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KGS ANNUAL SEMINAR FOCUSES ON RESEARCH AND POLICY RELATED TO CARBON STORAGE

The 48th KGS Annual Seminar is scheduled for Friday, May 23 at the Well Sample and Core Library, 2500 Research Park Drive in Lexington.  The topic will be a timely one:  Carbon Storage Research and Policy.  KGS has been working recently on several state-funded research projects on geologic carbon storage as well as several related projects funded by the federal government and regional partnerships.

Speakers at this free seminar will discuss research, policy, legal and regulatory issues. The seminar begins with on-site registration at 8:00 a.m. Lunch will be provided.

To help plan seating and lunch, please pre-register by e-mail to Mike Lynch at mike.lynch@uky.edu or by calling 859 257-5500, ext. 128.

Maps and driving directions to the Well Sample and Core Library can be found here: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/core_library/contactlibrary.htm

Here is the current schedule, subject to change before the May 23 event.

8:00 a.m.	Registration
8:20 a.m.	KGS Director and State Geologist Jim Cobb:  Welcome and introduction
	Len Peters, Secretary, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
8:30	Neeraj Gupta, Battelle Institute   Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership and East Bend, Ky. project update
	Scott Rennie, ConocoPhillips   Ky. Consortium for Carbon Storage
10:00	Break
10:30	KGS update on Kentucky Consortium for Carbon Storge project:
	Dave Harris
	Rick Bowersox
	Steve Greb
	Marty Parris
	Brandon Nuttall
Noon	Lunch provided
Afternoon	Rodney Andrews, UK Center for Applied Energy Research update on carbon capture research.
	Sara Smith, Smith Management    Carbon dioxide legal and regulatory issues.