Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas has received a nearly $5 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to study the feasibility of storing carbon dioxide underground. Kansas Geological Survey geologists Lynn Watney and Saibal Bhattacharya are leading the investigation. Lynn Watney.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

Source: Kansas Geological Survey. The net emissions from the systems are positive meaning that the GHG emissions are larger than the CO 2 injected and stored in the reservoir. Their paper was published online 30 September in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. CO 2 flooding for oil recovery. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations. University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. Analyses will be completed for the Arbuckle saline carbonate formation in Kansas, and confirmed by a well. Funded with $21.3

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