CarbonSAFE Illinois - Macon County

Conference · Thu Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1377042

Whittaker, Steve ^[1]

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1. University of Illinois; Illinois State Geological Survey

CarbonSAFE Illinois is a a Feasibility study to develop an established geologic storage complex in Macon County, Illinois, for commercial-scale storage of industrially sourced CO2. Feasibility activities are focused on the Mt. Simon Storage Complex; a step-out well will be drilled near existing storage sites (i.e., the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium’s Illinois Basin – Decatur Project and the Illinois Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Project) to further establish commercial viability of this complex and to evaluate EOR potential in a co-located oil-field trend. The Archer Daniels Midland facility (ethanol plant), City Water, Light, and Power in Springfield, Illinois (coal-fired power station), and other regional industries are potential sources of anthropogenic CO2 for storage at this complex. Site feasibility will be evaluated through drilling results, static and dynamic modeling, and quantitative risk assessment. Both studies will entail stakeholder engagement, consideration of infrastructure requirements, existing policy, and business models. Project data will help calibrate the National Risk Assessment Partnership (NRAP) Toolkit to better understand the risks of commercial-scale carbon storage.

• Research Organization: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Clean Coal and Carbon Management
• DOE Contract Number: FE0029381
• OSTI ID: 1377042
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting Pittsburgh, PA Aug 1-3, 2017
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English