OMB (U. S. Office of Management and Budget) may scale back DOE's (U. S. Department of Energy) synfuel request

Journal Article · Wed Oct 24 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Chem. Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:6146983

DOE's fiscal 1981 $162 million special request for synthetic fuel development and related projects includes $28 million to build indirect coal-liquefaction facilities, $15 million for atmospheric fluidized-bed combustion pilot plants, $56 million to build a high-Btu coal gasification pilot plant, $20 million for urban-waste conversion, $5 million to adopt refinery equipment to process heavier and more acidic synthetic fuels and shale oil, and $21 million for the construction of strategic reserve facilities for oil and oil products in Hawaii and New England. This is in addition to DOE's regular $1.3 billion 1981 budget request. However, the OMB will probably scale back the amounts requested, in particular, the amounts requested for indirect coal liquefaction and for atmospheric fluidized-bed combustion, and might also kill the $56 million for high-Btu coal gasification because it duplicates funding for the same project already in DOE's 1980 budget. OMB officials have noted that DOE's request for coal-related research and development exceeds the $50 million President Carter proposed in his energy message on 4/5/79. Funding for the synthetic fuel projects would come from the as-yet unpassed tax on oil company ''windfall'' profits.

• OSTI ID: 6146983
• Journal Information: Chem. Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Week; (United States) Vol. 125:17; ISSN CHWKA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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