August 2009
Collaborative Research on Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers in China
Three international institutions, Peking University, China University of Geosciences at Wuhan, and the University of Southern California, have formed a unique collaboration to address fundamental issues associated with large-scale sequestration of CO2 in saline formations in China.
January 13, 2009
The Global Problem of Energy: Precourt Institute Panel
Sally Benson and other distinguished panelists discuss energy issues affecting the world today. Panelists include John Doerr (Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Eric Schmidt (CEO, Google), Jim Sweeney (Director, Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency), Jane Woodward (CEO, MAP and Consulting Professor, Stanford University).
November 16-20, 2008
Benson Lab Presents at GHGT-9 in Washington, DC
The entire Benson lab travelled to Washington, DC to attend the international Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies conference. Jean-Christophe Perrin and Ljuba Miljkovic presented talks on laboratory core-flood experiments and numerical simulations, respectively. Ethan Chabora presented a poster about monitoring pressure transients over CO2 storage reservoirs. Michael Krause presented a poster on the storage characterization of rock cores.
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October 23, 2008
Google Tech Talk - Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration: Hype or Hope?
Sally Benson gives a presentation at the Google campus in Mountain View about carbon capture and sequestration. The talk discussed what we know, and what we don't know and the steps needed to narrow the gap between hype and hope.
October 1-3, 2008
Global Climate and Energy Project Research Symposium 2008
Post-doctoral fellow, Jean-Christophe Perrin presented a poster on experimental core-flooding on reservoir rocks.
Master's student, Ethan Chabora presented his work on monitoring of pressure transients in zones over CO2 storage reservoirs.
Doctoral student, Chia-Wei Kuo presented her recent work in multiphase flow simulations.
Master's student, Michael Krause presented a poster on the storage characterization of rock cores.
May 5-8, 2008
Benson Lab Presents at 7th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Storage
Post-doctoral fellow, Jean-Christophe Perrin, presented the lab's most recent experimental work: exploring the sensitivity of CO2 saturation on injection flow-rate in a Berea core.
Master's student, Ethan Chabora, presented a poster on his work developing analytical methods of monitoring pressure transients overlying CO2 storage reservoirs.
Research associate, Ljuba Miljkovic, presented the Relative Permeability Explorer, encouraging attendees to submit relative permeability data to further develop the collection.
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February 5, 2008
Relative Permeability Explorer Goes Live
The Benson lab is collecting all known relative permeability curves for Brine and CO2 in an online database. This resource is intended to serve the CCS research community in its efforts to better understand the fate of injected CO2.
November 7, 2007
Research Priorities for Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide In Deep Geological Formations
Dr. Benson's testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Innovation Hearing on "Research Priorities for Safe and Efficient Carbon Sequestration Technologies"
November 6, 2007
What are the Administration Priorities for Climate Change Technology?
Oral Testimony of Dr. Sally Benson.