BSCSP Moxa Arch Injection

Project Overview

The BSCSP plans to conduct two geologic field tests in prominent geological formations located throughout the Region (basalt formations and sedimentary rock hosted saline formations). This project will perform a large volume sequestration test in a saline aquifer at a site west of LaBarge, Wyoming. The test will inject 1Mt of CO2 a year for two years into the saline aquifer at depths over 3.5km. The CO2 will be supplied by Cimarex Energy from their gas plant in the Riley Ridge Field. The Cimarex plant, scheduled for completion in 2008, will extract methane and helium from gas produced from the Madison Limestone at almost 5.5km depth. The plant will produce approximately 1.5 million tons of high pressure CO2 per year. The CO2 for the project (92% CO2 and 8% H2S) will be diverted in a short lateral pipeline for injection into the saline aquifer. Information from the project will be used by Cimarex to evaluate the potential to establish a commercial sequestration facility.

Project Type

Capture & Storage.

Location

LaBarge, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Type of CO₂ Storage Operation

Onshore saline aquifer.

Major Stakeholders

Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership (BSCSP)

Project Scale

Demonstration.

Project Start Year: 2008

	2011

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	1 Mt/a
	2 Mt

Project Cost

Total cost of the project is projected to be US$110,443,505.  US$41,627,108 will be contributed by the US DOE and US$68,816,397 by non-DOE sources.

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