Geologic Characterization for CO₂ Storage with Enhanced Oil Recovery in Northern Michigan

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1773347· OSTI ID:1773347

Gupta, Neeraj ^[1]; Haagsma, Autumn ^[2]; Conner, Amber ^[2]; Cotter, Zachary ^[2]; Grove, Benjamin ^[2]; Main, Joel ^[2]; Scharenberg, Mackenzie ^[2]; Larsen, Glenn ^[2]; Raziperchikolaee, Samin ^[2]; Goodman, Wayne ^[2]; Sullivan, Charlotte ^[2]

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1. Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States); Battelle Memorial Institute
2. Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)

The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) was founded in 2003 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership initiative. Since its founding, MRCSP has made significant strides toward making CCUS a viable option for states in the region. The public/private consortium, funded through the DOE Regional Carbon Sequestration Initiative, brings together nearly 40 industry partners and 10 states. Battelle, as the project lead, oversees research, development and operations and coordinates activities among the partners. The incremental, phased approach has built a valuable knowledge base for the industry and paved the way for commercial-scale adoption of CCUS technologies. From 2008 to 2020, MRCSP Phase III focused on the development of large-scale injection projects. This report is part of a series of reports prepared under the Midwestern Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) Phase III (Development Phase). These reports summarize and detail the findings of the work conducted under the Phase III project. This report compiles the results of geologic characterization of late-stage reefs, active EOR reefs, and new EOR reefs in the Northern Niagaran Pinnacle Reef Trend (NNPRT) in Michigan to demonstrate developed methodologies, geologic variability, and reservoir potential for CO₂ storage. Conducting CO₂ injection and monitoring in these settings provide significant insights for addressing the project objectives: assessment of injectivity in complex carbonate reef deposits; assessing CO₂ trapping mechanisms in a closed reservoir system; assessing any final oil recovery from transitional or residual oil zones in a field where CO₂ flooding is nearing completion; evaluating the transition from EOR to storage of CO₂; assessing regional commercialization; assessing new technologies for tracking CO₂, brine, and oil movements underground; and monitoring options in a closed reservoir with oil, residual oil, and water zones.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL); Core Energy LLC; Ohio Development Services Agency
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-05NT42589
• OSTI ID: 1773347
• Report Number(s): DOE-BATTELLE--42589-Geologic
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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