ABSTRACT

Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration (CCS) has become an important part of the portfolio of technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This talk provides an overview of CCS, including the global potential to reduce emissions through CCS, capture options and costs, what is known about the safety of geological sequestration, potential environmental impacts and approaches. risk management. Although much of the science and technology of CCS can be borrowed from existing industries, there remain outstanding questions that would need to be resolved to support the large-scale implementation that will be necessary. This talk will discuss what we know and what we don't know, and the steps needed to narrow the gap between hype and hope.

Speaker: Professor Sally M. Benson
Sally M. Benson was named Executive Director of GCEP in March 2007. An internationally recognized scientist with extensive management experience, Benson is responsible for guiding the development of GCEP's diverse research portfolio. A professor (research) in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering in the School of Earth Sciences, Benson has been a Stanford faculty member since 2007.

Before joining GCEP, Benson was a scientist in the Earth Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). In 2004, she completed a four-year term as deputy director of laboratory operations. Benson also served as Division Director of Earth Sciences and Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences at LBNL.

A groundwater hydrologist and reservoir engineer, Benson has conducted research to address a range of energy and environmental issues. His research interests include geological storage of CO2 in deep underground formations, energy technologies and systems for a low-carbon future, influence of climate change on critical habitats, selenium biogeochemistry and instrumentation geotechnical engineering for the characterization and monitoring of the subsoil.

Benson graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in geology. She completed her graduate studies in 1988 at the University of California, Berkeley, having earned master's and doctoral degrees in materials science and mineral engineering.

The author or co-author of more than 160 scientific publications, Benson is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Chemical Society.

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