LSU CO2 Technology Symposium

 

Lod Cook Hotel & Conference Center
Baton Rouge, LA

September 3–5, 2025

Hosted by LSU’s Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, this Gulf Coast summit convenes a majority of active Class VI well applicants in Louisiana alongside leading CCUS stakeholders. Over 2.5 days, you’ll:

  • Share Class V well performance and lessons learned from early injection projects
  • Explore Class VI project planning, permitting strategies, and pilot-to-commercial scale-up
  • Examine CO₂ pipeline design & transport logistics, including compression and monitoring
  • Tackle regulatory and legal hurdles—from Class VI permitting to long-term stewardship requirements
  • Showcase real-world CCUS successes, confront ongoing technical challenges, and forge the partnerships essential to scaling carbon capture, utilization, and storage across the Gulf Coast

Event Agenda

Noon–
12:30 p.m.		 Registration and Welcome Reception
12:30 p.m.—
12:45 p.m.		 Welcome to LSU
Matt Lee/Robert Twilley/Vicki Colvin, LSU
12:45–
1:15 p.m.		 Louisiana’s Leadership in CO2 Technology, CCUS/EOR Landscape in Louisiana 
David Schechter, Chair, Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, LSU
1:15–
1:45 p.m.		 Global Perspective of CCS, Why Now?
Traci Rodosta, Global CCS Institute
1:45–
2:15 p.m.		 Comprehensive Design: The GCS Louisiana Sequestration Hub
David Cook, Gulf Coast Sequestration
2:15–
2:45 p.m.		 From Class V to Class VI: What a Test Well Can Tell You
Jalal Jalali/Timothy Watson, Blue Sky Infrastructure
2:45–
3 p.m.		 Break
3–
3:30 p.m.		 Overcoming Design Issues for Class VI Injection Wells in Louisiana 
Ryan Choquette, Live Oak CCS Hub LLC
3:30–
4 p.m.		 Extended/Expanded 45Q: CO2 Sequestration—CO2 EOR Similarities and Differences
Bob Gales, Halliburton Low Carbon Solutions
4–
4:30 p.m.		 Novel Distributed Fiber-Optic CO2 Sensor for Monitoring CCS Sites
Jyotsna Sharma, Louisiana State University/ARPA-E
4:30–
5 p.m.		 PERTT Lab's CO2 Well Update
Karsten Thompson, LSU
5–
6 p.m.

Tour of LSU's Well Facility PERTT Lab

2829 Gourrier Ave.
BR, LA 70820
6:30 p.m.

Dinner—The Estuary at the Water Campus

1110 River Rd. 
BR, LA 70802

 

 

8–
8:30 a.m.		 Characterization of the Miocene to Paleocene Section for CO2 Storage in Texas
Carlos Uroza, University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
8:30–
9 a.m.		 Subsurface Evaluation for CO2 Sequestration in Southern Louisiana 
Robert Bravman, 1PointFive
9–
9:30 a.m.		 Pressure Transient Behavior and Estimation of CO2 Dissolution Trapping during CO2 Storage
Mehdi Zeidouni, Louisiana State University
9:30–
10 a.m.		 CCS in Louisiana State Waters 
Jared Walker/Bryan Saunders, Carbonvert/Castex Energy
10–
10:30 a.m.		 Break
10:30–
11 a.m.		 Preparing for Offshore CO2 Well Workovers
Jens Hedegaard, Noble Corporation
11–
11:30 a.m.		 Development of a Project-Specific Monitoring Plan 
Nathan Robinson, Sempra International
11:30 a.m.–
Noon		 CO2 Pipeline Construction, Operations, and Safety—API Recommended Practice 1192
Mark Piazza, API
Noon–
1 p.m.		 Lunch at Lod Cook Conference Center
1–
1:30 p.m.		 Regulatory Program for Certificates of Public Convenience
Steven Giambrone, LA-DENR
1:30–
2 p.m.		 Small Scale Near Site CCS as a Catalyst for Scaling up Carbon Capture Projects
Zach Liu, Harvestone Low Carbon Partners
2–
2:30 p.m.		 Next-Generation Technologies to Reduce CCS Monitoring Costs
Kris Walker, Chevron
2:30–
3 p.m.		 Break
3–
3:30 p.m.		 The Unique Louisiana Green Fuels CCS Project in Northeast Louisiana
Bob Meredith, Steve Walkinshaw, Strategic Biofuels
3:30–
4 p.m.		 Louisiana’s Winning Position with Pipeline Infrastructure
Justin Carr, ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions
4–
4:30 p.m.		 Embracing Opportunity: The Evolution of CCUS
Julian Fisher/Josh Talbert, Aethon Energy Operating, LLC
4:30–
5 p.m.		 Surface Facilities for CCS/EOR
Kenneth Bogle, Pelican Energy Consultants
6:30 p.m.

Dinner—The Faculty Club at LSU

3863 Highland Rd.
BR, LA 70803

 

9–
9:30 a.m.		 Decarbonizing Louisiana’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities
Greg Upton, LSU Center for Energy Studies
9:30–
10 a.m.		 Legislative and Legal Update For CCS in Louisiana
Colleen Jarrott, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
10–
10:30 a.m.		 LA CCS Permitting Update
Dustin Davidson, LA-DENR
10:30–
11 a.m.		 The Role of AI in Streamlining the Permitting Process
Jon Brewton, Data Squared
11 a.m.–
Noon		 Panel discussion of NSF FUEL Engine Program: Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage: Next-Generation Technologies and Pathways
Awes Kan, Baker Hughes
Anurag Mandalika/Xun Tang/Ashwith Chilvery, LSU
Noon–
1 p.m.		 Lunch at Lod Cook Conference Center
1–
4 p.m.

Tour of Lockhart Crossing CO2 Recycle Facility

33733 Duff Rd.
Walker, LA 70785

 

 

 

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Sponsorships and Donations

 

Featured Participants

  • 1PointFive
  • Aethon Energy Operating, LLC
  • Blue Sky Infrastructure
  • Carbonvert
  • Castex Energy
  • ESG Solutions
  • ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions Onshore, LLC
  • Gulf Coast Sequestration
  • Halliburton
  • Live Oak, LLC
  • Louisiana Office of Conservation
  • Louisiana Oil and Gas Association
  • Pelican Energy Consultants
  • Sempra Low Carbon Solutions
  • Strategic Biofuels
  • Storegga

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