Wyoming: A Hub of
CCUS Activity
Prepared for
Clean Coal International Symposium
Holly Krutka, PhD
Executive Director
University of Wyoming
School of Energy Resources
September 5, 2023

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SER’s Mission:
Energy-driven
economicdevelopment for
Wyoming2

Wyoming Target and Strategy“Today, I challenge you to join me in making Wyoming net
negative in CO2 emissions,” he said. “Fossil energy makes thatpossible. We have to take the lead and not look back…”
Governor Mark Gordon
2021 State of the State

Wyoming

July 2023 - “…launched Decarbonizing the West, an initiativeexamining how decarbonization strategies and technologies,
including carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)
technologies, direct air capture (DAC), and naturalsequestration can position western states at the forefront ofinnovation and reduce the effects of carbon emissions on theenvironment.”
Western Governos Association Incoming Chair – Mark Gordon

Wyoming GovernorMark Gordon

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Wyoming Energy Community Perceptions(I-West)4

SER Research Structure
Center ofEconomic Geology
ResearchCenter of Carbon
Capture andConversion

3D Visualization
CenterCenter for Energy
Regulation andPolicy Analysis

Hydrogen EnergyResearch Center

Faculty-led
Centers of ExcellenceCenter for Air Quality
Center for ProducedWater Management
Center for Biogenic
Natural Gas Research

Staff-led Centers of ExcellenceCenter for Wind Energy Research
Nuclear Energy Research Center
Partner Organization
Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute5

Select ResearchTopics
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Carbon engineering (coal to products)
Carbon capture, use and storage
Oil and gas production
Visualization
Methane detection
Rare earth elements and critical minerals
Coal markets and sales
Combustion
Energy policy and economics
Hydrogen
Nuclear
Produced water management
Applied geologic research
CO2 in concrete6

Wyoming is ready tosupport deployment
 Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative (WCPI) CCUS friendly regulatory framework
 Primacy for CO2 injection
 Potential CO2 targets identified in every
Wyoming geologic basin
 Storage capacity for over 26 billion tons of CO2storage Wyoming Integrated Test Center National and international reputations in CCUS

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Wyoming CarbonSAFE Projects
Wyoming CarbonSAFE Phase III
Focused on investigating the feasibilityof practical, secure, permanent,
geologic storage of carbon dioxide(CO2) emissions from coal-based
electricity generation facilities near Dry
Fork Station Gillette, Wyoming….

The goal of the $50 million SCS Hub with partner Frontier Carbon Solutions isto provide carbon management opportunities to SW Wyoming, developing
storage resources for trona, natural gas processing, direct air capture…

Preparing CarbonSAFE
Phase 4 Application

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Wyoming CarbonSAFE ProjectCarbonSAFE firsts in Wyoming…
• Wells drilled and completed for Class VI activities• Baseline monitoring network• Soil• Groundwater• Passive seismic• NEPA assessment(s)• CCUS-focused outreach and education• Business and economic models• Publically available project data**https://www.uwyo.edu/cegr/research-projects/carbonsafe-p2-dryfork.html
9HERO Basalt CarbonSAFE (Hermiston Oregon Carbon Storage
Assurance Facility Enterprise) ; CarbonSAFE Phase II
Project Summary: HERO Basalt CarbonSAFE will
accelerate scale-up and deployment of commercial
CO2 capture and storage projects in basaltic
rocks—the largest potential CO2 storage resource in
the Pacific Northwest.
Currently in award negotiations

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HERO Basalt CarbonSAFE (Hermiston Oregon Carbon
Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise)
Benefit to Wyoming• First evaluation of developing carbon
storage solutions for Scope 3 emissions,in this case Wyoming natural gas into its
largest market• There are limited studies on basalt
injection and mineralization; this projectwill provide invaluable
science/operational experience for staff

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BEPC’s Dry Fork Plant: CCS Innovation HubDry Fork Station
 Built in 2007
 385 MW 3.3 million tons of CO2/year Zero H2O discharge Newest, cleanest, PC plant

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Status Update
Carbon Capture: Membrane Technology Research FEED And Large-Scale Capture Pilot

July 24, 2023

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Tools for public engagement

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Tools for engagement

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Other engagement highlights

EPA Administrator Regan visits SER and Dry Fork Station
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Wyoming: A Hub of
CCUS Activity
Prepared for
Clean Coal International Symposium
Holly Krutka, PhD
Executive Director
University of Wyoming
School of Energy Resources
September 5, 2023

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