FECM Homepage Fact Sheets

This fact sheet discusses direct air capture, a technology that directly separates planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for permanent, safe geologic storage or the manufacture of clean, low-carbon fuels and chemicals.

This fact sheet provides information on FECM’s Division of Minerals Sustainability is advancing a research, development, and demonstration portfolio geared toward increasing the domestic production of critical minerals and materials in the United States.

FECM is investing in research and development projects to advance water treatment and management technologies while also recovering critical minerals from produced water.

This fact sheet provides information on FECM’s Undocumented Orphan Wells Program, which is developing and testing technologies and processes in the field and developing best practices for orphaned well identification and characterization.

This fact sheet provides information on FECM’s Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Purchasing Challenge, which calls on organizations to purchase high-quality, durable CDR credits.

This fact sheet provides information about coal and the work FECM is doing to reduce the environmental impacts associated with coal.

In November 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management joined with
international partners to announce the formation of a working group to develop an MMRV framework to account for GHG emissions
associated with delivered natural gas.

The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s Methane Mitigation Technologies program leads DOE’s efforts to reduce methane emissions from the oil and natural gas supply chain.

DOE's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Explains Temporary Pause on Review of Pending Applications
to Export Liquefied Natural Gas

Learn how carbon capture and storage can help significantly reduce cement plants carbon dioxide emissions.