Albuquerque Journal reporter Kevin Robinson-Avila wrote a news article about a new project to sequester carbon dioxide in underground formations in the Four Corners region. The Petroleum Recovery Research Center at New Mexico Tech secured a $17.5 million grant to complete the project.

PRRC Director Dr. Robert Balch spoke with Robinson-Avila for the article. Here is an excerpt of the article with a link at the bottom of the page. 

Efforts to convert the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station to the world’s largest carbon capture facility got a boost last week when the U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $17.5 million grant for New Mexico Tech in Socorro to study the potential for carbon sequestration in saline reservoirs in the Four Corners Area.

The DOE Office of Fossil Energy approved the grant, to be matched by $4.5 million in non-government funding, to help finance comprehensive commercial site characterization of a potential storage complex in northwestern New Mexico near where San Juan is located. The DOE said the project aims to accelerate deployment of carbon capture and storage technology at San Juan, something the City of Farmington and private company Enchant Energy Corp. are jointly pursuing.

https://www.abqjournal.com/1448215/nm-tech-to-lead-22m-study-on-co2.html