Frio

Project Overview

In 2002, the Frio Brine Pilot Experiment, funded by the U.S. DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory, began. The site for this experiment is in the South Liberty oilfield, northeast of Houston. Before injection, extensive monitoring, including baseline aqueous geochemistry, wireline logging and vertical seismic profiling, and modelling was conducted. Injection began on October 4, 2004, and over 10 days 1,600 tonnes of CO2 was injected into the brine formation. Monitoring was carried out during injection to monitor the movement of the CO2, and is continuing to monitor the post-injection migration. This project has developed the experience necessary to plan, develop and monitor larger-scale, longer-time frame injection experiments. Phase II Summer 2006 - a second deeper injection interval in the Frio Sand package was used to conduct a CO2 injection experiment.

Project Type

Storage.

Location

Liberty County, Texas, U.S.A.

Type of CO₂ Storage Operation

Onshore saline aquifer.

Major Stakeholders

Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas
Texas American Resources Company
Sandia Technologies
Transpecto
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
National Energy Technology Laboraratory
BP
Schlumberger

Project Scale

Pilot.

Project Start Year: 2002

	2004/2004

	160 t/d
	Unknown
	1.6 kt

Project Cost

Unknown.

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