RECS Day 2, cont. - Visit to Alabama Power’s Plant Gorgas
Nick Malkewicz (Schlumberger Carbon Services) with RECS group at location of site characterization, drilling and seismic study
June 7th - After morning lectures on the fundamentals of geological carbon storage, it was time for the RECS group to head to the field to see the location of a new site characterization study for CO2 storage from coal-fired power facilities in Alabama’s Black Warrior Basin. Jimmy Courington (Alabama Power) provided an introduction to Plant Gorgas, a 1,400 MW coal-fired power plant operated by Alabama Power. Drs. Jack Pashin (Geological Survey of Alabama), Peter Clark and Andy Goodliffe (University of Alabama), provided details of the site study, funded in part by the U.S. DOE, that will be conducted through the end of 2012. Project goals are to 1) analyze CO2 storage capacity and injectivity of stacked saline formations in the Cambrian-Pennsylvanian section of the Black Warrior Basin, 2) assess risks associated with carbon storage and 3) develop a regional carbon storage plan and best practices manual. Nick Malkewicz (Schlumberger Carbon Services) took the group to the location of the planned exploratory well and talked about upcoming geophysical testing plans (VSP, microseismic, borehole gravity).
Stratigraphy of stacked storage opportunities
