The path to a successful one-million tonne demonstration of geological sequestration: Characterization, cooperation, and collaboration

R.J. Finley; S.E. Greenberg; S.M. Frailey; I.G. Krapac; H.E. Leetaru; S. Marsteller

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.441

The path to a successful one-million tonne demonstration of geological sequestration: Characterization, cooperation, and collaboration

By: R.J. Finley, S.E. Greenberg, S.M. Frailey, I.G. Krapac, H.E. Leetaru, and S. Marsteller

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.441

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Abstract

The development of the Illinois Basin-Decatur USA test site for a 1 million tonne injection of CO₂ into the Mount Simon Sandstone saline reservoir beginning in 2011 has been a multiphase process requiring a wide array of personnel and resources that began in 2003. The process of regional characterization took two years as part of a Phase I effort focused on the entire Illinois Basin, located in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, USA. Seeking the cooperation of an industrial source of CO₂ and site selection within the Basin took place during Phase II while most of the concurrent research emphasis was on a set of small-scale tests of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and CO₂ injection into a coal seam. Phase III began the commitment to the 1 million-tonne test site development through the collaboration of the Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) who is providing a site, the CO₂, and developing a compression facility, of Schlumberger Carbon Services who is providing expertise for operations, drilling, geophysics, risk assessment, and reservoir modelling, and of the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) whose geologists and engineers lead the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC). Communications and outreach has been a collaborative effort of ADM, ISGS and Schlumberger Carbon Services. The Consortium is one of the seven Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships, a carbon sequestration research program supported by the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Publication type	Conference Paper
Publication Subtype	Conference Paper
Title	The path to a successful one-million tonne demonstration of geological sequestration: Characterization, cooperation, and collaboration
DOI	10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.441
Volume	4
Year Published	2011
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Description	7 p.
Larger Work Title	Energy Procedia
First page	4770
Last page	4776
Conference Title	10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies
Conference Location	Amsterdam
Conference Date	September, 19-23, 2010
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Other Geospatial	Illinois Basin-Decatur
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