NRAP Toolkit Screening for CarbonSAFE Illinois - Macon County

Technical Report · Mon Mar 30 04:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1797952· OSTI ID:1797952

Huerta, Nicolas ^[1]; Bacon, Diana ^[2]; Carman, Carl ^[3]; Brown, Christopher ^[2]; Whittaker, Steve ^[4]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); University of Illinois; Illinois State Geological Survey
2. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
3. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
4. Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL (United States)

In this report we take stratigraphic data from the ISGS-led Macon County Phase 2 CarbonSAFE’s proposed site in Christian County, Illinois, and conduct reservoir simulations to generate pressure and CO₂ saturation plume data as a function of time. We then use this plume data along with the stratigraphic data as inputs to the NRAP Open-source Integrated Assessment Model (NRAP-Open-IAM) to evaluate project risks. For this report we focus on the probabilistic risk associated with hypothetical leakage of CO₂ and brine along the injection well and one monitoring well. We also study the resulting impact to two overlying aquifers, which could be used to inform monitoring technology selection.

• Research Organization: Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0029381
• OSTI ID: 1797952
• Report Number(s): DOE- FE0029381-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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