Company/Alliance: Big Sky Partnership (lead by Montana State University-Bozeman) and Houston-based Schlumberger and Denver-based Cimarex Energy Co.
Location: Wyoming
Start Date: Construction (2009); Operation 2015
Size:Total of 2 Million Tons (0.5 MT/Yr)
CO2 Source: A proposed gas- and helium-processing facility slated to be built at the base of the Wyoming Range, near Big Piney in Sublette County.
Storage: The Nugget Sandstone formation. Target formation is at 11'000 feet.
Motivation/Economics: The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $66.9 Million to the BIg Sky partnership in November 2008 for the DOE's seventh demonstration project. The project is expected to cost $130.6 Million. The project is to last a total of 4 years.
Comments: Wyoming is the largest producer of coal in the US and has promoted sequestration. This project will demonstrate the sequestration potential in the widespread eolian Nugget sandstones. The Big Sky Partnership’s large-volume injection test will be located at the Riley Ridge Unit on the LaBarge Platform in Southwest Wyoming.
Project Link: Big Sky Partnership website
Other Sources and Press Release:
Big Sky press release of DOE funding project in Wyoming (November 2008)
DOE press release of project funding to Big Sky Partnership (November 2008)
DOE press release of seven projects obtaining funding
Date Modified April 29, 2009
