The mission of the Fossil Energy program is to enhance the use of the nation's fossil energy resources. This includes developing technologies to use coal in an environmentally acceptable manner, to extend the reserve base of natural gas and oil, and to develop economically and environmentally improved techniques for extracting energy from oil shales and tar sand. METC's mission applies to certain technologies within this broad scope of technologies encompassed by the Office of Fossil Energy. The Government functions as an underwriter of risk and as a catalyst to stimulate the development of technologies and technical information that might otherwise proceed at a slower pace because of the high-risk nature of the research involved. The research programs and priorities are industry driven; the purpose is to address the perceived needs of industry such that industry will ultimately bring the technologies to the commercial market. To accomplish the goal of having the private sector commercialize Government-initiated technology, METC must have an effective technology transfer program. As evidenced in this report, METC has an active and effective technology transfer program that is incorporated into all aspects of project planning and execution.