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
Tentative Agenda
| Noon–1 p.m. | Registration and Welcome Reception |
| 1–1:30 p.m. | Welcome to LSU: "Louisiana’s Leadership in CO2 Technology, CCUS/EOR Landscape in Louisiana" Chair: David Schechter, Louisiana State University |
| 1:30–2 p.m. | Keynote Speaker TBA |
| 2–2:30 p.m. | "Comprehensive Design: The GCS Louisiana Sequestration Hub" David Cook, Gulf Coast Sequestration |
| 2:30–3 p.m. | Break |
| 3–3:30 p.m. | "From Class V to Class VI: What a Test Well Can Tell You" Jalal Jalali, Blue Sky Infrastructure |
| 3:30–4 p.m. | "Overcoming Design Issues for Class VI Injection Wells in Louisiana" Ryan Choquette, Live Oak CCS Hub LLC |
| 4–4:30 p.m. | "PERTT Lab's CO2 Well Update" Karsten Thompson, Louisiana State University |
| 4:30–5 p.m. | "Novel Distributed Fiber-Optic CO2 Sensor for Monitoring CCS Sites" Jyotsna Sharma, Louisiana State University/ARPA-E |
| 5–6 p.m. | Tour of LSU's Well Facility PERTT Lab |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner |
| 8–8:30 a.m. | "Characterization of Regional Miocene-Frio-Wilcox 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. | “Offshore CCS in Louisiana” Jared Walker/Bryan Saunders, Carbonvert/Castex Energy |
| 10–10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30–11 a.m. | "Surface Facilities for CCS" Kenneth Bogle, Pelican Energy Consultants |
| 11–11:30 a.m. | “Hackberry CO2 Sequestration Project” Nathan Robinson, Sempra International |
| 11:30 a.m.–Noon | “CO2 Pipeline Construction, Operations and Safety” Mark Piazza/Gifford Briggs, API/Gulf Coast Region |
| 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. | TBA Halliburton |
| 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. | Pipeline Build Out Plans for Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Justin Carr, ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions |
| 4–4:30 p.m. | LA Wilcox Project Aethon Energy Operating, LLC |
| 4:30–5 p.m. | Potential for CO2 EOR/CCS in Louisiana Inland Waters TBA |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner |
| 9–9:30 a.m. | Legislative and Legal Update For CCS in Louisiana Colleen Jarrot, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP |
| 9:30–10 a.m. | Decarbonizing Louisiana’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities Greg Upton, LSU Center for Energy Studies |
| 10–10:30 a.m. | LA CCS Permitting Update Laura Sorey, Louisiana DENR |
| 10:30–11 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Future Challenges in CCS/EOR in LA and the Gulf Coast |
| 11:30–Noon | Closing Remarks |
| Noon–1 p.m. | Lunch at Lod Cook Conference Center |
| 1–4 p.m. | Tour of Lockhart Crossing CO2 Recycle Facility |
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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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