Geological CO2 Storage Characterization: The Key to Deploying Clean Fossil Energy Technology

Geological Observations Supporting Dynamic Climatic Changes.-The Story of the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project (WY-CUSP), and the Regional Inventory and Prioritization of Potential CO₂ Storage Reservoirs in Wyoming.-Legal Framework: Carbon Storage Regulations and Access for the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project (WY-CUSP) .-A Strategy for Designing an Optimal Characterization Study of the Premier Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Site in Wyoming.-Regional Geologic History, CO₂ Source Inventory, and Groundwater Risk Assessment of a Potential CO₂ Sequestration Site on the Rock Springs Uplift in Southwest Wyoming.-Detailed Geologic Characterization of Core and Well Data from the Weber and Madison Formations and Associated Seals at a Potential CO₂ Sequestration Site in Southwest Wyoming: Defining the Lithologic, Geochemical, Diagenetic, and Burial Histories Relative to Successful CO₂ Storage.-Utility of 3-D Seismic Attribute Analysis and VSP for Assessing Potential Carbon Sequestration Targets on the Rock Springs Uplift, Southwest Wyoming.-Reservoir Fluid Characterization of the Weber Sandstone and Madison Limestone on the Rock Springs Uplift in Southwest Wyoming.-Predicting Permeability in the Targeted Geological CO₂ Storage Reservoirs on the Rock Springs Uplift, Southwest Wyoming.-Advances in Estimating the Geologic CO₂ Storage Capacity of the Madison Limestone and Weber Sandstone in the Rock Springs Uplift by Utilizing Detailed 3-D Reservoir Characterization and Geologic Uncertainty Reduction.-Displaced Fluid Management -the Key to Commercial-Scale Geologic CO₂ Storage.-The Carbon Management Institute's Integrated CO₂ Storage/EOR Strategy: the Advantages of Deploying Innovative, Multiple-resource Development Strategies Designed to Foster Sustainability of Energy and Environmental Resources.-A Feasibility Study of the Integration of Geologic CO₂ Storage with Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO₂ Flooding) in the Ordos Basin, China.-Summary of the WY-CUSP Characterization Program.