Geological CO2 Storage Characterization: The Key to by Ronald C. Surdam (auth.), Ronald C. Surdam (eds.)

By Ronald C. Surdam (auth.), Ronald C. Surdam (eds.)

This booklet investigates geological CO2 garage and its position in greenhouse gasoline emissions relief, greater oil restoration, and environmentally accountable use of fossil fuels. Written for energy/environmental regulators at each point of presidency (federal, country, etc.), scientists/academics, representatives from the facility and fossil power sectors, NGOs, and different events, this ebook makes use of the characterization of the Rock Springs Uplift website in Wyoming as an built-in case examine to demonstrate the applying of geological CO2 garage technology, ideas, and thought in a real-world scenario.

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The Nugget Sandstone (Triassic and Jurassic), a laterally continuous eolian sandstone, has proven an effective hydrocar- 42 J. F. McLaughlin et al. bon reservoir in other parts of the GGRB, including the neighboring Brady Field, 18 mi (29 km) from the RSU #1 well site (WOGCC 2013). The Jurassic Entrada Sandstone is relatively thin at the well site, but regional petrophysical data suggests that it is porous and laterally continuous. Either of these formations could prove useful for future CCS projects on the RSU and could significantly increase the sequestration capacity of the study site area.

30-5-104(d)(v)(A) by the 2013 Wyoming State Legislature. 2 Test Well Drilling The type and purpose of a test well determines which regulatory agency(ies) has jurisdiction and which statutes and rules apply. As with the seismic survey, the permitting process is multi-fold and requires numerous different types of permits. Access In determining well site access and to avoid trespass liability, it is necessary to obtain the permission of each surface owner whose property must be crossed in order to access the well site and each owner on whose property the well site will 24 L.

2004). A period of epeirogenic uplift, primarily focused in southeast Wyoming, led to subaerial exposure of the Madison, triggering erosion and a hiatus in the depositional record evidenced by the regional paleokarst topography at the top of the 5 Regional Geologic History, CO2 Source Inventory, and Groundwater Risk … 43 formation (Harshman 1972; Sando et al. 1975). This uplift was the first of three episodes of regional tectonism beginning in the middle Mississippian and continuing through the Late Pennsylvanian; the response to these stress episodes elevated the Ancestral Rocky Mountains (Maughan 1963; Kluth 1986).

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