1 Natural Analogs Research Opportunities Travis L. McLing (INL\CAES) June 13 th – RECS 2011 Birmingham, AL CAES continues to develop meaningful R&D and educational collaborations among the State Universities, Idaho National Laboratory and private industry CAES conducts research that makes a difference in energy, creates the workforce for the future, and leads to technology- based economic development Progress to date: – CAES affiliates have won almost $17M in R&D grants and contracts – Over 250 nuclear, engineering, and science students – Industry partnerships include: Premier, Blackhawk, Shell, AREVA
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Natural Analogs Research Opportunities
Travis L. McLing (INL\CAES) June 13th – RECS 2011
Birmingham, AL
CAES continues to develop meaningful R&D and educational collaborations among the State Universities, Idaho National Laboratory and private industry
CAES conducts research that makes a difference in energy, creates the workforce for the future, and leads to technology-based economic development
Progress to date: – CAES affiliates have won almost $17M in R&D grants and
contracts – Over 250 nuclear, engineering, and science students – Industry partnerships include: Premier, Blackhawk, Shell,
AREVA
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CAES Building – Carbon Research Laboratory
• Micro Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Microscope
• Gas Chromatograph -Mass Spectrometer
• Scanning Electron Microscope –Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy
• Soda Springs, ID • Crystal Geyser, UT • Latera Central Italy • Mammoth • McElmo Dome, CO • St Johns-Springerville Dome, UT • Sheep Mountain, CO • Jackson Dome, MS • Otway Basin Australia • Ultra Mafic, Oman, Norway, USA • Iceland • Kevin Dome….
Western Examples - Understudy
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Near Surface Interaction
Springs provide valuable information on chemical evolution of CO2 laden fluids
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Geochemistry of Reservoir Fluids
Microbiology and CCS
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Mineralization
Some Things are Just Interesting
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New Pressurized Well
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Recent Well Eruption
Annulus leakage
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CAES Study at Box Canyon
Fieldwork is Much Cheaper Than Drilling
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Conclusion: analogs can they help?
• CO2 water rock interactions • Injectibility
– Injection strategy – Sustainability
• EOR • Environmental Risk
– Leakage – Contamination – Produced\displaced water
• Monitoring Measuring and Verification (MMA) • Characterization
– Estimates from range as high as $100 million to fully characterize a site for large-scale CCS deployment…perhaps 30-40 million before a decision can be made.