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The DoE publishes the third US CO2 storage atlas
Publish date: December 7, 2010
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The DoE publishes the third US CO2 storage atlas
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) has released the new US CO2 storage atlas, which values the storage potential at 500 to 5,700 years of CO2 from large emission points for the U.S. and portions of Canada.
The updated preliminary estimate, based on current emission rates, documents 1,800 billion to more than 20,000 billion tons of CO2 storage potential in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs and unmineable coal areas.
The atlas has been refined to better reflect uncertainties in geological formation properties, said the DoE. Nonetheless, the estimates provided by this third version of the atlas are not intended to be used as a substitute for site-specific characterization and assessment.
The primary purpose of Atlas III is to update U.S./Canadian CO2 storage potential and provide updated information on the activities of DoE’s seven Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs), comprised of more than 400 organizations, 43 states, and four Canadian provinces. It includes details about commercialization opportunities for CCS technologies from each RCSP and updated information on the location of CO2 stationary source emissions, as well as the locations and geological storage potential of various formations.
Access the press release on Carbon Capture Journal website.
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