Carbon dioxide storage in unconventional reservoirs workshop: summary of recommendations

Jones, Kathleen W.; Blondes, Madalyn S.

doi:10.3133/ofr20151079

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“…The base-case model is designed to be a real-world example with industrial dimensions of a so-called unconventional reservoir [11]. The injection rates are in the range of 9-19 kg CO 2 /s.…”

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Can CO₂ sequestration in basalt efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emission?

Schwartz

2020

Environmental Technology

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The research on the Columbia River Basalt is a unique combination of projects that minimise CO 2 emissions to the atmosphere. Both are underground waste disposal projects: CO 2 waste versus nuclear waste. The recent Wallula CO 2 project and the previous nuclear-waste project in the Columbia River Basalt (CRB), USA, provide the database for a high-capacity CO 2 sequestration model. Due to geomechanical constraints, the injection rate of CO 2 sequestration must be limited in order not to jeopardise the integrity of the reservoir and cap rock. The interbed in the continental flood basalt tested in the Wallula project only allows injection at a rate in the range of 9-19 kg CO 2 /s, depending on permeability (4 × 10 −14-10 −13 m 2) and porosity (0.1-0.15). At the end of a 50-year injection period, the fraction of CO 2 converted to carbonate minerals is 37.1-67.1%. Underground space for waste disposal is a rare asset. The Columbia River Basalt occupies an area of 200,000 km 2. Fifty years of CO 2 sequestration from a single well would require about the same fraction of the area as that of a nuclear waste repository (0.025%). The repository design is for a capacity of 70,000 MTHM (metric tons heavy metal). If all the waste is spent nuclear fuel, it originates from 1.2 × 10 4-8.4 × 10 4 TWh electric power production, depending on reactor type. The CO 2 injection well operating at maximum capacity (19 kg CO 2 /s) represents 50 TWh generated in a gas power station minus the energy consumed for CO 2 separation, i.e. less than 0.4% of the nuclear option.

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Can CO₂ sequestration in basalt efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emission?

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2020

Environmental Technology

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“…More so, consensus on CO 2 storage in unconventional reservoirs has been reported following a workshop on the subject. 1 The conclusion reached showed that shale reservoirs possess the capacity for CO 2 storage. However, pertinent questions about the security of storage must be answered to establish its viability.…”

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“…The world is at a crossroads where decisions on energy sustainability and ways to reduce the impact of carbon emissions are at the forefront of discussions. 1 Global climate concerns have drawn the attention of nations and companies to the impending consequences of an increase in the global average temperature. Thus, pledges have been made to develop technologies that help minimize the impact of emitted gases and reduce carbon footprint.…”

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“…However, shales with above 3% TOC can be considered for CO 2 storage, although in the assessment of global CO 2 storage potential, shales with as low as 1% were included. 1 Another report 2 which investigated experimentally the effect of induced thermal maturity on shale sample propensity to serve as cap rock or CO 2 storage showed that the higher the maturity of a shale sample, the lower its TOC and quartz content. This implied that the surface becomes less CO 2 wetting and, thus, does not provide a surface for CO 2 adsorption but can serve as a cap rock due to its low porosity, non-CO 2 wetting, and reduced micropores because of maturity.…”

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Shale Electrokinetic Property and Colloidal Stability: Potential for Subsurface CO₂ Storage

Mohammed,

Al-Yaseri,

Bello

et al. 2023

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Shale reservoirs and their capacity to store absorbed greenhouse gases, mainly CO 2 , have come to the forefront of scientific discourse as a result of the global effort to alleviate concerns about the increase in global temperature. Many nations and companies have started several programs to analyze the security and viability of storage to do this. There is a dearth of information about shale's electrokinetic properties despite the vast amount of literature on shale exploration, its composition, and enhanced gas recovery from shale. This characteristic determines how the shale sample reacts to various fluids, its wetting state, and how it preferentially reacts with some gases (CO 2 over CH 4 ). Eagle Ford shale sample's electrokinetic properties (surface charge and colloidal stability) are presented in connection to its capacity as a CO 2 storage system for the first time. Zeta potential measurements were used to determine this, and the impact of salinity in freshwater and marine environments was examined. Results indicate that the Eagle Ford shale sample is colloidally unstable and negatively charged in both marine and freshwater environments. Furthermore, the sample is a strong candidate for the release of cations for CO 2 mineralization due to its colloidal stability. The sample's mineralogy, total organic content, and the environment pH, on the other hand, determine its surface charge and colloidal stability. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that the Eagle Ford shale sample's colloidal stability is enhanced by continuous injection of CO 2 -rich fluid. As a result, injection reduces the tendency of cations to liberate for CO 2 mineralization. However, the electrokinetic properties are unaffected by the injection time scale. Eagle Ford shale's electrokinetic properties presented in this study can be used to understand not only the potential and security of CO 2 storage but also the various behaviors of shales and other minerals during CO 2 mineralization.

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“…Carbon dioxide injected into deep coalbeds can be trapped in the coal pore structure or adsorbed to the coal by molecular bonds, thereby storing the injected carbon dioxide (Wickstrom and others, 2005). In preparation for probabilistic assessments of potential resources for carbon dioxide storage in coalbeds, the USGS Geologic Carbon Sequestration Project assembled a team of experts from academia, industry, and government to recommend parameters and procedures that could enable assessment of the geologic storage potential of unconventional reservoirs, including coal (Jones and Blondes, 2015). The team recommended that candidate coalbeds must be at least 3,000 ft deep for consideration as carbon dioxide storage to ensure that the injected carbon dioxide remains a supercritical fluid due to lithostatic pressure, maximizing the amount of carbon dioxide stored per unit volume of the reservoir.…”

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Preliminary GIS representation of deep coal areas for carbon dioxide storage in the contiguous United States and Alaska

Jones¹,

Barnhart²,

Warwick³

et al. 2019

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This report and its accompanying geospatial data outline many areas of coal in the United States beneath more than 3,000 ft of overburden. Based on depth, these areas may be targets for injection and storage of supercritical carbon dioxide. Additional areas where coal exists beneath more than 1,000 ft of overburden are also outlined; these may be targets for geologic storage of carbon dioxide in conjunction with enhanced coalbed methane production. These areas of deep coal were compiled as polygons into a shapefile for use in a geographic information system (GIS). The coal-bearing formation names, coal basin or field names, geographic provinces, coal ranks, coal geologic ages, and estimated individual coalbed thicknesses (if known) of the coal-bearing formations were included. An additional point shapefile, coal_co2_projects.shp, contains the locations of pilot projects for carbon dioxide injection into coalbeds. This report is not a comprehensive study of deep coal in the United States. Some areas of deep coal were excluded based on geologic or data-quality criteria, while others may be absent from the literature and still others may have been overlooked by the authors.

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Carbon dioxide storage in unconventional reservoirs workshop: summary of recommendations

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Can CO₂ sequestration in basalt efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emission?

Can CO₂ sequestration in basalt efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emission?

Shale Electrokinetic Property and Colloidal Stability: Potential for Subsurface CO₂ Storage

Preliminary GIS representation of deep coal areas for carbon dioxide storage in the contiguous United States and Alaska

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Carbon dioxide storage in unconventional reservoirs workshop: summary of recommendations

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Can CO2 sequestration in basalt efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emission?

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Shale Electrokinetic Property and Colloidal Stability: Potential for Subsurface CO2 Storage

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Can CO₂ sequestration in basalt efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emission?

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Shale Electrokinetic Property and Colloidal Stability: Potential for Subsurface CO₂ Storage