Exotic Carbonate Mineralization Recovered from a Deep Basalt Carbon Storage Demonstration

Polites, Ellen G.; Schaef, Herbert T.; Horner, Jacob A.; Owen, Antoinette T.; Holliman, Jade E.; McGrail, Bernard P.; Miller, Quin R. S.

doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c03269

Exotic Carbonate Mineralization Recovered from a Deep Basalt Carbon Storage Demonstration

Journal Article · Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Environmental Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03269· OSTI ID:1895590

^[1]; ^[2]; Horner, Jacob A. ^[2]; Owen, Antoinette T. ^[2]; Holliman, Jade E. ^[2]; McGrail, Bernard P. ^[2]; ^[2]

Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Mitigating climate change require transformational advances for carbon dioxide removal, including geologic carbon sequestration in reactive subsurface environments. The Wallula Basalt Carbon Storage Pilot Project demonstrated that CO₂ injected into >800 m deep Columbia River Basalt Group flow top reservoirs mineralizes on month-year timescales. Herein, we present new optical petrography, micro-computed X-ray tomography, and electron microscopy results sidewall cores collected two years after CO₂ injection. As no other anthropogenic carbonates from geologic carbon storage field studies have been recovered, this world-unique sample suite provides unparalleled insight for subsurface carbon mineralization products and paragenesis. Chemically-zoned nodules with Ca/Mn-rich cores and Fe-dominant outer rims are prominent examples of the neoformed carbonate assemblages with ankerite-siderite compositions and exotic divalent cation correlations. Further, paragenetic insights for the timing of aragonite, silica, and fibrous zeolites are clarified based on mineral texture and spatial relationships, along with time-resolved downhole fluid sampling. Collectively, these results clarify the mineralogy, chemistry, and paragenesis of carbon mineralization, providing insight into the ultimate fate and transport of CO₂ in reactive mafic-ultramafic reservoirs

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1895590

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-172801

Journal Information:: Environmental Science and Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 56; ISSN 0013-936X

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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