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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 depleted gas field

Major Stakeholders

MRCSP

Project Scale

Pilot

Project Start Year: 2008

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2008/2009  
 

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approx daily 250-600 t/d
approx annual Unknown
total sequestration 60 kt


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  Additional Data  
  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.

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