An Assessment of Geological Carbon Sequestration in the Illinois Basin: The Illinois Basin-Decatur Site

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1 An Assessment of Geological Carbon Sequestration in the Illinois Basin: The Illinois Basin-Decatur Site presented by Robert J. Finley and the MGSC Project Team April 15, 2009 Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium

2 Acknowledgements This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, as part of the Regional Sequestration Partnerships Program, and by the Illinois Office of Coal Development (DCEO) through the Illinois Clean Coal Institute. The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) is a collaboration led by the geological surveys of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky

3 Global GHG emissions due to human activities have grown since preindustrial times, with an increase of 70% between 1970 and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, 2007

4 Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20 th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations -Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, 2007

5 Primary energy consumption per capita (BP, 2008)

6 Coal production Coal consumption BP, 2008

7 world primary energy demand grows by 1.6% per year on average in an increase of 45%. Fossil fuels account for 80% of the world s primary energy mix in International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook, 2008

8 Evidence for Global Climate Change Continues to Develop IPCC, 2007 Mitigation responses need to be investigated Geological carbon sequestration repeatedly cited as a necessary technology

9 Large-Scale Deployment Tests 5 1 Partnership Geologic Province Triassic Nugget Sandstone/ Moxa Arch Formation Type Saline 2 Mt. Simon Sandstone Saline WESTCARB 9 Big Sky SWP PCOR 2 3 MGSC MRCSP SECARB Mt. Simon Sandstone Williston Basin Devonian Age Carbonate Rock Saline Saline/Oil Bearing Oil Bearing Lower Tuscaloosa Formation Massive Sand Unit Saline Injection Schedule 2009 Injection Scheduled 2010 Injection Scheduled 8 9 Regional Jurassic and Older Formations San Joaquin Basin Saline Saline 2011 Injection Scheduled

10 Large-Scale Deployment Tests 5 1 Partnership Geologic Province Triassic Nugget Sandstone/ Moxa Arch Formation Type Saline 2 Mt. Simon Sandstone Saline WESTCARB 9 Big Sky SWP PCOR 2 3 MGSC MRCSP SECARB Mt. Simon Sandstone Williston Basin Devonian Age Carbonate Rock Saline Saline/Oil Bearing Oil Bearing Lower Tuscaloosa Formation Massive Sand Unit Saline Injection Schedule 2009 Injection Scheduled 2010 Injection Scheduled 8 9 Regional Jurassic and Older Formations San Joaquin Basin Saline Saline 2011 Injection Scheduled

11 DOE Sequestration Program Statistics FY2008 DOE Budget (Million $) Strong industry support ~ 39% cost share on projects Federal Investment to Date ~ $481 Million Fiscal Year Diverse research portfolio ~ 70 Active R&D Projects Non-CO 2 GHG Mitigation, 0.3% Breakthrough Concepts, 3% MMV, 7% Sequestration, 8% Capture of CO 2, 12% FY 2008 Budget Asia Pacific Partnership, 2% General, 10% Regional Partnerships, 57%

12 Project Synopsis A collaboration of the Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium, Schlumberger Carbon Services, and other subcontractors plans to inject 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide at a depth of 7,500 +/- ft to test geological carbon sequestration in a saline reservoir

13 Project Timeline Project funded December 2007 Baseline environmental activities began late spring 08 Preliminary UIC permit hearing October 08 Permit finalized January 27, 2009 Injection well drilling: February 14, 2009 start; 68+ days to drill CO 2 injection period: February 2010-February 2013 Environmental monitoring through January 2015

14 Illinois Basin

15 Illinois Basin Stratigraphic Column Pennsylvanian coal seams Mississippian sandstone and carbonate oil reservoirs New Albany Shale Maquoketa Shale Illinois Basin Stratigraphic Column St. Peter Sandstone Eau Claire Shale Mt. Simon Sandstone from Leetaru, 2004

16 Evaluation of Basin- Scale Data Began in 2003

17 2D Geophysical Survey Gives Assessment of Site N SITE October 07

18 Well Site Construction Summer 08

19 Well Location Illinois Basin- Decatur Test Site ~ 3/4 mile ~ ¾ mile

20 C D Illinois Basin- Decatur Test Site D B A A Dehydration/ compression facility location B Pipeline route C Injection well site D Representative verification well sites Quickbird Satellite Image: 9/16/ 2008

21 Preliminary CO 2 Process Flow Diagram for Illinois Basin-Decatur Site Output Dry at ~1,300-1,500 psia Input Wet at 14.5 psia From Trimeric Corporation, 2009

22 Drilling started February 14, 2009

23 Cementing the Surface Casing

24 Tripping the Pipe at Midnight

25 Testing and Sampling at 3 a.m.

26 MMV-02 Hubbard Rd Air Sampling B r u s h C o l l e g e R d MMV-03 MMV-04 MMV-07 MMV-01 Reas Bridge Rd MMV-05 MMV-08 MMV-09 Quickbird Satellite Image, September 16, 2008 Environmental Site Monitoring Plan Shallow ground water wells Instrument the drain tile system Electrical resistivity near injection well Surface soil flux chambers Atmospheric monitoring

27 Eddy Covariance Air Sampling Site

28 Groundwater Monitoring Wells Installed

29 Monitoring of Shallow Groundwater Electrical resistivity near injection well

30 Plume Monitoring Strategies Position of CO 2 plume based on repeat surface and downhole geophysics similar to Sleipner project in Norway and Frio Brine Pilot near Houston Frio Brine Pilot Sleipner 4D Geophysics CO 2 response Daley et al, 2007

31 Area Monitoring MMV-02 MMV-03 Hubbard Rd MMV-04 Reas Bridge Rd MMV-05 Shallow ground water B r u s h C o l l e g e R d MMV-07 MMV-01 MMV-08 MMV-09 Color and CIR satellite Imagery Radial repeat vertical seismic profiles

32 Baseline 3D Geophysical Survey - Fall 2009 Surface use will limit some source (red) and receiver (black) locations

33 Computer Simulation of Injected CO 2 Distribution after 3 years of injection after 100 years layers x 200 ft grid --k v = 0.25k h

34 Illinois Basin- Decatur Project Attracts International Attention Delegation from China February 25, 2009

35 Project Outcomes A large-scale injection of 1 million tonnes of CO 2 successfully demonstrated and associated safety, efficiency, and effectiveness requirements met Volume sufficient to monitor geophysically; overall effort scalable to coal gasification plants An active geological site model developed and continually updated as new data are acquired A process model established for site characterization permitting, equipment, injection, environmental monitoring, and outcome assessment that will support energy facility development with integrated carbon sequestration in the Illinois Basin, nationally, and globally

36 Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium Photo credits: Daniel Byers