Potential for Natural Gas Storage in Deep Basalt Formations at Canoe Ridge, Washington State: A Hydrogeologic Assessment

Reidel, Steve P.; Spane, F.A.; Johnson, V.G.

doi:10.2172/966666

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“…The Miocene basalts and associated shallow sedimentary interbeds have been mapped and studied for almost a century in this region, primarily in relation to aquifer usage, nuclear repository work at the Hanford Site, and more recently in regard to hydrocarbon exploration (Bretz, 1917;Montgomery, 2008;Reidel et al, 2005;Spane et al, 2003;Waters, 1961). The basalt sequestration target examined in this study is the thick (>2000 m) stack of Grande Ronde porous and permeable basalt flow tops that occur below the massive and laterally extensive Umtanum flow Tolan et al, 1989).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Overcoming business model uncertainty in a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project: Case study at the Boise White Paper Mill

McGrail

Freeman

Brown

et al. 2012

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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Section: Geological Settingmentioning

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Overcoming business model uncertainty in a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project: Case study at the Boise White Paper Mill

McGrail

Freeman

Brown

et al. 2012

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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“…There were two energy storage projects focused on inetrflow basalt aquifers in the Columbia Basin, using UGS, CAES and UTES technologies, which launched by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and a number of energy companies in recent years [1,2,3,4,5,6]. These three technologies of energy storage play important roles in peak-shaving, supply interruptions, production storage and so on.…”

Section: Energy Storage Projects In Columbia Basin Basalt Group (Crbg)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Representative basaltic flow consists of a permeable flow top, a dense-impermeable flow interior, and a flow bottom with variable thickness. Contact zone between two independent basalt flows is referred to as an interflow zone, as well as the primary aquifers in the region [1,2,3]. The location map of Columbia Basin and nearby natural gas supply lines are shown in Fig.…”

Section: Energy Storage Projects In Columbia Basin Basalt Group (Crbg)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To examine the feasibility of injecting natural gas in one or multiple interflow zones between deep (>700 meters) basalt flows of CRBG, the Pacific Gas and Electric Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) and AVISTA Corporation, technical supported by PNNL and DOE, drilled a borehole in Canoe Ridge area in 1999 [3]. The Canoe ridge area is a structural dome formed in CRBG nearby existing gas pipelines, and just in the border between Washington and Oregon.…”

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New Progress of Study in Energy Storage Area of Volcanic Rocks

Liu

Du²,

Yan³

et al. 2012

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With the rapid development of national economy, combined with the construction of strategic reservation of petroleum in China, difficulty of large-scale energy storage and peak-shaving comes up. In recent years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and a number of energy companies launched two projects in the Columbia Basin to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of underground gas and wind power storage in basalt interflow aquifers. These projects reveal the potential of volcanic rocks in the underground energy storage areas. This paper briefly describes the new progress of study in underground gas storage (UGS), compressed air energy storage (CAES) and underground thermal energy storage (UTES) of volcanic rocks. We point out that depleted volcanic oil and gas reservoirs could be another complementary type of UGS and CAES, and volcanic rocks types should be included extrusive rocks and pyroclastic rocks. At last, volcanic energy storage technologies used in some domestic related areas of enlightenment is summarized to provide theoretical basis for building green, efficient and low-consumption economy.

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“…Outcrop geometries, together with petrography, geochemistry, and lateral extent relationships indicate that the CRBG continental flood basalts formed as continuous, laterally extensive sheets, rather than as compound flows with discontinuous lenticular layers (Hooper; Tolan et al, 2009). The massive interiors of more thick and laterally extensive basalt flows may form regional intraformational seals that isolate groundwater within underlying basalt flowtop horizons, and can be reflected by distinct differences in hydrologic heads and hydrochemical/isotopic differences in fluid geochemistry with depth within the basalt formation (Gephart, et al, 1979, DOE 1988, Reidel et al 2005. The low-permeability, sealing properties of massive flow interiors were demonstrated during direct field tests conducted within deep boreholes on the Hanford Site as part of the BWIP basalt characterization investigation (e.g., Gephart et al, 1979, Eslinger 1986, DOE, 1988, and locally within the Wallula Pilot Borehole (McGrail et al, 2009).…”

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Capture and Sequestration of CO2 at the Boise White Paper Mill

McGrail¹,

Freeman²,

Beeman³

et al. 2010

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DISCLAIMERThis report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or us efulness o f any i nformation, apparatus, product, o r pr ocess disclosed, o r r epresents t hat its us e w ould no t infringe p rivately ow ned r ights. R eference h erein to any spe cific commercial p roduct, process, or se rvice by t rade name, trademark, manufacturer, or ot herwise doe s not ne cessarily c onstitute o r i mply i ts endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not n ecessarily s tate or r eflect t hose o f t he U nited States Government or any agency thereof.iii AbstractThis report documents the efforts taken to develop a preliminary design for the first commercial-scale CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) project associated with biomass power integrated into a pulp and paper operation. The Boise Wallula paper mill is located near the township of Wallula in Southeastern Washington State. Infrastructure at the paper mill will be upgraded such that current steam needs and a significant portion of the current mill electric power are supplied from a 100% biomass power source. A new biomass power system will be constructed with an integrated amine-based CO2 capture plant to capture approximately 550,000 tons of CO2 per year for geologic sequestration. A customized version of Fluor Corporation's Econamine Plus™ carbon capture technology will be designed to accommodate the specific chemical composition of exhaust gases from the biomass boiler.Due to the use of biomass for fuel, employing CCS technology represents a unique opportunity to generate a net negative carbon emissions footprint, which on an equivalent emissions reduction basis is 1.8X greater than from equivalent fossil fuel sources (SPATH and MANN, 2004). Furthermore, the proposed project will offset a significant amount of current natural gas use at the mill, equating to an additional 200,000 tons of avoided CO2 emissions. Hence, the total net emissions avoided through this project equates to 1,100,000 tons of CO2 per year. Successful execution of this project will provide a clear path forward for similar kinds of emissions reduction that can be replicated at other energy-intensive industrial facilities where the geology is suitable for sequestration.This project also represents a first opportunity for commercial development of geologic storage of CO2 in deep flood basalt formations. The Boise paper mill site is host to a Phase II pilot study being carried out under DOE's Regional Carbon Partnership Program. Lessons learned from this pilot study and other separately funded projects studying CO2 sequestration in basalts will be heavily leveraged in developing a suitable site characterization program and system des...

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Potential for Natural Gas Storage in Deep Basalt Formations at Canoe Ridge, Washington State: A Hydrogeologic Assessment

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Overcoming business model uncertainty in a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project: Case study at the Boise White Paper Mill

Overcoming business model uncertainty in a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project: Case study at the Boise White Paper Mill

New Progress of Study in Energy Storage Area of Volcanic Rocks

Capture and Sequestration of CO2 at the Boise White Paper Mill

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