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Smith, S. A., J. A. Sorensen, E. N. Steadman, J. A. Harju, and D. W. Fischer, 2009, Estimates of CO2 storage capacity in selected oil fields of the Northern Great Plains region of North America, in M. Grobe, J. C. Pashin, and R. L. Dodge, eds., Carbon dioxide sequestration in geological media—State of the science: AAPG Studies in Geology 59 , p. 8797.

DOI:10.1306/13171235St593378

Copyright copy2009 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Estimates of CO2 Storage Capacity in Selected Oil Fields of the Northern Great Plains Region of North America

Steven A. Smith,1 James A. Sorensen,2 Edward N. Steadman,3 John A. Harju,4 David W. Fischer5

1Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A.
2Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A.
3Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A.
4Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A.
5Fischer Oil and Gas, Inc., Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership is a collaborative effort of public and private sector stakeholders working toward a better understanding of the technical and economic feasibility of capturing and storing (sequestering) anthropogenic CO2 emissions from stationary sources in the central interior of North America. It is one of seven regional partnerships funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Program. The authors would like to thank the following partners who assisted in the review and preparation of this document: Randolph B. Burke, Lynn D. Helms, and Edward C. Murphy of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources; Steven G. Whittaker of GCHEM, Ltd.; and Wesley D. Peck, Erin M. O'Leary, Kim M. Dickman, and Stephanie L. Wolfe of the Energy and Environmental Research Center.

ABSTRACT

The carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration capacities of selected oil fields in the Williston Basin, Powder River Basin, and Denver-Julesberg Basin in the northern Great Plains region of North America were estimated as part of the Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership regional characterization. The estimates were developed using readily available reservoir characterization data obtained from the petroleum regulatory agencies and/or geological surveys from the oil-producing states and provinces of the PCOR Partnership region. Reconnaissance-level sequestration capacities were calculated using two methods depending on the nature of the readily available reservoir characterization data for each field. Maximum storage capacities were estimated for reservoirs where detailed data on original oil in place, cumulative production, reservoir thickness, porosity, temperature, pressure, and water saturation were available. The initial reconnaissance-level estimates indicate that more than 1100 oil fields within the three basins have a capacity to sequester nearly 10 billion tons of CO2, with the potential to produce more than 2 billion bbl of incremental oil through CO2-flood enhanced oil recovery activities.

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