Report on geologic carbon sequestration opportunities in the Mount Simon Sandstone with information on geology and stratigraphy, core analyses and geophysical logs, variation in the reservoir, porosity, permability, and storage capacity.

The Carbon Storage Open Database is a collection of spatial data obtained from publicly available sources published by several NATCARB Partnerships and other organizations.

Overview of lithostratigraphy, upper and lower contacts, depths and thicknesses, depositional environments, paleogeography, tectonism, structure and traps, reservoir characteristics and suitability as a CO2 injection target or seal unit for the Keefer Sandstone, Lockport Dolomite, Niagara Group, Bass Islands Dolomite, Oriskany Sandstone, Onondaga Formation-Needmore Shale, Detroit River Group-Bois Blanc Formation, Dundee and Rogers City Formations, as well as discussion of uncertainty in reservoir characterization and storage capacity estimates.

Beginning in 2019, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR) and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) initiated research to assess the water resources of the Salt Basin region of southern New Mexico and westernmost Texas. This project was funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and was conducted in coordination with two graduate students at NMT, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC), and consultants with the NMISC. The current study was initiated as a result of NMISC considering potential groundwater export from the New Mexico portion of the basin to other regions of New Mexico, particularly during times of reduced surface water availability. The purpose of this project was to assess the water resources and evaluate the sustainability of pumping 100,000 acre-ft/yr in the Salt Basin region. In particular, the project’s scope addressed the Salt Basin regional water availability by (1) identifying and attempting to address data gaps where there is currently little or no information about the groundwater system; (2) refining estimates of the regional water budget, including groundwater recharge, storage, evapotranspiration, and pumping; (3) building and updating the hydrogeologic framework and numerical hydrologic model; and (4) running specific pumping scenarios in the revised model. These efforts focus attention on the region’s capacity to sustain current groundwater withdrawals in the Salt Basin and implications for future development in New Mexico. Additional techniques applied in this study included electromagnetic geophysical measurements to better characterize the subsurface of the Salt Basin and to evaluate use of these methods in identifying saline or brackish aquifers.

Systematic carbon storage resource assessment of the offshore Mid-Atlantic coastal region from the Georges Bank Basin (GBB) through the Long Island Platform to the southern Baltimore Canyon Trough (BCT). Regional-scale prospective CO2 storage resources have been estimated for three potential deep saline storage zones to establish preliminary, screening-level constraints on the geologic storage resources available in the Mid-Atlantic offshore study region. Results of the regional analysis were used to delineate a selected area for refinement of storage resource estimates via dynamic injection and storage simulation.

The NATCARB Viewer allows users to browse and query data under Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP), Atlas V, Worldwide CCS Database, Brine Well Samples, and other tabs. The number of stationary CO2 sources, CO2 emissions, and CO2 storage resource estimates reported in Atlas V is based on information gathered by the National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB). NATCARB is a relational database and geographic information system (GIS) that integrates CCS data from the RCSPs and other sources. NATCARB provides a national view of the carbon storage potential; data from NATCARB is uploaded into Energy Data eXchange (EDX).

Marine Reg37 Pen Llyn ar Sarnau saline lagoons

Marine Reg37 Pen Llyn ar Sarnau saline lagoons

The National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB) Saline spatial database is a small-scale (large-area) overview of carbon dioxide (CO2) geologic storage potential in saline formations across the USA and parts of Canada. Saline formations are composed of brine-saturated porous rock and capped by one or more regionally extensive, low-permeability rock formations. Only saline formations containing formation fluid with total dissolved solids (TDS) greater than 10,000 ppm merited evaluation for potential CO2 storage. A saline storage resource can include one named geologic stratigraphic unit or be defined as only a part of a stratigraphic unit. This data layer reflects the best available knowledge regarding the location of carbon sequestration potential in the USA and Canada, both onshore and offshore. NATCARB is administered by the US Dept. of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and contains data provided by several Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSP). RCSPs originally developed the data per individual geologic storage resource, or as continuous surface models, and then converted these data into a 10 km X 10 km vector "grid". The NATCARB Team at the Kansas Geological Survey compiled the regional datasets into a single, seamless layer.

As part of a 3-year project examining both saline (Task 2) and hydrocarbon (Task 3) reservoirs to better understand the storage coefficients of deep saline storage and utilization factors or enhanced oil recovery, intensive literature reviews were performed to gather necessary data to build and simulate geocellular models. The following outlines the methodology, data collected, and references for Task 2. In the attached spreadsheet, each tab represents a formation(s) and the primary depositional environment. Within each tab, the data are displayed for easy consumption. A header provides basic information such as formation, basin and country, environment, and data origin. Below the header are the collected porosity and permeability values. Each row is depth-oriented; thus the porosity listed correlates directly to the permeability. On the right side of the page, four charts are shown. The top chart is a porosity histogram with statistics, the second chart is a permeability histogram with statistics, the third chart is a porosity vs. permeability crossplot for the formation selected, and the fourth chart is a porosity vs. permeability crossplot from the AGD representing the same environment.

Brackish groundwater (BGW), defined for this assessment as having a dissolved-solids concentration between 1,000 and 10,000 milligrams per liter is an unconventional source of water that may offer a partial solution to current (2016) and future water challenges. In support of the National Water Census, the U.S. Geological Survey has completed a BGW assessment to gain a better understanding of the occurrence and character of BGW resources of the United States as an alternative source of water. Analyses completed as part of this assessment relied on previously collected data from multiple sources, and no new data were collected. One of the most important contributions of this assessment is the creation of a database containing chemical data and aquifer information for the known quantities of BGW in the United States. Data were compiled from single publications to large datasets and from local studies to national assessments, and includes chemical data on the concentrations of dissolved solids, major ions, trace elements, nutrients, radionuclides, and physical properties of the resource (pH, temperature, specific conductance). This dataset represents major-ions data from a compilation of water-quality samples from 33 sources for almost 384,000 groundwater wells across the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. The data are published here as an ESRI geodatabase with a point feature class, and associated attribute table, and also as non-proprietary comma-separated value table. Dissolved-solids data include information for assessing the distribution of dissolved-solids concentrations and other chemical constituents that may limit the usability of brackish groundwater. It was not possible to compile all data available for the Nation, and data selected for this investigation were mostly limited to larger datasets that were available in a digital format. As a result, some data on a more local-scale may not be included.

Brackish groundwater (BGW), defined for this assessment as having a dissolved-solids concentration between 1,000 and 10,000 milligrams per liter is an unconventional source of water that may offer a partial solution to current (2016) and future water challenges. In support of the National Water Census, the U.S. Geological Survey has completed a BGW assessment to gain a better understanding of the occurrence and character of BGW resources of the United States as an alternative source of water. Analyses completed as part of this assessment relied on previously collected data from multiple sources, and no new data were collected. One of the most important contributions of this assessment was the creation of a database containing chemical data and aquifer information for the known quantities of BGW in the United States. Data were compiled from single publications to large datasets and from local studies to national assessments, and includes chemical data on the concentrations of dissolved solids, major ions, trace elements, nutrients, radionuclides, and physical properties of the resource (pH, temperature, specific conductance). This dataset represents major-ions data from a compilation of water-quality samples from 16 sources for about 124,000 groundwater wells across the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. The data are published here as an ESRI geodatabase with a point feature class, and associated attribute table, and also as non-proprietary comma-separated value table. Major-ions data include information for assessing the geochemical-water type, saturation indices, and potential for mineral scaling. It was not possible to compile all data available for the Nation, and data selected for this investigation were mostly limited to larger datasets that were available in a digital format. As a result, some data on a more local-scale may not be included.