PRRC NEWS

Carb III

In October 2007, New Mexico Tech was awarded Phase III of the U.S. DOE’s Carbon Sequestration Project, which involves a large-volume test over 10 years for the storage of one million or more tons of CO2 in a deep saline reservoir. The Southwest Partnership on Carbon Sequestration, headed by PRRC, is one of seven regional carbon sequestration partnerships managed by DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). These partnerships involve a variety of organizations in a nationwide network that will help determine the best approaches for capturing and permanently storing greenhouse gases. Phase II, currently in progress, comprises several smaller-scale sequestration projects around the SW Region. For both phases, PRRC serves as the administrative center as well as performing a variety of research activities.

RPSEA

The PRRC will be leading an important new initiative that is part of a larger effort to fund energy research in the US. The Small Producer Program of the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) will be responsible for developing and administering solicitations for R&D projects that target technology needs of small producers. The parent organization, RPSEA, (www.rpsea.org) is a consortium with more than 100 members that has established and coordinates a federally-funded research program focused on hydrocarbon recovery from US reservoirs.