Gulf Coast Carbon Center Celebrates 25 Years of Carbon Capture and Storage Research
February 19, 2026
The Bureau’s Gulf Coast Carbon Center (GCCC) recently celebrated 25 years of carbon storage research, which falls under the umbrella of what is referred to in industry as carbon capture and storage (CCS) or carbon capture, utilization, and storage.
The celebration took place at UT Austin’s CCS Conference (UTCCS-8) recently at the Bureau of Economic Geology and the Institute for Geophysics. The hybrid event hosted 70 in-person attendees, with 160 active participants.
Over a two-day period, 61 presentations were given with two sessions running concurrently. UTCCS-8 hosted a plenary session each morning that included a welcome by the Bureau of Economic Geology's Director Lorena Moscardelli, a carbon storage introduction by the GCCC's Principal Investigator Susan Hovorka, and a carbon capture introduction by the Texas Carbon Management Program’s Gary Rochelle. Two speakers from Entropy, a CCS developer, included Corey Wood who presented “Life-Cycle Assessment of Advantage Energy’s Glacier Gas Plant with Entropy’s Phase 2 CCS Development,” and David Hills who presented “The Bow Valley Carbon Hub: Canada's Mega-Sequestration Opportunity on the Bashaw Platform."
The Bureau of Economic Geology's Directorate congratulated Sue Hovorka and the GCCC team for 25 years of carbon storage research and an enormously successful, world-renowned program. Bureau Research Professors Tip Meckel and Katherine Romanak, and Bureau Program Manager Ramon Trevino, who have been with the GCCC collectively for almost 60 years, outlined the GCCC's unique carbon storage history while noting several key projects that Sue Hovorka kicked off at a time when carbon storage was not on anyone's radar. The discussions lead to animated descriptions of successful past projects (e.g., Frio Brine Pilot Project, Cranfield, and numerous others).
Join us in congratulating the Bureau’s GCCC Research Consortium on a fantastic 25 years!
For more information on the GCCC, contact Dolores van der Kolk.
