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Geologic Carbon Storage of Anthropogenic $CO_{2}$ under the Colorado Plateau in Emery County, Utah
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Moodie, Nathan Jia, Wei Middleton, Richard Yaw, Sean Lee, Si-Yong Xiao, Ting Wheatley, David Steele, Peter Esser, Rich McPherson, Brian |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | Geologic Carbon Storage (GCS) is a promising technology for storing large volumes of anthropogenic $CO_{2}$ effectively and permanently. Numerical simulations are an integral part of site selection and characterization for any potential GCS site. As part of the DOE-funded CarbonSAFE Rocky Mountains Phase I project, a regional GCS analysis was undertaken to understand the efficacy of storing $CO_{2}$ emissions from the power generation and heavy industry in central Utah’s favorable geology. In this study, the injection of $CO_{2}$ for geologic storage was simulated in the Navajo Sandstone Formation in Emery County, Utah. Carbon dioxide was sourced from regional power generation stations and heavy industries throughout Utah, with an emphasis on emissions reduction at the Hunter Power Plant near Castle Dale, Utah. A simulation grid was extracted from the project’s geological model encompassing an area around Price, Huntington, and Castle Dale in central Utah. The Navajo Sandstone Member of the Glen Canyon Group was the target of $CO_{2}$ injection with the overlying Carmel formation providing the primary seal. A suite of simulations was performed assessing the viability of this area for permanent $CO_{2}$ storage. Results indicate that the area can not only store 46 million metric tons of anthropogenic $CO_{2}$, meeting the project goals, but this area has the capacity to securely store at least 1.3 billion tons of $CO_{2}$, suggesting the injection site and surrounding geology are suitable locations for commercial-scale GCS. |
| Starting Page | 398 |
| e-ISSN | 2075163X |
| DOI | 10.3390/min12040398 |
| Journal | Minerals |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-03-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Minerals Petroleum Engineering Carbon Capture and Sequestration Geologic Carbon Storage Numerical Simulation Carbon Dioxide Multiphase Flow |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
