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In celebration of a new, one-of-its-kind carbon dioxide (CO2) research well that will be drilled at the LSU Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Transfer (PERTT) Laboratory, ExxonMobil last week hosted a panel comprised of academic, policy and regulatory experts who provided valuable insight on how carbon capture, utilization and storage investments are creating educational and economic opportunities for Louisiana residents.  The CO2 research well — a collaboration between Louisiana State University, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, the U.S. Economic Development Administration and Louisiana Economic Development — will enable students, researchers, regulators, and industry to study CO2 in all three of its phases under realistic field conditions.  The new well will not be operational and will not inject any CO2 into the subsurface. The well will be solely used for research purposes, and LSU expects it to have significant research value. Research will include testing and developing safety and monitoring technologies, understanding CO2 flow behavior in various downhole conditions, and validating the predictions of computer models or bench-scale experiments at the field scale.  Watch the video below to see a recap of the celebration: 

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