Announcements

MGSC Nearing Completion After 17 Years of Research, One Million Tonnes of CO2 Stored The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) is nearing completion after 17 years of productive research on CCUS in the Illinois Basin. The Illinois Basin – Decatur Project (IBDP), the MGSC Phase III project, successfully stored one million tonnes of CO2 in

ISGS Awarded Phase III CarbonSAFE Project in Illinois Basin The Illinois State Geological Survey recently was awarded a Phase 3 CarbonSAFE project: the Illinois Storage Corridor (ISC). The objective of the $25M project is to accelerate commercial deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) within the Illinois Basin, a region having demonstrated effective geologic

MRCSP Annual Partners Meeting Held in Columbus to Celebrate 17 Years of CCUS Progress The annual MRCSP partners meeting was held in Columbus, Ohio November 4th-5th, 2019. The meeting hosted a diverse set of speakers covering a broad range of topics including lessons learned and best practices from the MRCSP, the evolving policy and industry

MRCSP Publishes Peer-Review Research on Carbon Storage Methodologies, Storage Estimates in Michigan Reef Complex, Offshore storage, and Life Cycle Analysis for CO2-EOR MRCSP Team has been busy in documenting and sharing the findings of last several years of research through a series of reports, papers, and presentations. Some recent papers are summarized below. We’ll keep

Announcing the Midwest Regional Carbon Initiative (MRCI) We were also pleased to announce a new partnership led by Battelle and the Illinois Geological Survey titled the Midwest Regional Carbon Initiative (MRCI) as a next step for CCUS development in the Region. MRCI merges MRCSP with MGSC into a larger region which will build off the