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State agencies outline plan to test geologic carbon sequestration on state lands
Summary
DOGAMI and the Department of State Lands described a proposed subsurface test well on state-owned parcels in the Columbia River Basalt, and a governor’s budget request of up to $10 million from a land-revolving account to support initial work; agencies said the research would inform regulatory design and potential private investment.
The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) and the Department of State Lands briefed the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment on April 23 about a proposed geologic carbon sequestration test well program on state lands in northeast Oregon.
DOGAMI director Rory de Stierrot described the technical opportunity in the Columbia River Basalt and said peer projects (notably Carbfix in Iceland) have shown basalt mineralization can fix carbon in solid minerals on relatively short time scales. "Everything that I'm gonna present today has been either featured on 60 Minutes, is in National Geographic, or is buried in a much more scientific press," de Stierrot said, introducing the science and mapping work the agency has done.
State Lands funding request and objectives - Vicki Walker, director of the Department of State Lands, said the Governor and State…
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