The Carbon Sequestration Initiative (CSI) is an industrial consortium formed to investigate carbon capture and storage technologies. The consortium began in July 2000. Currently there are seventeen sponsors: Alstom Power, American Electric Power, American Petroleum Institute, Babcock & Wilcox, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Entergy, EPRI, ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil, Peabody Energy, Sasol, Schlumberger, Shell, Siemens Power Generation, Southern Company and Vattenfall.

The Consortium objectives include:

• Provide an objective source of assessment and information about carbon sequestration.
• Establish a members' information network to provide timely updates on relevant activities and new findings.
• Explore the societal and technical aspects of carbon sequestration.
• Educate a wider audience on the possibilities of carbon sequestration.
• Link industry to expanding government activities on these topics.
• Stimulate and seed new research ideas.
• Create an annual forum for strategic thinking and identification of new business opportunities.