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Session No. 10
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)

T13. CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers: Leakage Pathways, Risk Assessment, and Impact on Overlying Aquifers

GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

John E. McCray, Alexis K. Navarre-Sitchler and Assaf Wunsch, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
SIMPLIFIED MODELING TOOLS TO ESTIMATE CO2 AND BRINE LEAKAGE AND THE AREA OF REVIEW
COURT, Benjamin1, CELIA, Michael A.1, DOBOSSY, Mark2, NORDBOTTEN, Jan M.3 and ELLIOT, Thomas R.1, (1)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Geological Storge Consultants, LLC, Apple Valley, MN 55455, (3)Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5008, Norway, bcourt@princeton.edu, bcourt@princeton.edu
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8:25 AM
A QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS THE RISKS TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM CO2 LEAKAGE INTO GROUNDWATER
SIIRILA, Erica R.1, NAVARRE-SITCHLER, Alexis K.1, MAXWELL, Reed M.2 and MCCRAY, John E.3, (1)Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Geology and Geologic Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, (3)Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, esiirila@mymail.mines.edu, esiirila@mymail.mines.edu
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8:40 AM
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR CARBON SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
WANG, Yifeng, SUN, Amy Cha-Tien, HADGU, Teklu, DEWERS, Thomas, JOVE-COLON, Carlos and MCNEISH, Jerry, P. O. Box, MS 0779, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0779, ywang@sandia.gov, ywang@sandia.gov
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8:55 AM
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL GEOLOGIC CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION SITES: TRAP VALIDATION CONCEPTS FROM THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
DAVIS, J. Steve1, BECKER, Thomas P.2, VROLIJK, Peter1 and MAZE, Will B.1, (1)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252, (2)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77067, j.steve.davis@exxonmobil.com, j.steve.davis@exxonmobil.com
 
9:10 AM
Break
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9:25 AM
THE CHALLENGE OF PREDICTING GROUNDWATER QUALITY IMPACTS IN CO2 LEAKAGE SCENARIOS: RESULTS FROM FIELD, LABORATORY, AND MODELING STUDIES AT A NATURAL ANALOG SITE IN NEW MEXICO, USA
KEATING, Elizabeth H.1, HAKALA, J. Alexandra2, VISWANATHAN, Hari3, CAPO, Rosemary C.4, STEWART, Brian W.4, GARDINER, James B.5, CAREY, J. William6 and FESSENDEN, Julianna7, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87544, (2)Geosciences Division, National Energy Technology Lab; U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (5)Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (6)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (7)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87544, N/A, N/A
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9:45 AM
SALINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES WITHIN/FROM A MIDWESTERN US INTRACRATONIC BASIN: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES IN CO2 SEQUESTRATION
PANNO, Samuel V.1, KELLY, Walton R.2, HACKLEY, Keith C.1, ASKARI-KHORASGANI, Zohreh1, RICE, Richard J.1, HWANG, Hue-Hwa1 and KROTHE, Noel C.3, (1)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Drive, NA, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois, 2204 Griffith Drive, NA, Champaign, 61820, (3)Hydrogeology Inc, 1211 South Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN 47404, panno@isgs.illinois.edu, panno@isgs.illinois.edu
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10:00 AM
MONITORING, VERIFICATION, AND ACCOUNTING OF GAS MICROSEEPAGE TO THE SURFACE IN A LARGE-SCALE CARBON DIOXIDE-EOR PROJECT
KLUSMAN, Ronald W., Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Dept. of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80439, rwklusman@earthlink.net, rwklusman@earthlink.net
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10:15 AM
ACTIVE CO2 RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT: COMBINING BRINE EXTRACTION, DESALINATION, AND RESIDUAL-BRINE REINJECTION WITH CO2 STORAGE IN SALINE FORMATIONS
BUSCHECK, Thomas A., SUN, Yunwei, HAO, Yue, WOLERY, Thomas J., AINES, Roger D., BOURCIER, William L. and FRIEDMANN, S. Julio, Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, buscheck1@llnl.gov, buscheck1@llnl.gov
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10:30 AM
HYDROGEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE CO2 LEAKAGE THROUGH THE SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSION OVERLYING THE REDWATER LEDUC REEF IN ALBERTA: PROOF OF HYDRAULIC SITE ISOLATION
PALOMBI, Dan, BACHU, Stefan and BRYDIE, James, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures, 250 Karl Clark Road, Edmonton, AB T6N 1E4, Canada, Dan.Palombi@albertainnovates.ca, Dan.Palombi@albertainnovates.ca
 
10:45 AM
Break
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11:00 AM
GROUNDWATER QUALITY CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO CO2 LEAKAGE FROM DEEP GEOLOGICAL STORAGE
BIRKHOLZER, Jens T.1, ZHENG, Liange1, SPYCHER, Nicolas1, VARADHARAJAN, Charuleka1 and NICO, Peter S.2, (1)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, JTBirkholzer@lbl.gov, JTBirkholzer@lbl.gov
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11:20 AM
POTENTIAL IMPACTS on FRESHWATER AQUIFERS OF CARBON DIOXIDE LEAKS FROM DEEP GEOSEQUESTRATION
LITTLE, Mark G., 2009-2010 GSA/USGS Congressional Science Fellow, 2170 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515, mglittle@alumni.rice.edu, mglittle@alumni.rice.edu
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11:35 AM
GEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS OF CO2 WITH RESERVOIR FLUID AND ROCKS OF POWDER RIVER BASIN
HOLUBNYAK, Yevhen1, HAWTHORNE, Steven B.2, MIBECK, Blaise2, MILLER, David J.2, BREMER, Jordan, SMITH, S.A.4, SORENSEN, J.A.4, STEADMAN, Edward M.5 and HARJU, John A.2, (1)Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, Energy and Environmental Research Center, 15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9018, (2)Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, Energy and Environmental Research Center, 15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018, Grand Forks, ND 58202, (3)Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership, Energy & Environmental Research Center, 15 North 23rd St, Stop 9018, Grand Forks, ND 58202, (4)Energy and Evironmental Research Center, EERC, 15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018, Grand Forks, ND 58202, yholubnyak@undeerc.org, yholubnyak@undeerc.org
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