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Screening Criteria for Geologic CO2 Sequestration

Abstract | Stratigraphic Column | Site Selection
Coal Beds | Oil Reservoirs | Enhanced Oil Recovery | Saline Aquifers | Geologic Model

Saline Aquifer Screening Criteria

  • Geologic Structure
    • Area
    • Thickness
    • Spill Point (closure)
  • Reservoir Temperature
  • Maximum Sequestration Pressure
    • Fracture Pressure
    • Waterflood Injection Pressure (Regulated)
    • Initial Discovery Pressure
  • Salinity
  • Porosity
  • Permeability
Map of Pre-Cambrian Geologic Structure
 

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