Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources--Hanna, Laramie, and Shirley Basins, Wyoming

Merrill, Matthew D.; Covault, Jacob A.; Craddock, William H.; Slucher, Ernie R.; Warwick, Peter D.; Blondes, Madalyn S.; Gosai, Mayur A.; Freeman, Philip A.; Cahan, Steven M.; Lohr, Celeste D.

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The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (Public Law 110-140) directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a national assessment of potential geologic storage resources for carbon dioxide (CO²). The methodology used for the national CO² assessment is non-economic and intended to be used at regional to subbasinal scales. This report identifies and contains geologic descriptions of twelve storage assessment units (SAUs) in six separate packages of sedimentary rock within the Hanna, Laramie, and Shirley Basins of Wyoming. It focuses on the particular characteristics, specified in the methodology, that influence the potential CO² storage resource in those SAUs. Specific descriptions of SAU boundaries as well as their sealing and reservoir units are included. Properties for each SAU, such as depth to top, gross thickness, net porous thickness, porosity, permeability, groundwater quality, and structural reservoir traps are provided to illustrate geologic factors critical to the assessment. Although assessment results are not contained in this report, the geologic information included herein will be employed, as specified in the methodology, to calculate a statistical Monte Carlo-based distribution of potential storage space in the various SAUs. Figures in this report show SAU boundaries and cell maps of well penetrations through the sealing unit into the top of the storage formation. Cell maps show the number of penetrating wells within one square mile and are derived from interpretations of incompletely attributed well data in a digital compilation that is known not to include all drilling. The USGS does not expect to know the location of all wells and cannot guarantee the amount of drilling through specific formations in any given cell shown on cell maps.

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USGS Numbered Series

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70040597

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Merrill, Matthew D.; Covault, Jacob A.; Craddock, William H.; Slucher, Ernie R.; Warwick, Peter D.; Blondes, Madalyn S.; Gosai, Mayur A.; Freeman, Philip A.; Cahan, Steven M.; Lohr, Celeste D.

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Energy Resources Program

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English

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Geologic Framework for the National Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources

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45.0059

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40.9947

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-104.0522

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-111.0569

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v, 24 p.; col. ill.; maps (col.); Downloads of Compressed Files

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Chapter C of Geologic Framework for the National Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Open-File Report

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OFR

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2012-1024-C

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Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources--Hanna, Laramie, and Shirley Basins, Wyoming; 2012; OFR; 2012-1024-C; Federal Government Series; Geologic Framework for the National Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources; Merrill, Matthew D.; Covault, Jacob A.; Craddock, William H.; Slucher, Ernie R.; Warwick, Peter D.; Blondes, Madalyn S.; Gosai, Mayur A.; Freeman, Philip A.; Cahan, Steven M.; Lohr, Celeste D.