Ground Zero For C02's First "Big Sink" Located In Obama's Homeland
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“This is the first one that has started drilling in the country. We’re ready to get up and running,” Robert Finley, principal geologist and director of the Illinois State Geological Survey, said on Friday. The department, ADM and the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium just announced plans for a formal groundbreaking on April 6, though Finley said much of the environmental testing already has been done. Drilling is underway. The project is designed to confirm the ability of the Mt. Simon Sandstone, a major regional deep saline reservoir in Illinois, to accept and ...
Energy Biosciences Institute Adds Microbially Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery Project
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A combined effort of all three academic partners in the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) will seek to increase the amount of oil that can be extracted from existing wells by using microbes within their geological habitat to help recover residual oil and enhance production. They will also research methods of ...
