Tapping the Potential for Large Volume Sequestration Frio Brine Pilot

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GCCC Strategic Plan

• Assessment of Options
• for Reducing GHG Emissions

1.1 Inventory of sinks with EOR 1.2 Inventory of
large-volume sinks 1.3 Inventory of sources 1.4
Inventory of available capture options 1.5
Assessment of risk and liability 1.6 Economic
modeling 1.7 Conduct field projects and
experiments

• Growth toward development
• of a CO2 sequestration industry

2.1 Increase industry partnership in GCCC 2.2
Engagement of diverse industries 2.3 Increasing
size/capabilities of team 2.4 Increasing
capabilities by alliances 2.5 Dialog on policy
and regulatory issues 2.6 Intellectual property
issues 2.7 Development of appropriate institutions

• Communication, education,
• and technology transfer

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2.1 Increase Industry Partnership in GCCC

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Additional Funding 9.3 Million
? SECARB Phase II (4.9 million) Seal testing,
migration of fluids, stacked storage
? SWCARB Phase II (1.2 million) Long-term
injection, water quality, effective practices
? FutureGen (2 million) Clean Coal Foundation,
Regional Data Base
? Frio II (1 million) Quantification of
dissolved and trapped CO2 in brine
? Carolinas (80K) SE US storage potential,
variety of areas and basins
? SECARB III (80M) Full scale injection
natural to captured CO2
? Jackson School Match (100K) Additional GCCC
Personnel
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1.1 Inventory of Sinks with Economic Offset (EOR)
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1.2 Inventory of Large-Volume Sinks
(Brine-Bearing Formations)
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1.3 Inventory of Sources
Source Gulf Coast Carbon Center
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1.4 Inventory of Available Capture Options
FutureGen Regional Screening Parameters
Discussions with source industries
Participation in Clean Coal Foundation and
FutureGen
Discussions of flooding options (N2, CO2, etc.)
Activities in 2006 to continue to monitor
development of capture options
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1.5 Assessment of Risk and Liability of the CO2
Sequestration Industry
Conducted under DOE funding
Study focuses on Gulf Coast issues including
wells and faults
BP, Praxair, Schlumberger Participants in Frio I
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1.6 Economic Modeling
? Research questions to develop a viable CO2
sequestration market What pathways lead to
commercialization of CO2 sequestration? What
is the most advantageous source-sink-pipeline evo
lution geographically and through time?
? Future activities in 2006 Work with CEE and
visiting energy economist to incorporate GCCC
reservoir data into a commercialization scenario.
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1.7 Field Demonstration Projects and Experiments
Frio I Pilot
Reservoir model Knox/Yeh, BEG
Injection interval
BP, Praxair, Schlumberger
Flow Simulation TOUGH2, Doughty, LBNL
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1.7 Field Demonstration Projects and Experiments
Frio II
1 million funding from DOE
USGS, 4 Natl labs contributing research
Schlumberger, Praxair
Objective
Improve quantification of two-phase and
dissolution-trapping mechanisms leading to
permanent CO2 storage
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2.2 Engagement of Diverse Industries
Outreach Activities
Workshops
Sponsored meetings and technical conferences
Pilot Experiments
Texas FutureGen, regional database
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2.4 Alliances and Collaboration
LBNL, LLBL,ORNL, LANL, SSEB, NETL Texas RRC,
TCEQ UT Petroleum Engineering Department Mike
Moore (Falcon Gas Storage) World Resources
Institute
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2.5 Participation in Dialog On Policy and
Regulatory Issues
Well density, SE Texas
GCCC goal to create products that assure sound
technical information conveyed to policy
makers and regulators.
GCCC activities Working with RRC, TCEQ
Presenting at EPA workshops Technical support
for FutureGen
Review of existing protocols and Assurance
ranking strategy
Nicot (2005)
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2.7 Development of Appropriate Institutions to
Support a CO2 Sequestration Industry
GCCC participates in two collaborations to
develop a system of carbon protocols and
assurance ranking strategy.
Objective Help formulate structures that will
facilitate commercialization.
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3 Communication, Education, and Technology
Transfer
? Publications 7 Papers, 21 Abstracts, 3
Websites
? gt35 Presentations, Workshops
? Regional GCCC Significance
? FutureGen and Regional Database
? Linkages Operators and Producers Decision and
Policy Makers Community Business Leaders Public
Audience (Media) NGOs Geotechnical
Audience CO2 Producers
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Gulf Coast Carbon Center

• www.gulfcoastcarbon.org