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 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 TITLE XX—GENERAL PROVISIONS; REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY 106 STAT. 3057 SEC. 2001. GOALS. 42 USC 13401. It is the goal of the United States in carrying out energy supply and energy conservation research and development— (1) to strengthen national energy security by reducing dependence on imported oil; (2) to increase the efficiency of the economy by meeting future needs for energy services at the lowest total cost to the Nation, including environmental costs, giving comparable consideration to technologies that enhance energy supply and technologies that improve the efficiency of energy end uses; (3) to reduce the air, water, and other environmental impacts (including emissions of greenhouse gases) of energy production, distribution, transportation, and utilization, through the development of an environmentally sustainable energy system; (4) to maintain the technological competitiveness of the United States and stimulate economic growth through the development of advanced materials and technologies; (5) to foster international cooperation by developing international markets for domestically produced sustainable ener^ technologies, and by transferring environmentally sound, advanced energy systems and technologies to developing countries to promote sustainable development; (6) to consider the comparative environmental and public health impacts of the energy to be produced or saved by the specific activities; (7) to consider the obstacles inherent in private industry's development of new energy technologies and steps necessary for establishing or maintaining technological leadership in the area of energy and energy efficiency resource technologies; and (8) to consider the contribution of a given activity to fundamental scientific knowledge. Subtitle A—Oil and Gas Supply Enhancement SEC. 2011. ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY. 42 USC 13411. (a) PROGRAM DIRECTION.— The Secretary shall conduct a 5- year program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act, on technologies to increase the recoverability of domestic oil resources to— (1) improve reservoir characterization; (2) improve analysis and field verification; (3) field test and demonstrate enhanced oil recovery processes, including advanced processes, in reservoirs the Secretary considers to be of high priority, ranked primarily on the basis of oil recovery potential and risk of abandonment; (4) transfer proven recovery technologies to producers and operators of wells, including stripper wells, that would otherwise be likely to be abandoned in the near term due to declining production; -194 O—93 11:QL3(Pt.4)

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