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The Southwest Regional Partnership (SWP), was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) as one of seven regional partnerships charged with evaluating available technologies to capture and to reduce the emissions intensity of greenhouse gases in the southwest region through a process known as carbon sequestration.
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Carbon Sequestration is a process of storing carbon in underground geological formations, through mineralization, or in soil and vegetation. |
The Southwest Regional Partnership is composed of a diverse group of experts in geology, engineering, economics, public policy, and outreach.
Member states include Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, Nevada, Texas, and Wyoming.
Individual partners represent state and federal agencies, universities, electric utilities, non-governmental organizations, coal, oil and gas companies, and the Navajo Nation.
The partnership is led by Professor Brian McPherson of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. An administrative committee with members drawn from other universities, agencies, and industry assists Professor McPherson.
The SWP benefits from the built infrastructure and natural geologic formations that exist throughout the region. Our unique mix of pipelines and geology makes the southwestern United States an ideal location for carbon sequestration.
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