New Mexico – CUSP Lead

 

New Mexico is well-situated for CCUS, having abundant CO₂ emissions sources in proximity to excellent storage reservoirs as well as having existing CO₂ transport infrastructure connecting Colorado, New Mexico, and west Texas. There is already a well-established history of CO₂ use for enhanced oil recovery, so New Mexicans in many of the candidate areas are generally familiar with operations associated with CO₂ transport and injection and can provide an experienced workforce.

The Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC) at New Mexico Tech is the lead organization for CUSP. We have been actively involved in CO₂ research almost from our earliest days, first as a means of enhanced oil recovery, and now putting that knowledge to use in advancing CO₂ capture and storage. PRRC is the lead organization for one of CUSP’S predecessors, the Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration, and has several active research projects examining CCUS opportunities in the region including CUSP, CarbonSAFE in the San Juan Basin, the SWP’s Phase III project in the Texas panhandle, and a second project at that site focused on particular scientific aspects of the work there.

Links:
Petroleum Recovery and Research Center