NATCARB
Current Activities
Current NATCARB Activities
Efforts are currently underway by NETL, West Virginia University (WVU), the University of Kansas, and the Kansas Geologic Survey (KGS) to incorporate geologic site data from a number of activities occurring under the Carbon Storage Program into the NATCARB database. Similar to data from 2010 Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada – Third Edition (Atlas III), users will be able to analyze and manipulate CO2 storage data, geologic characterization data, and other miscellaneous datasets gathered from projects once complete.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Site Characterization Projects
DOE's NETL has selected 10 projects to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding to characterize promising geologic formations for CO2 storage. The 10 projects will provide greater insight into the potential for geologic formations across the United States to safely and permanently store CO2. Additionally, the projects will further advance DOE's efforts to develop a national assessment of CO2 storage potential in deep geologic formations, particularly saline formations, depleted oil reservoirs, and unmineable coal areas. Each project is focused on investigating at least one specific site, formation, or area not previously characterized with existing public geologic data.
NATCARB is in the process of incorporating geologic site data acquired from these 10 ARRA site characterization projects to supplement existing geologic data. The NATCARB Viewer allows users to view the project location and area of investigation of each of these 10 site characterization projects on a street view, topographic, or aerial image-based maps. Clicking a project location provides detailed information about each project, such as the geologic formation name, type of geologic formation (saline, coal, oil and gas, or basalt), and a link to the project website or factsheet for additional information.
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| ARRA Site Characterization Project Location (green dots) and Area of Study (meshed area). |
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Database
The NATCARB team has incorporated the data from NETL's CCS Database in the NATCARB Viewer. Users are able to browse the data based on project type and DOE support. The database includes active, proposed, canceled, and terminated CCS projects worldwide. As of April 2011, the database contained 254 projects.
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