Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Permian Regional Carbon Sequestration HubEmail PagePrint Page

Project Information

Prime Performer:Omnia Midstream Partners, LLC (Tulsa, OK)Agreement Number:FE0032452
Project Duration:08/27/2024 - 08/26/2026Total Award Value:$11,159,853 
Technology Area:Storage InfrastructureDOE Share:$8,925,950 
Key Technology:CarbonSAFEPerformer Share:$2,233,903 
A.) Geologic characterization will target storage complexes within the Permian basin. the study area as indicated on the map and spans a tri-county area in west Texas. B.) Geologic characterization work will focus on the late Cambro-ordivician through Devonian stratigraphy as shown on the stratigraphic column on the right. The depths of these targeted formations in this specific region range from greater than 13,000 feet below the surface for the Ellenberger formation to approximately 3,000 feet depth for the Woodford shale.
A.) Geologic characterization will target storage complexes within the Permian basin. the study area as indicated on the map and spans a tri-county area in west Texas. B.) Geologic characterization work will focus on the late Cambro-ordivician through Devonian stratigraphy as shown on the stratigraphic column on the right. The depths of these targeted formations in this specific region range from greater than 13,000 feet below the surface for the Ellenberger formation to approximately 3,000 feet depth for the Woodford shale.

Project Description

The Permian Regional Carbon Sequestration Hub Project is a feasibility study for the development of a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage hub to serve the Southern Delaware Basin in Ward, Winkler, Reeves, and Loving Counties, Texas. The study is utilizing existing data to characterize targeted Ordovician-Devonian geologic formations for CO2 storage that have an estimated storage resource of 75,000,000 metric tons of CO2. The project is developing a detailed characterization of the targeted geologic storage complex, conducting a preliminary risk assessment including CO2 source assessment, preparing and inventorying the relevant data that will support the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI-Wells used for Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide, Authorization to Construct Permit application (UIC Class VI Permit Application), developing an integrated assessment of project feasibility, and pursuing community outreach efforts.

Project Benefits

The overall objective of the Permian Regional Carbon Sequestration Hub Project is to produce high resolution geologic characterization data for a region within the Permian Basin, Texas that has the potential to serve a multi-county area through the potential development of a CO2 storage hub. The project will result in the development and assembly of necessary date to begin the UIC Class VI Permit Application process for initiating potential geologic storage in the Delaware Basin which is part of the larger regionally extensive Permian Basin. This work will help to fulfill both the nation's decarbonization goals and CarbonSAFE initiative's goals by producing the data needed for the creation of commercial-scale carbon capture, and storage (CCS) infrastructure and through expanding deployment of carbon containment systems within the United States. Additionally, the project will help support economic policy goals including job creation associated with potential follow-on projects and environmental justice and community education through community-based project initiatives.

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Contact Information

Federal Project Manager:Mary Dailey (mary.dailey@netl.doe.gov)
Technology Manager:William Aljoe (william.aljoe@netl.doe.gov)
Principal Investigator:Chad Cagle (ccagle@omniamidstream.com)