CarbonSAFE Initiative

Phase I: Integrated Pre-Feasibility Projects

Locations of the Integrated CCS Pre-feasibility projects.

Click on a project number to learn more. 

CarbonSAFE Phase I projects were completed in 2019

Pre-feasibility projects conducted economic feasibility analyses for targeted sites under varying scenarios under Phase I. In addition, extensive regional data was collected, analyzed, and modeled; multiple storage sites and infrastructure were evaluated; and business plans for a variety of CCS scenarios were developed. Overall lessons learned from the pre-feasibility projects include the following:

  • CCS projects require strong collaborations and a business-focused strategy.
  • Strong host site support is critical.
  • Capture costs are a limiting factor for making CCS economical.
  • Stacked storage is feasible but may not be practical at every storage site.
  • Pressure management may be necessary to meet target rates and volumes.
  • Reservoir heterogeneity requires improved models and data to increase plume behavior accuracy.
Project Title Primary Performer Award Number
CAB-CS: Central Appalachian Basin CarbonSAFE Integrated Pre-Feasibility Project Battelle Memorial Institute FE0029466
Northern Michigan Basin CarbonSAFE Integrated Pre-Feasibility Project Battelle Memorial Institute FE0029276
Integrated Pre-feasibility Study for CO2 Geological Storage in the Cascadia Basin, Offshore Washington State and British Columbia The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York FE0029219
California CO2 Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (C2SAFE) Electric Power Research Institute FE0029489
Integrated CCS in the Louisiana Chemical Corridor Louisiana State University and A and M College FE0029274
Integrated CCS Pre-Feasibility in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico The University of Texas at Austin FE0029487
CarbonSAFE Rocky Mountains Phase I: Ensuring Safe Subsurface Storage of CO2 in the Intermountain West University of Utah FE0029280
Integrated Pre-Feasibility Study of a Commercial-Scale CCS Project in Formations of the Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming University of Wyoming FE0029302
CarbonSAFE Illinois East Basin Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois FE0029445
Integrated Commercial Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Pre-Feasibility Study at Dry Fork Station, Wyoming University of Wyoming FE0029375
Integrated Midcontinent Stacked Carbon Storage Hub Battelle Memorial Institute FE0029264
Nebraska Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Pre-Feasibility Study University of North Dakota EERC FE0029186
Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage for Kansas (ICKan) University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. FE0029474

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