SES to Host 2009 Carbon Sequestration Workshop

Posted by: Michael Seufer

The OSU School of Earth Sciences, in cooperation with the IEE, and partnership with Ohio University, will be hosting a carbon sequestration workshop on March 9-10 at the Blackwell Hotel.

Concerns about climate change are stimulating groundbreaking research on advanced technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are believed to contribute to global warming.

A possible solution is to capture and permanently sequester carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal greenhouse gas of concern.

CO2 would be captured from flue gases, pressurized into a near-liquid state, injected into wells drilled 800 meters or more below the surface of the earth, and thereby permanently isolated under dense, impenetrable rock formations known as caprocks.

In addition to fossil fuel fired electric power plants, this capture and sequestration technology can also be used to control greenhouse gas emissions from other large industrial CO2 sources such as refineries, cement plants and even future hydrogen production facilities for fuel cell powered vehicles.

The 2009 Advancing the Science of Geologic Carbon Sequestration workshop will address these important issues.

The OSU School of Earth Sciences has managed to attract some of the top minds in the country to give presentations at the workshop, will be an excellent educational opportunity for everyone to get a better understanding of the scientific and technical issues related to geologic sequestration of CO2.

Early registration is encouraged due to projected early filling of the available 220 registration spots.

Additional information is available at the workshop's web site:

www.earthsciences.osu.edu/carbseq