New Mexico Plans for Carbon Capture and Storage Project

A view of a lignite-fired power plant against the background of an opencast coal mine. Carbon Sequestration Monitoring can be used at coal plants, like this one. Photo credit: Shutterstock Contributor PrzemoN

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a major carbon capture and storage project (CCS) in Lea County, New Mexico. This project is thought to be the largest of its kind in the Permian Basin. Carbon dioxide (CO2) will be sequestered from Lucid Energy Group’s Red Hills gas processing complex (see Major CCS project given the green light in New Mexico). CCS projects have the potential to cause induced seismic events and highlight the need for accurate seismic monitoring.

ISTI offers experience in the CCS monitoring field, having monitored an important CCS project for the USGS (Carbon Capture Sequestration Monitoring ).