The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership: A Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership in the Interior Plains of North America
The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership is one of seven regional partnerships competitively awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory to determine the best geologic storage approaches and apply technologies to safely and permanently store carbon dioxide (CO2) for its specific region. The PCOR Partnership region covers an area of over 1.4 million square miles in the central interior of North America and includes all or part of nine U.S. states and four Canadian provinces. Its efforts include monitoring, verification, and accounting support at two large-scale depositionally different demonstration sites. The first demonstration involves the injection of CO2 captured from one of the largest gas-processing plants in North America into a saline formation in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The second demonstration will inject CO2 in the Powder River Basin in southeastern Montana for the dual purpose of CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery (EOR), ultimately documenting the permanence of underground CO2 storage. The PCOR Partnership also continues to provide widespread carbon capture and storage outreach and education, aids in regulatory development, and continues to collaboratively undertake regional characterization efforts, including the Basal Cambrian (Deadwood) Formation lying in the United States and Canada.View/Download Document
Event/Meeting Information
EUEC 2012 15th Annual Energy, Utility & Environment Conference
1/31/2012
Phoenix, AZ