Carbon Sequestration - Partnerships
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships - Validation Phase
Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium - Illinois Basin Partnership
The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) - Illinois Basin Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership - is led by the Illinois State Geological Survey and contains Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The MGSC will determine the ability, safety, and capacity of geological reservoirs to store carbon dioxide (CO2) in deep coal seams, mature oil fields, deep saline reservoir formations, and, to a lesser extent, organic-rich shales of the Illinois Basin. A series of six small-scale field tests are proposed. The projects include the testing of deep, unminable coal seams to adsorb gaseous CO2, the ability to coax more oil from old fields by CO2 flooding, and the injection of CO2 into salt-water filled rock units some 7,000 to 9,000 feet below the surface. Injection into deep coal seams may help produce methane to augment natural gas supplies. Injection into old oil fields will help recover some of the approximately 10 billion barrels of oil remaining in Illinois Basin reservoirs. These activities will accomplish sequestration while also helping to meet the nation's need for fossil fuels.
Geologic Sequestration Field Validations Tests |
Project Description
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Qty of CO2
Injected/
Stored |
Source of CO2 |
Potential Capacity |
Test Location |
Title: Saline Formation Sequestration Tests |
CO2 injection into two of three available saline formations in the Illinois Basin (St. Peter Sandstone and the Mt. Simon Sandstone) both of which have demonstrated successful natural gas storage. Final Phase I assessment of the third formation (Ironton-Galesville) will determine if it is a good candidate for Phase II field testing.
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Between 1,000 and 2,500 tons |
Ethanol Plants in Decatur and Pekin, IL and Washington, IN; or Refinery operations in East St. Louis, IL Area |
5,500 MT CO2 |
Down select from following sites Patoka Field (dropped lease), Marion Co., IL, Mt. Simon, St. Peter; Mattoon Field, Coles Co., IL; Boyd Field, Jefferson Co., IL, Mt. Simon, St. Peter; Tonti Field, Marion Co., IL, Mt. Simon, St. Peter, Lower Devonian, Trenton |
Title: Mature Oil Field Sequestration Tests |
Two field test validation projects will assess the incremental oil production achievable through CO2 miscible flooding, immiscible flooding, and injection/soak/production (also called “huff n’ puff”) for heavy oil at CO2-EOR test sites throughout the Illinois Basin. Collectively, these sites are representative of the major reservoir types in the Illinois Basin necessary to test the technical and economic feasibility of CO2-EOR.
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1,000 to 2,500 tons |
Ethanol Plants in Decatur and Pekin, IL and Washington, IN; or Refinery operations in East St. Louis, IL Area |
210 to 970 MT CO2 |
2 Mature Oil fields will be selected from a list of 22 possible locations in IN, IL, and KY |
Title: Coalbed Sequestration Tests |
Two coalbed methane test sites will be evaluated in this project with initial suitability determined based on one test well drilled in each site. Assessment of these sites will utilize results from the COMET coalbed methane reservoir simulator, input from Phase I regional coal bed mapping and parameter quantification (e.g. depth, thickness, rank, ash content), and local mapping based on data from surrounding oil wells. Completion techniques and details of which coal seams to test will be completed and will be determined by chemical and petrological assessment. Injectivity will be first tested with water in a pressure transient test followed by a short-term nitrogen injection test and then a CO2 micro pilot to assess coal swelling and permeability reduction.
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~100 tons |
Ethanol Plants in Decatur and Pekin, IL and Washington, IN; or Refinery operations in East St. Louis, IL Area |
3,400 MT of CO2 |
Newton Plant, Jasper CO, IL; Hutsonville, Crawford, CO, IL |
Geologic Carbon Sequestration Options in the Illinois Basin Contacts: |
| DOE Technical Point of Contact: |
Principal Investigator: |
John Litynski
DOE-NETL
Phone (304) 285-1339
Fax 304-285-4638 |
Robert J. Finley
University of Illinois – Geological Survey
Phone Number: (217) 244-8389
Fax Number: (217) 333-2189 |
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