2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 254
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
205/206 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T186. Natural Carbon Dioxide Accumulations as Analogs for Geologic Storage

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Petroleum/Energy Discipline; Geochemical Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Marc L. Buursink, Matthew D. Merrill and Martin Cassidy, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE MAGNITUDE AND RATE OF CO2 DISSOLUTION AND BRAVO DOME NATURAL GAS FIELD
SATHAYE, Kiran J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, CA 78712, HESSE, Marc A., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, CASSIDY, Martin, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston, 12926 Bowing Oaks Dr, Cypress, TX 77429-2044 and STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
1:20 PM
ST. JOHNS CO2 GAS FIELD, AN EXAMPLE OF A LEAKING DEPOSIT
CASSIDY, Martin, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston, 12926 Bowing Oaks Dr, Cypress, TX 77429-2044 and BALLENTINE, Chris, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom
1:35 PM
ACCUMULATION AND LEAKAGE OF CO2 IN VOLCANIC TERRAINS
BERGFELD, Deborah, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, EVANS, William C., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 434, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and LEWICKI, Jennifer L., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
1:50 PM
USING NOBLE GASES TO DEFINE CO2 BEHAVIOUR IN GEOLOGICAL CO2 STORAGE ANALOGUES
WARR, Oliver, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, ROCHELLE, Christopher A., British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, MASTERS, Andrew, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom and BALLENTINE, Chris, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom
2:05 PM
LOW TEMPERATURE MAGNESITE FORMATION IN MG-CARBONATE PLAYAS: A NATURAL ANALOGUE FOR CO2 SEQUESTRATION
POWER, Ian M., Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2020-2027 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, HARRISON, Anna L., Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, WILSON, Siobhan A., School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Australia, DIPPLE, Gregory M., Mineral Deposit Research Unit, The University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada and FALLON, Stewart J., Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia
2:20 PM
STORING CARBON DIOXIDE; NATURE’S LESSONS FROM THE MCELMO DOME FIELD, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
GIANNINY, Gary L., KLINK, Alex T. and COWAN, Phil L., Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301
 
2:35 PM
Break
2:50 PM
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GOALS FOR CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL CARBON DIOXIDE AND HELIUM ACCUMULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
WARWICK, Peter D. and U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources Assessment Team, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192
3:05 PM
SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL CARBON DIOXIDE OCCURRENCE IN THE EASTERN MID-CONTINENT, UNITED STATES
SLUCHER, Ernie R., U.S. Geological Survey, 6480 Doubletree Ave, Columbus, OH 43229
3:20 PM
INVESTIGATING NATURAL CO2 SOURCES IN SELECTED CALIFORNIA COASTAL BASINS
BUURSINK, Marc L., US Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, National Center MS-956, Reston, VA 20192
3:35 PM
NOBLE GAS ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE FARNHAM DOME FIELD, UTAH
MERRILL, Matthew D., Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, HUNT, Andrew G., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 21, MS-963, Denver, CO 80225 and LOHR, Celeste D., U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
3:50 PM
ORIGIN AND LONGEVITY OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE MOXA ARCH, GREEN RIVER BASIN, WYOMING, U.S.A
BECKER, Thomas P.1, BECKER, Stephen P.2, LAWSON, Michael3 and POTTORF, Robert J.3, (1)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77067, (2)Petroleum Geochemistry, Hydrocarbon Systems Division, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77098, (3)Petroleum Geochemistry, Hydrocarbon Systems Division, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77027
4:05 PM
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERACTION OF ROCK-WATER-SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FLUID IN A POTENTIAL SITE FOR GEOLOGICAL STORAGE OF CO2 IN TAIWAN
JEAN, Jiin-Shuh, YANG, Huai-Jen and LIN, Huan-Wen, Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, #1 University Road, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
 
4:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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