Areas of Research

The Gulf Coast Carbon Center has been actively studying carbon sequestration technologies for more than 20 years.

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Micromodels Lab

Sandbox Lab: Visualizing Fluid Flow

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Petra Nova Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB) Stacked Storage at Cranfield

Frio Brine Pilot Experiment

Hastings Storage Project

2010 Regional Southwest Partnership (SWP) for Carbon Sequestration, Scurry Area Canyon Reef Operators (SACROC) Historic Oil Field Groundwater Study

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2021–2019 Denitrification in Process-Based Soil-Gas Method (MESA)

2020 Process-Based, Environmental Monitoring at CO2 Storage Sites

2019 Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO)

2016–2013 Pressure-Based Inversion & Data Assimilation System (PIDAS) for CO2 Leakage Detection

2015–2014 Risk Assessment of the Weyburn-Midale Field for the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (Weyburn-Midale PTRC)

2015 Development of a Framework for Data Integration, Assimilation, and Learning for Geological Carbon Sequestration (DIAL-GCS)

2013–2010 Water Research Foundation (WaterRF) Project

2012–2003 Sequestration of Greenhouse Gases in Brine Formations (CO2 Brine Database)

2011–2006 CO2 Capture Project Certification Framework (CCP CF)

2010 Site-Specific Standard for CCS Monitoring

1999 CO2 Sequestration in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

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2026–2018 Gulf of Mexico Partnership for Offshore Storage (GoMCarb)

2024–2016 Testing CCS Offshore Seismic Monitoring for Tomakomai, Japan (HR3D MVA-Tomakomai)

2018–2017 CarbonSAFE Phase 1: Prefeasibility Study, NW Gulf of Mexico

2018–2015 TXLA Offshore CO2 Storage Resource Assessment

2016–2012 BOEM Sub-seabed Geological Carbon Sequestration Best Practices Manual

2014–2009 Texas Offshore Miocene Project

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2024–2022 GCCC Collaborates on National Assessment: The Roads to Removal Report

Southeast Regional CO₂ Utilization and Storage Acceleration Partnership

2025-2020 Science-informed Machine Learning for Accelerating Real-Time Decisions in Subsurface Applications (SMART) Initiative

CFSES (Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security)

SSEB Evaluation of GCS in SE US: Potential Sinks for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Generated by Power Plants in North and South Carolina

SSEB Onshore and Offshore Georgia: Continued Evaluation of Potential for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide in the Southeastern United States

BEST-DTS (Pressure Management and Plume Control Strategies through a Brine Extraction Storage Test at the Devine Test Site in Texas)

EASiTOOL

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Global Offshore Initiative

Texas-Louisiana Carbon Management Community (TXLA CMC)

Put-it-back.org

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP)

UTCCS Showcase and Conferences

Last updated: April 1, 2025

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