Programmatic Goals of The Carbon Utilization and Storage Project For the Western USA (CUSP)
- Accelerate onshore CCUS technology deployment in the Western Region of the United States.
- Coordinate capabilities and experience within (and outside of) CUSP region to accelerate CCUS deployment in four key activities
- Addressing key technical challenges
- Facilitating data collection, sharing and analysis
- Evaluating regional infrastructure
- Promoting regional technology transfer


Technical Objectives
- Improve the understanding of the impacts of CO2 injection/storage
- Ensure safe, secure, efficient and affordable CO2 injection/containment
- Support development and validation of NRAP tools
- Participate in the development of Machine Learning-based tools/methods