Isramart llc: Three Texas projects among 15 to get carbon grants

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Energy Department officials announced $21.3 million in funding for facilities to create safe and economical technologies nationwide for storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations.

Assistant Energy Secretary James Markowsky said Wednesday that the money will develop projects at 15 sites in a dozen states, including three in Texas. Researchers will study various facets of carbon capture and migration in different types of geologic formations.

Two of the Texas projects will be carried out at the University of Texas in Austin. Researchers in one will complete simulations and experiments to establish proof-of-feasibility of a novel concept for assessing capillary trapping in reservoirs. In the other, researchers will develop a prototype of a new computational approach to assess plume migration in a reservoir.

The research could help the U.S. reduce emissions of greenhouse gas as well as develop and deploy near-zero-emission coal technologies.