Geological CO2 Storage Characterization: The Key to Deploying Clean Fossil Energy Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Geological Observations Supporting Dynamic Climatic Changes....Pages 1-13
The Story of the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project (WY-CUSP), and the Regional Inventory and Prioritization of Potential CO 2 Storage Reservoirs in Wyoming....Pages 15-20
Legal Framework: Carbon Storage Regulations and Access for the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project (WY-CUSP)....Pages 21-26
A Strategy for Designing an Optimal Characterization Study of the Premier Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Site in Wyoming....Pages 27-31
Regional Geologic History, CO 2 Source Inventory, and Groundwater Risk Assessment of a Potential CO 2 Sequestration Site on the Rock Springs Uplift in Southwest Wyoming....Pages 33-54
Detailed Geologic Characterization of Core and Well Data from the Weber and Madison Formations and Associated Seals at a Potential CO 2 Sequestration Site in Southwest Wyoming: Definining the Lithologic, Geochemical, Diagenetic, and Burial Histories Relative to Successful CO 2 Storage....Pages 55-96
Utility of 3-D Seismic Attribute Analysis and VSP for Assessing Potential Carbon Sequestration Targets on the Rock Springs Uplift, Southwest Wyoming....Pages 97-150
Reservoir Fluid Characterization of the Weber Sandstone and Madison Limestone on the Rock Springs Uplift in Southwest Wyoming....Pages 151-167
Predicting Permeability in the Target Reservoirs on the Rock Springs Uplift, Southwest Wyoming....Pages 169-190
Advances in Estimating the Geologic CO2 Storage Capacity of the Madison Limestone and Weber Sandstone on the Rock Springs Uplift by Utilizing Detailed 3-D Reservoir Characterization and Geologic Uncertainty Reduction....Pages 191-231
Displaced Fluid Management—the Key to Commercial-Scale Geologic CO 2 Storage....Pages 233-244
The Carbon Management Institute’s Integrated CO 2 Storage/EOR Strategy: the Advantages of Deploying Innovative, Multiple-Resource Development Strategies Designed to Foster Sustainability of Energy and Environmental Resources....Pages 245-269
A Feasibility Study of the Integration of Geologic CO 2 Storage with Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO 2 Flooding) in the Ordos Basin, China....Pages 271-294
Summary of the WY-CUSP Characterization Program....Pages 295-301