GCCC Texts and Reports
Recent Submissions
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Potential sinks for geologic storage of carbon dioxide generated by power plants in North and South Carolina
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Preliminary evaluation of offshore transport and storage of CO2
(Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership led by Southern States Energy Board, 2010) -
Characterizing small-scale migration behavior of sequestered CO2 in a realistic geological fabric
(Environmental Science and Technology, 2012-04-01)For typical reservoir conditions, buoyancy and capillary forces grow dominant over viscous forces within a few hundred meters of the injection wells as the pressure gradient due to injection decreases, resulting in ... -
Pressure perturbations from geologic carbon sequestration: Area-of-review boundaries and borehole leakage driving forces
(9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-9), Washington, D.C., 2008-11)We investigate the possibility that brine could be displaced upward into potable water through wells. Because of the large volumes of CO2 to be injected, the influence of the zone of elevated pressure on potential conduits ... -
Comparing carbon sequestration in an oil reservoir to sequestration in a brine formation-field study
(9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-9), Washington, D.C., 2008-11)Geologic sequestration of CO2 in an oil reservoir is generally considered a different class than sequestration in formations which contain only brine. In this paper, the significance and validity of this conceptualization ... -
Potential Sinks for Geologic Storage of CO2 Generated in the Carolinas
(2007-04-07)This document summarizes a scoping study of the current state of knowledge of carbon storage options for our geographic area. The focus is on one aspect of carbon capture and storage—identification of deep saline aquifers ... -
Source-Sink Matching and Potential for Carbon Capture and Storage in the Gulf Coast
(Proceedings of the 2006 UIC Conference of the Groundwater Protection Council, 2006)Current global levels of anthropogenic CO2 emissions are 25.6 Gigatons yr. Approximately 1 Gigaton comes from the Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Gulf Coast, representing 16 percent of the U.S. annual CO2 emissions from ... -
Area of Review: How Large is Large Enough for Carbon Storage?
(2006 UIC Conference of the Groundwater Protection Council, 2006)The Texas Gulf Coast is an attractive target for carbon storage. Stacked sand-shale layers provide large potential storage volumes and defense-in-depth leakage protection. However, multiple perforations resulting from ... -
Capacity investigation of brine-bearing sands of the Frio Formation for geologic sequestration of CO2
(First National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, May 14–17, Washington, D.C., sponsored by National Energy Technology Laboratory, 2001-05)The capacity of fluvial brine-bearing formations to sequester CO2 is investigated using numerical simulations of CO2 injection and storage. Capacity is defined as the volume fraction of the subsurface available for CO2 ... -
Evaluation of brine-bearing sands of the Frio Formation, Upper Texas Gulf Coast for geologic sequestration of CO2
(First National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, May 14–17, Washington, D.C., sponsored by National Energy Technology LaboratoryProceedings, First National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, May 14–17, Washington, D.C., sponsored by National Energy Technology, 2001-05) -
A tool to facilitate modeling and pilot projects for sequestration of carbon dioxide in saline formations
(American Chemical Society: Division of Fuel Chemistry, 2000)Saline water-bearing formations that extend beneath much of the continental United States are attractive candidates for disposal of CO, produced during power generation or by other industrial processes. We have quantified ... -
Pressure perturbations from geologic carbon sequestration: Area-of-review boundaries and borehole leakage driving forces
(9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-9), Washington, D.C., 2008-11)We investigate the possibility that brine could be displaced upward into potable water through wells. Because of the large volumes of CO2 to be injected, the influence of the zone of elevated pressure on potential conduits ... -
Investigation of water displacement following large CO2 sequestration operations
(9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-9), Washington, D.C., 2008-11)The scale of CO2 injection into the subsurface required to address CO2 atmospheric concentrations is unprecedented. Multiple injection sites injecting into multiple formations will create a large excess pressure zone ... -
Area of review: how large is large enough for carbon storage?
(Proceedings of the 2006 UIC Conference of the Groundwater Protection Council, 2006)The Texas Gulf Coast is an attractive target for carbon storage. Stacked sand-shale layers provide large potential storage volumes and defense-in-depth leakage protection. However, multiple perforations resulting from ...
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