Institute for Energy Innovation webinar to give update on Lake Maurepas carbon storage risk
The LSU Institute for Energy Innovation is hosting a webinar on July 25 to review progress on one of its independent research projects on...
North America’s second direct air capture facility is coming to Louisiana
California-based Heirloom Carbon Technologies last week announced that it is moving forward with the first phase of a massive public-private decarbonization project that will see...
Texas to offer 1.1 million acres of offshore tracts for carbon sequestration leases
Texas plans to put 1.1 million acres of state waters and bays along the Gulf of Mexico up for bid, targeting parties interested in...
ExxonMobil awards EPC contract for Louisiana CCUS project
ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to Technip Energies and Turner Industries for a massive carbon capture, utilization and storage project in...
Could old oil wells threaten new carbon storage wells?
After more than a century of oil and gas companies pumping carbon out of Louisiana, officials have ambitious plans to essentially do the opposite—inject...
LSU grant to advance carbon capture and storage technologies in Louisiana
LSU petroleum engineering associate professor Mehdi Zeidouni has been awarded a $252,160 grant from the LSU Institute for Energy Innovation to support his work...
Is transparency lacking around Louisiana carbon capture projects?
Two dozen carbon capture projects are proposed in Louisiana, but figuring out where exactly companies plan to inject carbon dioxide for storage is a...
How Louisiana is working to escape-proof carbon sequestration
Louisiana has the ideal geology for carbon sequestration, but an abundance of existing oil and gas wells and the inability of industry to detect...
LSU to drill carbon capture research well on campus
LSU’s College of Engineering will soon drill a new well on campus to research carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), reports Louisiana Illuminator.
The well...
Understanding the massive LSU-led FUEL partnership
In January, it was announced that a statewide team led by LSU had secured a $160 million National Science Foundation grant in support of Louisiana’s energy...
