Geologic Sequestration Documentary is on the Air!

"Managing Carbon Emissions: The Geologic Solution" is a production of Prairie Public Broadcasting, Fargo, North Dakota, in collaboration with the PCOR Partnership led by the University of North Dakota's Energy & Environmental Research Center. The documentary tells the story of geologic CO₂ sequestration. Natural CO₂ tapped from underground geologic formations has been used for more than 30 years to help recover more oil from reservoirs in West Texas. Anthropogenic or human-derived CO₂ from a coal gasification plant has been doing the same in southern Saskatchewan. Using this same technique called CO₂ enhanced oil recovery, scientists and engineers are developing safe, practical ways of permanently storing CO₂ from fossil fuel-fired power plants in natural sealed containers deep underground. This practice is called geologic sequestration. It is the storage component of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The concepts of CCS and geologic sequestration will be explained to show how these strategies can help manage carbon in our world.

To learn more about the process of geologic sequestration, click here.