CCS world projects: Mississippi
Project Overview
The primary objective of this project is to locate and test suitable saline formations for storage of CO2 in proximity to large coal-fired power plants along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The target formation for this field test is the Cretaceous Lower Tuscaloosa Massive Sand Unit in Jackson County, Mississippi. The test will include building detailed geological and reservoir maps to further assess the test site and conducting reservoir simulations to estimate injectivity, storage capacity, and long-term fate of injected CO2. Injection of 3,000 tons of CO2 at an approximate depth of 2,620 m will take place at Mississippi Power Company’s Plant Daniel, located near Escatawpa, Mississippi in late 2008. An injection well and an observation well were drilled at Plant Daniel during March-April 2008. Injection of 3,000 tons of CO2 was completed in October 2008.
Project Type
Storage
Location
Escatawpa, Mississippi, U.S.A
Type of CO2 Storage Operation
Onshore saline aquifer 
Major Stakeholders
SECARB
Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG):
Project Scale
Micro Pilot Test Project
Project Start Year: 2008
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| Depth of Injection Interval (average) | 2600 m | |
| Type of Reservoir | Sandstone/ Conglomerate |
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| Type of Seal | Shale | |
| Distance Source to Sink | Unknown |
Method of CO2 Delivery
Unknown
Injected Gas Composition
Unknown
Project Cost
US$4.635 M Public;
US$3.156 M Private.
