Geological CO2 Storage Characterization

1. Front Matter

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2. Geological Observations Supporting Dynamic Climatic Changes

   • Ronald C. Surdam

   Pages 1-13

3. The Story of the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project (WY-CUSP), and the Regional Inventory and Prioritization of Potential CO2 Storage Reservoirs in Wyoming

   • Ramsey D. Bentley, Ronald C. Surdam

   Pages 15-20

4. Legal Framework: Carbon Storage Regulations and Access for the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project (WY-CUSP)

   • Lynne Boomgaarden, Shanna C. Dahl

   Pages 21-26

5. A Strategy for Designing an Optimal Characterization Study of the Premier Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Site in Wyoming

   • Ronald C. Surdam

   Pages 27-31

6. Regional Geologic History, CO2 Source Inventory, and Groundwater Risk Assessment of a Potential CO2 Sequestration Site on the Rock Springs Uplift in Southwest Wyoming

   • J. Fred McLaughlin, Ramsey D. Bentley, Scott A. Quillinan

   Pages 33-54

7. Detailed Geologic Characterization of Core and Well Data from the Weber and Madison Formations and Associated Seals at a Potential CO2 Sequestration Site in Southwest Wyoming: Definining the Lithologic, Geochemical, Diagenetic, and Burial Histories Relative to Successful CO2 Storage

   • J. Fred McLaughlin, Mario Garcia-Gonzalez

   Pages 55-96

8. Utility of 3-D Seismic Attribute Analysis and VSP for Assessing Potential Carbon Sequestration Targets on the Rock Springs Uplift, Southwest Wyoming

   • Yuri Ganshin, Ronald C. Surdam

   Pages 97-150

9. Reservoir Fluid Characterization of the Weber Sandstone and Madison Limestone on the Rock Springs Uplift in Southwest Wyoming

   • Scott A. Quillinan, J.Fred McLaughlin

   Pages 151-167

10. Predicting Permeability in the Target Reservoirs on the Rock Springs Uplift, Southwest Wyoming

    • Yuri Ganshin

    Pages 169-190

11. Advances in Estimating the Geologic CO2 Storage Capacity of the Madison Limestone and Weber Sandstone on the Rock Springs Uplift by Utilizing Detailed 3-D Reservoir Characterization and Geologic Uncertainty Reduction

    • Zunsheng Jiao, Ronald C. Surdam

    Pages 191-231

12. Displaced Fluid Management—the Key to Commercial-Scale Geologic CO2 Storage

    • Ronald C. Surdam, Scott A. Quillinan, Zunsheng Jiao

    Pages 233-244

13. The Carbon Management Institute’s Integrated CO2 Storage/EOR Strategy: the Advantages of Deploying Innovative, Multiple-Resource Development Strategies Designed to Foster Sustainability of Energy and Environmental Resources

    • Ronald C. Surdam, Ramsey D. Bentley, Zunsheng Jiao

    Pages 245-269

14. A Feasibility Study of the Integration of Geologic CO2 Storage with Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2 Flooding) in the Ordos Basin, China

    • Zunsheng Jiao, Ronald C. Surdam, Lifa Zhou, Yajun Wang

    Pages 271-294

15. Summary of the WY-CUSP Characterization Program

    • Ronald C. Surdam

    Pages 295-301

This book investigates geological CO2 storage and its role in greenhouse gas emissions reduction, enhanced oil recovery, and environmentally responsible use of fossil fuels. Written for energy/environmental regulators at every level of government (federal, state, etc.), scientists/academics, representatives from the power and fossil energy sectors, NGOs, and other interested parties, this book uses the characterization of the Rock Springs Uplift site in Wyoming as an integrated case study to illustrate the application of geological CO2 storage science, principles, and theory in a real-world scenario.

• CCS
• CCUS
• CO2 Sequestration
• Carbon Capture Storage
• Carbon Management
• Carbon Sequestration
• Carbon Storage
• Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Geological CO2 Storage
• Natural Gas Storage
• economic geology

• Carbon Management Institute, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA

  Ronald C. Surdam

Ronald C. Surdam has authored 240 articles in refereed scientific journals and books and has given more than 300 invited lectures. He founded and directed the Institute for Energy Research and directed the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute at the University of Wyoming, and has consulted for many international energy and mineral exploration corporations. Over the past 45 years, Surdam has focused on oil and gas exploration, oil shale and trona depositional systems, coal and zeolite deposits in the Rocky Mountain Laramide basins of Wyoming and other states, and anomalously pressured natural gas accumulations and geological CO2 storage around the world. He has served the State of Wyoming in numerous capacities, most recently as Director of the Wyoming State Geological Survey. Currently, as Director of the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute and Principal Investigator of the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project ($20 million), Surdam is helping lead the effort to accomplish commercial geological CO2 sequestration in the Rocky Mountain region. As a visiting professor at three Chinese universities, he is also assisting with carbon storage in the Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces of China.

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