CCS in the News
- MSNBC.com Article: How to handle carbon dioxide? Lock it in rock
January 14, 2008 - How can future power plants meet a projected spike in energy demand yet keep the atmosphere from amassing even more heat-trapping carbon dioxide? Link
- NPR Audio: Norway Buries Its CO2 Under the Sea
December 17, 2007 - All Things Considered - In Norway, a 10-year-old tax on carbon dioxide has pushed industry to find new and potentially profitable ways to get rid of it. Companies have been burying the carbon under the seafloor. It's called "sequestration," and many climate experts say it could be a major solution to climate change. Link
- Houston Chronicle - Underground CO2 sequestration can be done "off the shelf" says UT prof
Sept. 26, 2007 - A new study published by University of Texas professor Steve Bryant documents the technical requirements for sequestering CO2 underground and notes how it parallels current processes within the oil industry. Link - BBC News Video: Algeria Gas Plant Demonstrates CO2 Capture and sequestration.
Dec. 2005 - In Saleh, a BP gas processing plant in Algeria, captures 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year and injects it into saline waters beneath the gas producing field for permanent sequestration. Link