Gulf Coast Carbon Center

Part of our mission at the Gulf Coast Carbon Center is to share key information about CARBON capture and STORAGE (CCS). Our group focuses on what happens as we store carbon dioxide underground. The Gulf Coast Carbon Center along with the IEAGHG, the Carbon Capture and Storage Association, and the International CCS Knowledge Centre are your CCS information providers! For the last several years, these entities come together to share key information to help support CCS education and CCS projects during the U.N. Climate Change Conference known as the Conference of Parties (COP). For carbon storage, carbon dioxide is injected DEEP underground. Think ~0.5 to 2 miles (0.8 to 3.2 km) under Earth's surface, which is equivalent to ~7 to 28 American-sized football fields stacked end-to-end below the ground surface. Special thanks to Katherine Romanak and Dolores van der Kolk for creating the CCS booth to help educate those interested in learning more about CCS for COP29 Azerbaijan. For those of you not familiar: The Gulf Coast Carbon Center is part of the Texas Geological Survey, known as the Bureau of Economic Geology, which is located at The University of Texas at Austin. Hook'em Horns! We will list key highlights in the comments, but to see all the information that these groups have put together, check out our COP29 page: https://lnkd.in/gfPZi34J

HOT NEWS from COP29 Azerbaijan summarizing our Official Side Event, "Is there any Climate Finance for Carbon Capture and Storage, Especially in Emerging Economies?" Quotes from the International Institute for Sustainable Development: ???? Read "how carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies require financing, especially in developing countries, to unlock their potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions." ?? ""Katherine Romanak, The University of Texas at Austin, presented research on the safety of CCS, explaining that carbon is sequestered more than 800 feet below the surface. Romanak pointed to testing and monitoring of carbon storage, saying that it shows the technology is "extremely safe, durable and secure"."" Thanks to Tim Dixon with IEAGHG for moderating this event. https://lnkd.in/gi3aPfd7

At COP29 Azerbaijan, on November 18th, Katherine Romanak participated in an afternoon event located at the China Pavilion entitled, "The Practice, Innovation, and Cooperation on Green and Low Carbon Technologies." For a panel discussion, Katherine discussed U.S. Policy and the need for incentivizing CCS in the U.S. and in developing countries. The last panel about “Experience Sharing on Policies Related to Green and Low-Carbon Industries” was moderated by Xi Liang (Deputy Director, CCUS Professional Committee of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences; Professor, Sustainable Transitions in Construction and Infrastructure at University College London; Secretary General, UK-China [Guangdong] CCUS Centre). Special thanks to Xi Liang and panelists including: ? Jinfeng Ma, Professor, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Carbon Capture and Storage Technology, Northwest University ? Xiaoliang Yang, Country Manager China, Global CCS Institute ? ?Katherine Romanak, Senior Research Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin ? Tong Xu, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, University of Cambridge ? ZHANG Dayong, Vice Secretary General, China Association for the Promotion of Industrial Development ? WANG Lele, Director, Industrial Research Department of Biomass Energy Branch, China Industrial Development Promotion Association

A symposium on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for Geoscientists known as the CCS4G Symposium, organized by the GESGB (Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain), will be held on Tuesday, December 17th, 2024 in London, U.K. The Gulf Coast Carbon Center's Alex Bump will provide the keynote address entitled, “Playing for Keeps: Exploring for Carbon Storage.” Join Alex, in London, for this exciting event by registering here: https://lnkd.in/eThu5H3v Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin - Bureau of Economic Geology rocks! Hook'em!

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Are you attending COP29 Azerbaijan? The GCCC's Katherine Romanak will be there to share information about carbon capture and storage and will be participating in the following activities: ?? On November 19, 2024, 15:00 -16:30, An Official UNFCCC Side Event entitled, “Is there any Climate Finance for Carbon Capture and Storage, Especially in Emerging Economies?” will be located in Room “SIDE EVENT 7, Blue Zone.” The following speakers will be there: - Tim Dixon, General Manager and Director, IEAGHG - Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - Sarah Jones, UK Minister for Industry and Decarbonisation - Dr. Katherine Romanak, Research Professor, The University of Texas at Austin - James Fann, President and CEO, International CCS Knowledge Centre - Olivia Powis, CEO, CCSA - Jonas M. Helseth, Director, Bellona - Clarine Ovando-Lacroux, Climate Technology Advisor, UNEP - Donneil Cain, Ph.D., Senior Project Development Specialist, CCCC ? November 18–21, 2024. Check out Exhibit Booth 27 about Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) by The University of Texas at Austin's Gulf Coast Carbon Center, IEAGHG, International CCS Knowledge Centre, Carbon Capture and Storage Association. For more information, please see our COP 29 webpage at: https://lnkd.in/gfPZi34J

In July 2024, the Gulf Coast Carbon Center (GCCC) was thrilled to host 3 middle school teachers for a STEM workshop about how to incorporate carbon capture and storage (CCS) concepts into STEM education while also providing teachers with the latest information about CCS developments in Texas. For this prestigious program, organized by the Texas-Louisiana Carbon Management Community, Texas educators: Dr. Cynthia L Hopkins from Corpus Christi Independent School District, Julia Dolive from Fort Bend ISD, and Stephanie Hurst from CLEVELAND ISD were selected. These master teachers worked with GCCC Researcher's Sue Hovorka, Katherine Romanak, Angela Luciano, and Dolores van der Kolk to create CCS curricula and resources suited for 7th and 8th graders based on Texas learning standards (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills ? known as TEKS). If you are attending the Science Teachers Association of Texas Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (#CAST24) in San Antonio, TX this week, come check us out: ?? Thursday, Nov. 14th - 8 am Rm 224 - Dr. Cynthia L Hopkins and Stephanie Hurst will provide a workshop for science teachers about CCS-related, STEM lessons that are tied to the new TEKS learning standards. ???? Saturday, Nov. 16th - 9:30 am Rm 224 - Stop by our TESTA Share-a-thon station to see lessons, demonstrations, and walk away with resources to learn more. ? Come by the Bureau of Economic Geology's booth #831 for resources and awesome prizes to help boost your STEM education program. To learn more about this program, check out Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin recent news article: https://lnkd.in/gY6rssJb or www.put-it-back.org Calling all science teachers! Hays Consolidated Independent School District + Austin Independent School District + South San Antonio Independent School District

The final program is out! We are excited to announce the 2024 Perkins-Rosen GCSSEPM RC Conference entitled, "Old Rocks, New Energies: The Energy Transition in the Gulf Coast Basin" that will be held in Houston, TX between December 2–4, 2024 at Equinor, U.S. Early Bird Registration is Now Open, but will close on November 15th, 2024. Member Fee $495.00 Non-Member Fee $595.00 Limited Student Registration Fee $375.00 https://lnkd.in/gtZt-2a4 Check out the Gulf Coast Carbon Center's Hailun Ni, and now graduated M.S. student Jose Eduardo Ubillus', research featured on the conference page. Hook'em!