.
Pilot projects seek to unlock enhanced oil recovery in North Dakota
The EERC in April was awarded $11.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for an enhanced oil recovery project that will look at using oil wells to store carbon underground.
EERC gets $4.2 million from federal government for more efficient hydrogen production
The University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center has been awarded a $4.2 million federal grant for a technology that could make hydrogen production more efficient.
Virtual Reactor Supports Production of Clean Hydrogen from Waste
This modeling will be accomplished as part of SEL’s waste gasification work under a $1.6 million U.S. Department of Energy competitive subrecipient agreement with the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), to demonstrate hydrogen production from high-volume construction and demolition wastes.
Simonpietri Enterprises Awarded Federal Grant for Fertilizer Made from Fire-Prone Invasive Plants
For the project, Simonpietri Enterprises has partnered with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture (CTAHR), native Hawaiian plant nursery and landscape restoration organization Hui Ku Maoli Ola, and the Energy and Environmental Research Center of North Dakota (EERC).
Industrial Commission OKs fertilizer funding; 60% goes to oil/gas consortium, 40% to wind producer
State regulators on Wednesday approved a recommendation by North Dakota’s clean energy board to divide funding for two fertilizer projects that applied for a $125 million forgivable loan from the state bank.
Biden Targets EV Charging Network Capacity to Boost Rollout
Award went to the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center, which received $1.5 million to develop a four-state EV resilience plan in a vast rural region subject to extreme temperatures and wind storms.