索科罗,N.M. – A new grant will enable 威尼斯人app下载 researchers to study the potential for storing carbon dioxide (CO2) within basaltic 岩石 and mining waste in 新墨西哥 and surrounding areas, reducing the amount in the atmosphere. 来自美国的拨款.S. Department of Energy as part of its Carbon Management Program will allow researchers to perform a resource assessment and feasibility study on 碳储存 within mafic/ultramafic 岩石.

The project’s overall objective is to identify and access statewide resources for potential CO2 storage via mineralization processes, including basalt formations and related stratigraphic units, and mining wastes in the state of 新墨西哥, as well as identify and characterize potential targeted storage sites/complexes to provide 对二氧化碳储存能力的见解. 

“We will try to provoke the interest in CO2 storage in local communities and open the dialog between researchers and identified stakeholders potentially impacted by 这个项目。. 王赛，NMT石油采收率研究工程师 研究 Center (PRRC) and lead principal investigator (PI). 他补充了二氧化碳化学物质 trapping has been attracting more attention from academia and industry recently.

“It is exciting for me personally and for the team to successfully secure this funding 研究这个国家的潜力，”他说. “这一资助机会将有所帮助 NMT researchers to support faculty, staff, and student research. 它不会有 been possible without the firm support from collaborators, entities, and industrial partners such as the 新墨西哥 Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources; NMT’s departments of Earth and Environmental Science, Mineral Engineering, and Chemical Engineering; Los Alamos National Lab; Freeport; and General Electric. 作为项目的PI，我会 like to express sincere gratitude to everyone who supported us on this application.”   

Dr. William Ampomah, assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, 是项目经理吗?. He is spreading the willingness to upscale this research topic 在不久的将来. 

“这个奖项竞争非常激烈，”他说. “正如我们从之前的经验中获得的那样 CCUS (carbon capture use and sequestration) projects, Sai and I are overseeing the 这项技术商业化的前景很光明.” 

Dr. Robert Balch, PRRC director, said this grant is one way to engage more researchers 进入CCUS领域. 

“Sai is one of my outstanding researchers in PRRC and I am very glad to see his rapid 成长为一个年轻的专业人士.”