The EOR and tar sands R & D programs are designed to accelerate the development of technologies to recover a significant portion of the currently unrecoverable oil. Specific objectives include more accurately assessing domestic resources, increasing recovery efficiencies and reducing costs of EOR techniques, thereby enlarging the recoverable resource for EOR. The Department has developed a 5-year plan to guide the EOR and tar sands R & D programs. In all cases, DOE initiatives are closely coordinated with industry to avoid duplication on efforts.