The event will also offer two minicourses on the subject

The Energy and Environment Institute (IEE/USP), in a partnership with the PRH-40 Human Resources Program, the FAPESP Shell Research Centre for Gas Innovation (RCGI), and Bandeirantes High School, will hold the “Workshop on technologies for capturing, storing, and utilizing CO₂ in different formations”, November 16 and 17.

Geologist Cristina Fernanda Alves Rodrigues will be taking part in the event. She is a professor at Fernando Pessoa University, in Portugal, and graduated from the University of Porto. As a researcher, she specialized in structural cartography and earned her PhD dealing with aspects related to methane in layers of coal. She has accumulated an immense scientific production: 11 articles published in trade magazines, 39 presentations in events, seven chapters in books, and three published books, as well as other works in which she is a co-author. Ms. Rodrigues has also registered two new processes/techniques.

On the 16^th, the workshop will have lectures on the following subjects: projects of RCGI’s CO₂ Abatement Programme; CO₂ storage in non-conventional tanks in Brazil; economic and political issues regarding the storage of CO₂; computational nanotechnology applied to the petroleum and natural gas industry; and the injection of CO₂ to produce methane in coal layers. On the 17^th, two minicourses will be held: technologies for capturing and storing CO₂ (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) and organic petrology and geochemistry and their applications for CCS (2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.). 

Information: The “Workshop on technologies for capturing, storing, and utilizing CO₂ in different formations” takes place on November 16 and 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the IEE/USP auditorium (Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 1.289 – Cidade Universitária, São Paulo). Registration is free and must be made by e-mail to comunicacao@iee.usp.br, giving name, position, and institution. (A coffee break will be provided, as well as certificates of participation).