Full Title: Best Practices for: Carbon Storage Systems and Well Management Activities
Author(s): National Energy Technology Laboratory
Publisher(s): National Energy Technology Laboratory
Publication Date: April 1, 2012
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Description (excerpt):
Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) is one of several promising emission-reduction strategies that can be used to help stabilize and reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere while maintaining America’s energy independence. It is estimated in the 2010 Carbon Sequestration Atlas that the potential geologic storage (GS) resources within the United States and Canada are great enough to store more than 1,800 billion metric tons of CO2, roughly enough capacity to store the annual amount of CO2 currently emitted from stationary sources in the United States for at least 500 years.1 The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been actively researching and developing CCS technologies. The purpose of the DOE Carbon Storage Program is to demonstrate that CO2 can be economically, successfully, and securely stored permanently in a manner that is compliant with the best engineering and geological practices; Federal, state, and local regulations; and in the best interests of local and regional stakeholders.