Comparison of Caprock Mineral Characteristics at Field Demonstration Sites for Saline Aquifer Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
- Carnegie Mellon University
In 2003 the U.S Department of Energy initiated regional partnership programs to address the concern for rising atmospheric CO2. These partnerships were formed to explore regional and economical means for geologically sequestering CO2 across the United States and to set the stage for future commercial applications. Several options exist for geological sequestration and among these sequestering CO2 into deep saline aquifers is one of the most promising. This is due, in part, to the possibility of stabilized permanent storage through mineral precipitation from chemical interactions of the injected carbon dioxide with the brine and reservoir rock. There are nine field demonstration sites for saline sequestration among the regional partnerships in Phase II development to validate the overall commercial feasibility for CO2 geological sequestration. Of the nine sites considered for Phase II saline sequestration demonstration, seven are profiled in this study for their caprock lithologic and mineral characteristics.
- Research Organization:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE - Office of Fossil Energy (FE); Korea Research Foundation
- DOE Contract Number:
- Not cited
- OSTI ID:
- 936336
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NETL-IR-2008-249; NETL-TPR-2144
- Journal Information:
- Preprints of Papers - American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Vol. 53, Issue 2; Conference: 236th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008; ISSN 0569-3772
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Washington, DC
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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