CCS world projects: Michigan Basin
Project Overview
DTE Energy, a member of the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) is participating in a field test of a promising technique for storing carbon dioxide in deep underground rock formations in the Michigan Basin. In the field test members of the MRCSP research team will inject a small amount of CO2 into a deep saline formation that is located thousands of feet below freshwater zones and at an intermediate depth between the gas-producing layers and the oil-producing layers. The test is being designed to increase our understanding of storage technologies in a real-world setting. Although the test is very small in scale, it holds great promise as an important step in building our knowledge and helping future generations to address global warming. It is currently estimated that the formations may have the capacity to store hundreds of years’ worth of current emissions from large point sources of CO2 in the state.
Project Type
Storage
Location
Gaylord, Michigan, U.S.A
Type of CO2 Storage Operation
Onshore saline aquifer 
Major Stakeholders
Project Scale
Pilot
Project Start Year: 2008
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250-600 t/d |
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60 kt |
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| Depth of Injection Interval | 1061 m | |
| Type of Reservoir | Dolomite | |
| Type of Seal | Limestone | |
| Distance Source to Sink | 13 km |
Method of CO2 Delivery
Pipeline
Injected Gas Composition
99.91% CO2
Project Cost
$US14.3 M Public;
$US3.767 M Private.
Research Fellows
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