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Fit-for-Purpose projects are focused on developing specific subsurface engineering approaches that address research needs that are critical for advancing CCS to commercial scale.
| Fit-For-Purpose Project Summary Pages | |
|---|---|
| Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams | CONSOL Energy, Inc. |
| FC26-01NT41148 | |
| International Energy Agency (IEA) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project | Petroleum Technology Research Centre |
| FE0002697 | |
| Small Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO2 Sequestration in Arbuckle Saline Aquifer and by CO2-EOR at Wellington Field, Sumner County, Kansas | University of Kansas Center for Research |
| FE0006821 | |
| Subtask 2.20: Bakken CO2 Storage and Enhanced Recovery Program- Phase II | University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center |
| FC26-08NT43291 | |
| EERC – DOE Joint Program on Research and Development for Fossil Energy-Related Resources | University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center |
| FE0024233 | |
| Central Appalachian Basin Unconventional (Coal/Organic Shale) Reservoir Small Scale CO2 Injection Test | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| FE0026136 | |
| Robust Carbon Dioxide Imaging Using Joint Tomographic Inversion of Seismic Onset Time and Distributed Pressure and Temperature Measurements | Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station |
| FE0036125 | |
BEST project investigated the use of active reservoir management (ARM) to manage reservoir pressure and storage efficiency for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites that may call for such measures.
| BEST Project Summary Pages | |
|---|---|
| Brine Extraction and Treatment Strategies to Enhance Pressure Management and Control of CO2 Carbon Dioxide Plumes in Deep Geologic Foundation | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| FE0026136 | |
| Pressure Management and Plume Control Strategies Through a Brine Extraction Storage Test (BEST) at the Devine Test Site (DTS) in Texas | University of Texas at Austin |
| FE0026137 | |
| Field Demonstration of an Active Reservoir Pressure Management Through Fluid Injection and Displaced Fluid Extraction at Rock Springs Uplift | University of Wyoming |
| FE0026159 | |
Characterization activities were conducted in parallel with the field projects and other projects collecting data on potential storage complexes.
| Characterization Field Projects Project Summary Pages | |
|---|---|
| South Louisiana Enhanced Oil Recovery/Sequestration Demonstration Project | Blackhorse Energy, LLC |
| FE0006823 | |
| Optimizing CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess Seminole Unit | University of Texas at Austin |
| FE0024375 | |
| A Nonconventional CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery Target in the Illinois Basin: Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| FE0024431 | |
| Carbon Life Cycle Analysis of CO2-EOR for Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO) Classification | University of Texas at Austin |
| FE0024433 | |
| Identification of Residual Oil Zones in the Williston and Powder River Basins | University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center |
| FE0024453 | |
| Improved Characterization and Modeling of Tight Oil Formations for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential and Storage Capacity Estimation | University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center |
| FE0024454 | |
CarbonSAFE focused on improving the understanding of project screening, site selection, characterization, baseline monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA) procedures, and information necessary to submit appropriate permit applications for such projects.
| CarbonSAFE Phase I Project Summary Pages | |
|---|---|
| Nebraska Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Pre-Feasibility Study | University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (UNDEERC) |
| FE0029186 | |
| Integrated Pre-Feasibility Study for CO2 Geological Storage in the Cascadia Basin, Offshore Washington State and British Columbia | Columbia University |
| FE0029219 | |
| Integrated Mid-Continent Stacked Carbon Storage Hub | Battelle Memorial Institute |
| FE0029264 | |
| Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage in the Louisiana Chemical Corridor | Louisiana State University |
| FE0029274 | |
| Northern Michigan Basin CarbonSAFE Integrated Pre-Feasibility Project | Battelle Memorial Institute |
| FE0029276 | |
| CarbonSAFE Rocky Mountain Phase I: Ensuring Safe Subsurface Storage of Carbon Dioxide in the Intermountain West | University of Utah |
| FE0029280 | |
| Integrated Pre-Feasibility Study of a Commercial-Scale Commercial Carbon Capture Project in Formations of the Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming | University of Wyoming |
| FE0029302 | |
| Integrated Commercial Carbon Capture and Storage Prefeasibility Study at Dry Fork Station, Wyoming | University of Wyoming |
| FE0029375 | |
| CarbonSAFE Illinois East Sub-Basin | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| FE0029445 | |
| CAB-CS: Central Appalachian Basin CarbonSAFE Integrated Pre-Feasibility Project | Battelle Memorial Institute |
| FE0029466 | |
| Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage in Kansas (ICKan) | University of Kansas Center for Research |
| FE0029474 | |
| Integrated CCS Pre-Feasibility in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico | University of Texas at Austin |
| FE0029487 | |
| California CO2 Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (C2SAFE) | Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) |
| FE0029489 | |
| CarbonSAFE Phase II Project Summary Pages | |
| CarbonSAFE Illinois Macon County | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| FE0029381 | |
| Establishing An Early Carbon Dioxide Storage (ECO2S) Complex in Kemper County, Mississippi: Project ECO2S | Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) |
| FE0029465 | |
| North Dakota Integrated Carbon Storage Complex Feasibility Study | University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (UNDEERC) |
| FE0029488 | |
| Integrated Midcontinent Stacked Carbon Storage Hub | Battelle Memorial Institute |
| FE0031623 | |
| Commercial-Scale Carbon Storage Complex Feasibility Study at Dry Fork Station, Wyoming | University of Wyoming |
| FE0031624 | |
| Wabash CarbonSAFE | University of Illinois |
| FE0031626 | |
Offshore projects studied the storage resource on the continental shelf off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. The projects used a variety of methodologies and covered different geologic settings offshore of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and the Atlantic coasts.
| Offshore Project Summary Pages | |
|---|---|
| Assessment of CO2 Storage Resources in Depleted Oil and Gas Fields in the Ship Shoal Area, Gulf of Mexico | Geomechanics Technologies, Inc. |
| FE0026041 | |
| Offshore CO2 Storage Resource Assessment of the Northern Gulf of Mexico | University of Texas at Austin |
| FE0026083 | |
| Southeast Offshore Storage Resource Assessment | Southern States Energy Board |
| FE0026086 | |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. Offshore Carbon Storage Resource Assessment Project | Battelle Memorial Institute |
| FE0026087 | |
| Offshore Storage Resource Assessment | NITEC, LLC |
| FE0026392 | |
