Areas of Research

The Gulf Coast Carbon Center has been actively studying carbon sequestration technologies for more than 25 years.

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Present–2020  Micromodels Lab

Present–2018  Sandbox Lab: Visualizing Fluid Flow

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2024–2023  Long-term Surveillance of Plugged & Abandoned Wells: The Well Sentinel Project (coming soon)

2020–2015  Petra Nova Carbon Capture and Storage Project

2017–2011  Hastings Storage Project

2015–2006  Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB) Stacked Storage at Cranfield

2010–2006  Regional Southwest Partnership (SWP) for Carbon Sequestration, Scurry Area Canyon Reef Operators (SACROC) Historic Large Volume EOR Field Study Showing No Impact on Groundwater

2009–2003  Frio Brine Pilot Experiment

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Present–2012  Process-Based, Environmental Monitoring at CO2 Storage Sites

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

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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Present–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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EASiTOOL

Present–2024  Shifting a Paradigm: Assessing Pressure Space for CCS Projects

Present–2022  Composite Confining Systems

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

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

2022–2019  Southeast Regional CO₂ Utilization and Storage Acceleration Partnership

2016–2015  Pressure Management and Plume Control Strategies through a Brine Extraction Storage Test at the Devine Test Site in Texas (BEST-DTS)

2015–2009  Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES)

2011–2009  SSEB Onshore and Offshore Georgia: Continued Evaluation of Geologic Storage of CO2 in SE US

2008–2006  SSEB Evaluation of Geologic Carbon Storage in SE US: Potential Sinks of CO2 Generated by Power Plants in the Carolinas

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Put-it-back.org

Present–2023  Texas-Louisiana Carbon Management Community (TXLA CMC)

Present–2016  International Workshop on Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage: Global Offshore Initiative

Present–2012  UTCCS Showcase and Conferences

Present–2011  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP)

Last updated: April 29, 2025

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