CCS world projects: Decatur
Project Overview
The MGSC, ISGS, and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will work together on this carbon sequestration project, which will involve the capture and storage of carbon dioxide from ADM’s ethanol plant in Decatur, Illinois. The project is designed to confirm the ability of the Mt. Simon Sandstone, a major regional saline reservoir in Illinois, to accept and store 1Mt of CO2 over a period of three years. The safety and effectiveness of the storage will be monitored by the MGSC through an extensive Monitoring, Mitigation and Verification (MMV) program. The project will begin in spring 2008 with the drilling of the injection well, with environmental monitoring beginning in October 2008 to collect background information over a year’s time. The sequestration and injection of carbon dioxide is scheduled to begin in October 2009 and should conclude in 2012.
Project Type
Storage
Location
Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A.
Type of CO2 Storage Operation
Onshore saline aquifer 
Major Stakeholders
Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC)
Illinois State Geological Survey
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Project Scale
Demonstration
Project Start Year: 2008
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1 kt/d |
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330 kt/a |
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1 Mt |
| Additional Data | ||
| Depth of Injection Interval (average) | 1980 m | |
| Type of Reservoir | Quartzose Sandstone | |
| Type of Seal | Shale | |
| Distance Source to Sink | Unknown |
Method of CO2 Delivery
Unknown
Injected Gas Composition
Unknown
Project Cost
US$84.3 million
