Geologic Carbon Storage at a One Million Tonne Demonstration Project: Lessons Learned from the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project

Sallie E. Greenberg, Robert Bauer, Robert Will, Randall Locke, Michael Carney, Hannes Leetaru, John Medler

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Abstract

The Illinois Basin – Decatur Project (IBDP) has demonstrated the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of the process of isolating the carbon dioxide (CO2) stream from biofuels production and storage in a deep saline reservoir at a depth of more than 2,000 meters. Geologic assessment and controls have proven essential to understanding reservoir conditions and predicting CO2 behavior. The injectivity and storage capacity of part of the lower Mt. Simon Sandstone at IBDP have been confirmed. Modeling, microseismic event analysis, and MVA continue to provide significant insights into reservoir response to stored CO2 and the development of commercial-scale project workflows.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5529-5539
Number of pages11
JournalEnergy Procedia
Volume114
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event13th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT 2016 - Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: Nov 14 2016Nov 18 2016

Keywords

  • Carbon Storage
  • IBDP
  • Microseismic
  • Sequestration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Energy

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