WY-CUSP Phase I

CMI currently leads Phase I of the Wyoming Carbon Underground Stor­age Project (WY-CUSP), a pioneering three-year research project designed to characterize two potential carbon stor­age reservoirs on the Rock Springs Uplift in southwestern Wyoming. Scientists from UW, the Wyoming State Geological Survey, and Los Alamos National Labo­ratory, along with industry partners Baker Hughes, Geokinetics, Emtek, and ExxonMobil, are collaborat­ing on the project.

WY-CUSP Phase I will produce a detailed site characterization of two deep saline aquifers in the Rock Springs Uplift for potential pilot- and commercial-scale carbon dioxide storage. A comprehensive description of these aquifers will provide baseline assessments that could directly support future industrial carbon capture and storage injection operations in the region. WY-CUSP Phase I research is vital to reducing uncertainty and determining the feasibility of CCS in Wyoming.