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Article: REGIONAL PARTNER LAUNCHES DRILLING TEST IN DOE'S CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROGRAM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 30, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following press release:
As an integral part of the U.S. Department of Energy's effort to develop carbon sequestration technologies to capture and permanently store greenhouse gases, the Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership has begun drilling operations to determine the suitability of a North Dakota lignite coal seam to simultaneously sequester the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and produce valuable coalbed methane. The PCOR Partnership-one of seven partnerships in the Department of Energy's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program, which is managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory-plans ...