Carbon Sequestration - Partnership
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships - Validation Phase
Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
The Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB), led by the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB), represents the 11 southeastern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia). SECARB will accomplish its objectives by defining similarities in the 11 state region; characterizing the region relative to sources, sinks, transport, sequestration options, and existing and future infrastructure requirements; identifying and addressing issues for technology deployment; developing public involvement and education mechanisms; identifying the most promising capture, sequestration, and transport options; and developing action plans for implementation and technology validation. SECARB has identified three target areas for geologic sequestration projects that involve CO2 storage in saline formations, oil and natural gas reservoirs, and deep unmineable coal seams.
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 Aquifer Test Center Sequestration Project |
Focuses on validating geologic storage in close proximity to a Southern Company coal-fired power plant (part of EPRI’s Test Center Program) located in the Mississippi Salt Basin and separated from the Gulf Coast Salt Basin by the Wiggins Arch. The project’s ultimate goal is to locate suitable geological sequestration sinks in proximity to large coal-fired power plants. The project will build a detailed geological and reservoir of the test site and will conduct a sequence of reservoir simulations to estimate injectivity, storage capacity, and long-term fate of injected CO2.
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3,000 Tons CO2 |
Commercial vendor being identified |
~187,000 MMTCO2 |
Cretaceous-age Eutaw Formation |
Title: Gulf Coast Stacked Storage Sequestration Project |
Builds upon the Gulf Coast Carbon Center experience on the Frio Basin Project and investigates a stacked sequence of hydrocarbon and brine reservoir intervals, where EOR with CO2 can serve as an economic driver in establishing the CO2 infrastructure. Key research areas include: injected CO2 interaction with faults; pressure distribution in near- and far-fields during and after injection; injection impact on regional fluid flow and poro-elastic deformation and near-surface CO2 monitoring in wetlands. The project will test a model for early injection into and oil reservoir, followed by long-term, large-volume storage in underlying brine formations.
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15,000 tons |
Praxair will provide CO2 from anthropogenic sources in the region. |
580 MMT CO2 |
15 Potential Sites Identified (TBD in Phase II) |
Title: Coal Seam Sequestration Project |
Validate sequestration opportunities in the Central Appalachian Basin and the Black Warrior Basin, where CO2 ECBM recovery operations can add economic value and where unmineable coals can provide sequestration opportunities.
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1,000 Tons CO2 for each Basin |
Praxair – commercial grade |
7,000 to 14,000 MMT CO2 (Regional) |
Central Appalachian Basin, Black Warrior Basin (Blue Creek Field) |
Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Contacts: |
| DOE Technical Point of Contact: |
Principal Investigator: |
Karen Cohen
DOE-NETL
Phone (412) 386-6667
Fax (412) 386-5917 |
Kenneth J. Nemeth
Southern States Energy Board
Phone Number: (770) 242-7712
Fax Number: (770) 242-9956 |
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