Karen Lechtenberg
Project Manager – Geologist, Advanced Resources International

Karen Lechtenberg serves as a Project Manager specializing and geology and operations at Advanced Resources International. With a decade of experience in drilling operations and reservoir characterization, she brings a comprehensive and versatile skill set to the subsurface team.

At Advanced Resources International (ARI), she plays a key role in private and CarbonSAFE Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) initiatives. Specializing in designing data collection methodologies and evaluating stratigraphic science well programs, her expertise extends to the integration of collected data into 3D geocellular models and injection simulations to meet EPA Class VI standards. Beyond CCS, Lechtenberg contributes to diverse projects spanning geothermal energy, hydrogen technology, and oil and gas sectors.

In her previous role as Director of Geoscience of Colorado-based CCS operator Carbon America, notable achievements include her role in Carbon America’s first stratigraphic well, submitting the inaugural Class VI permit in EPA Region 8 and Colorado, and securing a $32.6 Million CarbonSAFE grant in collaboration with Colorado School of Mines and Los Alamos National Lab.

Lechtenberg holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Geology from the University of Kansas. Her academic specialization lies in carbonate sequence stratigraphy, notably highlighted by her research on the Build-and-Fill Geometries of the Lower Ismay (Pennsylvanian) Carbonates in the Paradox Basin, Utah, USA.