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MSU moves forward with DOE-backed CO2 storage project in northern Montana

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Schematic illustration of carbon capture and storage at Kevin Dome in Montana. Courtesy Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership. It will be carried out by the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership at MSU. Click to enlarge. Three companies, Vecta Oil and Gas, SR2020 Inc.

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Saskatchewan and Montana Partner on Major Carbon Capture and Storage Project

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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to work together on the development of one of the largest international carbon capture and storage demonstration projects to date.

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US Mapping Project Highlights Potential for Mineral Carbonation for CO2 Sequestration

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Because of their chemical makeup, when the rocks are exposed to carbon dioxide, they react to form common limestone and chalk in a process called mineral carbonation. Some also occur in the interior, including Montana. Combining rocks and carbon dioxide could provide an added benefit, as Krevor points out.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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Montana State University. Alkaline Carbon Capture and Expression-Streamlined Spirulina Cultivated in Air for Reliable Bioproducts, Oil, and Nutrition. Topic 7: Scalable CO2 Electrocatalysis. Electrochemical Production of Formic Acid from Carbon Dioxide in Solid Electrolytes. Global Algae Innovations. Duke University.

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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The Lignite Field Validation Test is being conducted by the Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships under DOE’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program. In addition to evaluating the lignite seam’s CO2 storage potential, the enhancement to coalbed methane extraction will also be evaluated.

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DOE Regional Partnership Begins Core Sampling for Large-Volume Carbon Sequestration Test

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The Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven members of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has begun collecting core samples from a new characterization well near Spectra Energy’s Fort Nelson natural gas processing plant in British Columbia, Canada.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. Researchers will develop systems for tagging CO 2 with carbon-14 at atmospheric level (1 part per trillion) and measuring the carbon-14 CO 2 levels.

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