Carbon Sequestration Research in the Office of Science and Technology at the National Energy Technology Laboratory

Introduction The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is the nation’s newest National Laboratory. It has campuses in Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV. It is the premier DOE laboratory for fossil fuel research and has a history of more than 75-years of providing sciencebased, technological solutions to issues associated with the environmental, supply, and reliability constraints of producing and using fossil resources. Since 1993, researchers in the NETL’s Office of Science and Technology (OST) have been performing carbon sequestration research. The OST research program has expanded in recent years as concerns about the impact of rising atmospheric CO2 levels on climate and global ecosystems intensify. A Carbon Sequestration Science Focus Area has been established within OST to foster the development of the growing research program.