NETL Regional Partnerships - Overview

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1 Driing Innoation Deliering Results NETL Regional Partnerships - Oeriew Erik Albenze Project Manager May 17, 2016

2 Presentation Outline 1. Storage Program Introduction Technical challenges Program Structure 2. Storage Infrastructure Projects Oeriew Indiidual Partnership Summaries 2

3 NETL - Carbon Storage Program Integrated Research Program Applied Laboratory and Field Testing Focused on Technical Challenges Research pathways focus on critical research needs to moe toward CCS deployment Technology Deelopment Tools and techniques are ready for commercial application by both industry and regulators Research Mechanisms Funding Opportunity Announcements, National Laboratory Network, NRAP and SubTER 3

4 NETL - Carbon Storage Program Goals Deelop and alidate technologies to ensure 99 percent storage permanence. Deelop technologies to improe reseroir storage efficiency while ensuring containment effectieness. Support industry s ability to predict CO2 storage capacity in geologic formations to within ±30 percent. Deelop Best Practice Manuals (BPMs) for monitoring, erification, accounting (MVA), and assessment; site screening, selection, and initial characterization; public outreach; well management actiities; and risk analysis and simulation. 4

5 Carbon Storage Program Technical Priorities to Master the Subsurface Predicting and monitoring CO 2 plume and brine pressure front moement, stabilization, and impacts Optimization of reseroirs for CO 2 storage capacity Deeloping and alidating risk assessment strategies Mitigating risks such as the risk of leakage from old wells and induced seismicity Carrying out (Large-olume and Fit-for- Purpose) field tests for different storage types and depositional enironments 5

6 Collaborating to Address Technical Issues Energy Frontier Research Centers National Risk Assessment Partnership (NRAP) Carbon Storage Program Subsurface Technology and Engineering RD&D (SubTER) National Carbon Sequestration Database (NATCARB) Industry Collaborations International Collaborations Uniersity and National Lab Collaborations 6

7 Carbon Storage Programmatic Structure 7

8 Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Deeloping the Infrastructure for Wide Scale Deployment Seen Regional Partnerships 400+ distinct organizations, 44 states, 4 Canadian Proinces BIG SKY PCOR WESTCARB MGSC MRCSP SWP SECARB Engage regional, state, and local goernments Determine regional sequestration benefits Baseline region for sources and sinks Establish monitoring and erification protocols Address regulatory, enironmental, and outreach issues Validate sequestration technology and infrastructure 8

9 Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships RCSP Deelopment Phase CO 2 Stored Volumes Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership Kein Dome Project Injection 2016 Plains CO 2 Reduction Partnership Bell Creek Field Project 2,753,000 metric tons Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Michigan Basin Project 486,424 metric tons Southwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Farnsworth Unit Project 418,952 metric tons Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Cranfield Project 4,743,898 metric tons Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium Illinois Basin Decatur Project 999,215 metric tons Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Citronelle Project 114,104 metric tons 9

10 Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships RCSP Deelopment Phase Cumulatie Injection Volume CO 2 Injection Volume (Thousand Metric Tons) 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1, Initiated SECARB 2011 Initiated MGSC 2012 Initiated SECARB 2013 Initiated MRCSP PCOR SWP Cumulatie Injection Program Target 10

11 SECARB Cranfield Field Project Key Facts Saline storage demonstration Verifying storage capacity and far-field pressure response in Tuscaloosa Formation 4.74 million metric tons injected injection completed Extensie MVA plan focused on CS Program research: 4-D geophysics (ERT, VSP) Geochemical (U-tube technology) Field pressure monitoring Distributed temperature Wireline logging Multiple subsurface monitoring methods tested in Detailed Area of Study Heterogeneity in properties/structure significantly influences plume moement Challenge - Defining plume extent in a domal structure where the plume aries in thickness 11

12 SECARB Citronelle, Plant Barry Field Project Key Facts Saline storage project supporting a fully integrated, commercial prototype coal fired power plant (25MW) First integration of a coal plant with CO2 capture, pipeline transportation, and injection for geologic storage 114,000 metric tons injected injection completed Test the CO2 flow, trapping, and storage mechanisms of a regionally extensie Gulf Coast saline formation Document the permitting process for all aspects of a CCS project and understand the coordination required for a fully integrated project Crosswell seismic shows CO2 plume contained within reseroir Implemented unique wellbore-based monitoring instrumentation Challenge - Monitoring of indiidual reseroirs in a stacked storage system 12

