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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
Stratigraphic Column for the Illinois Basin Showing Vertically Stacked Reservoirs
Pennsylvanian coal beds are continuous across large areas of the Illinois Basin and are an active exploration target for coalbed methane.
Mississippian oil reservoirs are the most prolific oil reservoirs within the Illinois Basin and represent 80 percent of Illinois oil production.
The Mount Simon Sandstone underlies the Illinois Basin, except in local areas where it failed to cover the hills on the Pre-Cambrian surface. The Mount Simon Sandstone attains a maximum thickness of 2,600 feet in east-central Illinois and west-central Indiana.
Illinois State Geological Survey |
Indiana Geological Survey |
Kentucky Geological Survey
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