Carbon Sequestration - Partnerships
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships - Validation Phase
Southwest Regional Partnership for Carbon Sequestration
The Southwest Regional Partnership (SWRP), led by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, includes the states of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and portions of Texas, Wyoming, and Arizona. The SWRP will conduct five field tests (three geologic, two terrestrial) to validate the most promising carbon sequestration technologies and infrastructure concepts. The partnership proposes to conduct geologic tests in Utah, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as region-wide terrestrial analysis. The three geologic tests represent a variety of carbon sink targets, including deep saline sequestration, enhanced oil recovery and sequestration, and enhanced coalbed methane production and sequestration. The two terrestrial tests include a region-wide terrestrial project measuring soil and vegetation carbon and a riparian restoration project that will be conducted in coordination with the coalbed geologic sequestration project.
Geologic Sequestration Field Validations Tests |
Project Description
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Qty of CO2
Injected/
Stored |
Source of CO2 |
Potential Capacity |
Test Location |
Title: Aneth Deep Saline Sequestration and EOR Pilot Test |
Offers both deep saline sequestration testing and EOR sequestration testing. RNRC-Navajo OGC is making its upcoming CO2 injection for EOR operation available for extensive MMV studies of associated sequestration in this large oil reservoir. Additionally, RNRC-Navajo OGC has agreed to work with the SWP to field-test CO2 injection in the deep Mississippian Leadville Limestone, a saline aquifer below the oilfield.
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525,000 tons CO2 into oil field and 2,000 tons into deeper saline reservoir |
McElmo Dome |
TBD at end of Phase I |
Aneth Field, Paradox basin, near Bluff, UT |
Title: Permian Basin Sequestration and EOR Project |
Perform post-audit modeling analysis of injected CO2 for EOR at the SACROC Unit in the Permian Basin of Texas over the last 30 years. Results of these analyses will then be used to define a better working model of the Claytonville field, a nearby field with similar geology that has never been subjected to CO2 injection. The combined SACROC-Claytonville pilot represents an opportunity for CO2 storage history-matching in tandem with large-scale MMV operations. Finally, the SACROC-Claytonville pilot will be an initial high resolution analysis of the potential for CO2 storage in the broader carbonate “Horseshoe Atoll” system, a huge (area and volume) system with potentially enormous CO2 capacity
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300,000 tons |
McElmo, Sheep Mountain, and Bravo Dome with ~10–15% derived from Val Verde’s gas purification facility |
TBD at end of Phase I |
SACROC-Claytonville Fields, Permian basin, near Snyder, TX |
Title: San Juan Basin Sequestration and
Enhanced Coalbed Methane (ECBM) Pilot Test |
Examine ECBM efficacy with CO2 sequestration. In addition to the ECBM pilot test, a terrestrial pilot test will be conducted. ECBM operations are notorious for producing huge volumes of water. The project proposes to desalinate produced water from the ECBM pilot and use the water for irrigating a riparian restoration project, forming a combined ECBM – terrestrial sequestration project.
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75,000 tons (minimum) |
McElmo Dome |
TBD at end of Phase I |
San Juan basin Coal Fairway, near Navajo City, NM |
Terrestrial Sequestration Field Validations Tests |
| Project Description |
Regional Sink CO2 Capacity |
Partners Involved |
Value-Added Products |
Test Location |
Title: Southwest Regional Terrestrial Pilot Test |
Develop a carbon reporting and monitoring system that functions consistently across hierarchical scales and is compatible with the existing technology underlying the 1605b reporting system. Within this system, the project will develop improved technologies and systems for direct measurements of soil and vegetation carbon at reference sites selected within the region; develop remote sensing and classification protocols to improve mesoscale (km2) soil and vegetation carbon estimates; construct ecological process (state and transition) models that reflect soil/vegetation changes resulting from current land use and land use associated with implementation of programs to sequester carbon or reduce carbon losses; and develop a regional inventory and decision support tool
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TBD during Phase II |
USDA |
Carbon credits and increased productivity |
Entire Southwest Region |
Title: Terrestrial Riparian Restoration Project |
The project proposes to desalinate produced water from the ECBM pilot and use the water for irrigating a riparian restoration project, forming a combined ECBM – terrestrial sequestration project.
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TBD during Phase II |
Burlington Resources, BLM, USDA |
Carbon Credits and improved water quality |
San Juan basin Coal Fairway, near Navajo City, NM |
Southwest Regional Partnership for Carbon Sequestration Contacts: |
| DOE Technical Point of Contact: |
Principal Investigator: |
David Hyman
DOE-NETL
Phone (412) 386-6572
Fax (412) 386-5917
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Brian McPherson
New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology Petroleum Recovery
Research Center
Phone Number: (505) 835-5834
Fax Number: (505) 835-6031 |
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