CCS world projects: PCOR Lignite
The PCOR Partnership is conducting a multiyear field validation test of CO2 sequestration in an unmineable lignite seam in Burke County in north-western North Dakota. The Lignite Field Validation Test is one of four CO2 sequestration validation projects the Plain CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership has planned for Phase II, the Validation Phase. The PCOR Partnership’s Lignite Field Validation Test is designed to develop the protocols needed to define the capacity of lignites to sequester anthropogenic CO2 as well as to investigate the potential for CBM production from deep, unmineable lignite seams that occur in North Dakota and the surrounding PCOR Partnership region. The knowledge gained during this field validation test is expected to have implications for planning and implementing similar value-added CO2 sequestration operations as well as providing information regarding the potential regional CBM resource base. 82 t of CO2 were injected into the Harmon Coal in the Fort Union Formation.
Project Type
Storage
Location
Burke County, North Dakota, U.S.A
Type of CO2 Storage Operation
Enhanced Coal Bed Methane 
Major Stakeholders
Project Scale
Micro Pilot Test Project
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| Additional Data | ||
| Depth of Injection Interval | 500 m | |
| Type of Reservoir | Coal | |
| Type of Seal | Unknown | |
| Distance Source to Sink | Unknown |
Method of CO 2 delivery
Unknown
Injected Gas Composition
Unknown
Project Cost
US$2.829 M Public;
US$1.768 M Private