13 Big Sky Kein Dome Field Project Key Facts Saline storage demonstration (Class VI Permit) in the middle Duperow formation, Kein Dome, Montana Shallow Carbonates (~4,000 feet) Detailed characterization complete, preparing for injection 1 MMT of CO 2 injected oer 4 years Project erifying storage capacity and injectiity in regionally significant dome Characterization and reseroir simulation actiities focused on impact of naturally fractured reseroir Comprehensie MVA Program Methods which may improe seismic detection of CO 2 13

14 MGSC Illinois Basin Decatur Project Key Facts Confirmed storage potential of Mt. Simon Sandstone; better than expected injectiity First Class I Permit and Second Class VI Permit for CO 2 injection in the U.S. High resolution microseismic monitoring showing actiity focused in underlying formation/basement Challenges Eoling regulatory requirements 3D seismic imaging of thin, deep plume Saline storage demonstration 1 million metric tons of anthropogenic CO 2 stored at a depth of 2,100 m (7,000 ft) Injection from Noember 2011 to Noember 2014 Comprehensie MVA program (20+ techniques) with 8 years of monitoring planned: 2 years pre-injection, 3 years during injection, and 3 years post-injection 14

15 MRCSP Michigan Basin Project Key Facts Project carried out across pinnacle reefs in different stages of oil production: late-stage reef actie CO2-EOR reef early-stage reef (primary production ended) Associated storage in conjunction with EOR - injected and monitored the storage of more than 486,000 metric tons of new CO2. CO2-EOR flooding before study left more than 1,000,000 metric tons of CO2 in place. Data from multiple fields proides insight into the impact of geology and hydrocarbon production history on CO2 storage potential Helps deelop strategies for optimizing future CO2 storage projects. Reseroir characterization used data from VSP, PNC logs, InSAR, borehole graity sureys, and fluid sampling. Results help build technical protocols for closed reseroir systems. 15

16 PCOR Bell Creek Field Project Key Facts Associated storage in conjunction with EOR in the Muddy formation, near Bell Creek, Montana Injecting 1 million metric tons of CO 2 per year Injection began May million metric tons of CO 2 stored Demonstrating MVA strategies in high permeability reseroir ( md) undergoing commercial scale injection Integrated risk based management approach throughout operations Goal of MVA Program: Integrate MVA methods to account for associated CO 2 storage in the context of commercial-scale CO 2 EOR Effectiely monitor moement of CO 2 and reseroir fluids to ealuate storage efficiency, demonstrate safe and effectie storage, and identify fluid migration pathways to determine long-term storage of CO 2 Challenge - Monitor conformance and storage efficiency in stratigraphically compartmentalized reseroirs 16

17 SWP Farnsworth Unit Field Project Key Facts Associated CO 2 storage in conjunction with EOR Morrow formation, Anadarko Basin, Ochiltree County, Texas Project erifying storage capacity, mechanisms, and permanency Injection of 1 million metric tons of anthropogenic CO 2 oer 5 years 419,000 metric tons stored Two anthropogenic sources (fertilizer and ethanol), accounting requirements for ethanol being sold in CA market Comprehensie site characterization integrating multiple data types to define channel features and faulting Optimization of storage engineering in an actie EOR field New 5-spot patterns eery year - blueprint learning as additional injection patterns come online Challenge monitoring conformance in a stratigraphically compartmentalized reseroir FWU 17

18 Storage Infrastructure Accomplishments Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSP) Bow Island Addressing Technical Challenges SECARB Citronelle - Modular Borehole Monitoring (MBM) System Demonstrated injectiity and measured capacity in six regionally important storage formations. Validation using simulations and MVA to predict and measure CO 2 moement in a limited number of reseroir types. Inestigated a broad portfolio of MVA technologies. Successfully implemented expert panelbased risk assessment strategies. Proided technical knowledge and operational experience for future commercial-scale projects. Proided understanding necessary to identify additional subsurface reseroir and operational issues which still need to be addressed. Lower Bow Island Swift Madison Bakken Souris Rier Acoustic basement BSRCSP Structural surface (Shear wae) PCOR Bell Creek Pulsed Neutron Logging MGSC Seismic ibrator truck 18

19 It s All About a Clean, Affordable Energy Future For More Information, Contact NETL the ENERGY lab 19

20 Carbon Storage Programmatic Structure 20