Company/Alliance: PCOR. Partners: University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center, Basin Electric Power Cooperative & Encore Energy
Location: Western North Dakota or Eastern Montana. Exact location TBD.
Feedstock: Retro-fitted lignite-Fired Power station in Western North Dakota.
Size: 450 MW. 1 Mt/ Yr CO2 capture
Capture Technology: Post-Combustion
CO2 Fate: .EOR at Oil field in Williston basin, operated by Encore Acquisition Company. Specific site TBD
Timing: Characterization (2008-9), Injection and MMV Operations (2010-14), Post injection MMV (2014-17)
Motivation/Economics: To test the accuracy at which CO2 storage capacity can be predicted; To demonstrate cost-effective MMV technologies and protocols in a working oil production environment; and to provide field validation testing of sequestration technologies and infrastructure approaches which can lead to wide-scale deployment in the region.
Comments: This project is one of the 3 which received funding from the DOE in September 2007. The project is designed to last over 4 years. Williston Basin is estimated to have 1 Billion tons storage capacity. The storage target is the carbonate Devonian Duperow Fm or the Missippian Madison Group, which are located between 10,000 and 12,000ft respectively. Working at these depths will provide information on the technical challenges of injecting at high pressure (4900psi) and temperature (250 °F). Capture will occur at the Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Antelope Valley Station in North Dakota.
Project Link: PCOR project outline (Oct 2007) [PDF]
Other Sources and Press Release:
PCOR Website
Characterizing Secondary seals in the Williston Basin
Influence of tectonics in CO2 leakage, Williston Basin (May 2005) [PDF]
Overview of Geology of Williston Basin as it relates to CO2 storage (May 2005) [PDF]
Sequestration potential in Petroleum reservoirs in the Williston Basin (Sep 2005) [PDF]
PCOR research papers on Williston Basin
