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Geologic Framework for the National Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources—U.S. Gulf Coast

Tina L. Roberts-Ashby, Sean T. Brennan, Marc L. Buursink, Jacob A. Covault, William H. Craddock, Ronald M. Drake II, Matthew D. Merrill, Ernie R. Slucher, Peter D. Warwick, Madalyn S. Blondes, Mayur A. Gosai, Philip A. Freeman, Steven M. Cahan, Christina A. DeVera, and Celeste D. Lohr

Chapter H of
Geologic Framework for the National Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources

Edited by Peter D. Warwick and Margo D. Corum

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This report presents 27 storage assessment units (SAUs) within the United States (U.S.) Gulf Coast. The U.S. Gulf Coast contains a regionally extensive, thick succession of clastics, carbonates, salts, and other evaporites that were deposited in a highly cyclic depositional environment that was subjected to a fluctuating siliciclastic sediment supply and transgressive and regressive sea levels. At least nine major depositional packages contain porous strata that are potentially suitable for geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration within the region. For each SAU identified within these packages, the areal distribution of porous rock that is suitable for geologic CO2 sequestration is discussed, along with a description of the geologic characteristics that influence the potential CO2 storage volume and reservoir performance. These characteristics include reservoir depth, gross thickness, net-porous thickness, porosity, permeability, and groundwater salinity. Additionally, a characterization of the overlying regional seal for each SAU is presented. On a case-by-case basis, strategies for estimating the pore volume existing within structurally and (or) stratigraphically closed traps are also presented. Geologic information presented in this report has been employed to calculate potential storage capacities for CO2 sequestration in the SAUs that are assessed herein, although complete assessment results are not contained in this report.

First posted April 15, 2014

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Roberts-Ashby, T.L., Brennan, S.T., Buursink, M.L., Covault, J.A., Craddock, W.H., Drake, R.M., II, Merrill, M.D., Slucher, E.R., Warwick, P.D., Blondes, M.S., Gosai, M.A., Freeman, P.A., Cahan, S.M., DeVera, C.A., and Lohr, C.D., 2014, Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources—U.S. Gulf Coast, chap. H of Warwick, P.D., and Corum, M.D., eds., Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1024–H, 77 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121024H.

ISSN 2331-1258 (online)


Contents

Editors’ Preface

References Cited

Abstract

Introduction

Norphlet Formation SAU C50490101 and Norphlet Formation Deep SAU C50490102

Smackover Formation SAU C50490103 and Smackover Formation Deep SAU C50490104

Haynesville Formation SAU C50490105 and Haynesville Formation Deep SAU C50490106

Sligo and Hosston Formations and Cotton Valley Group SAU C50490107 and Sligo and Hosston Formations and Cotton Valley Group Deep SAU C50490108

Knowles and Winn Limestones and Calvin Sandstone SAU C50490109

Rodessa Formation and James Limestone SAU C50490110 and Rodessa Formation and James Limestone Deep SAU C50490111

Fredericksburg Group and Rusk Formation SAU C50490112

Edwards, Glen Rose, and James Limestones SAU C50490113

Washita and Fredericksburg Groups, Rusk Formation, and James Limestone SAU C50490114

Washita and Fredericksburg Groups, Rusk Formation, and James Limestone Deep SAU C50490115

Fredericksburg Group and Rusk Formation SAU C50490112

Edwards, Glen Rose, and James Limestones SAU C50490113

Washita and Fredericksburg Groups, Rusk Formation, and James Limestone SAU C50490114 and Washita and Fredericksburg Groups, Rusk Formation, and James Limestone Deep SAU C50490115

Tuscaloosa and Woodbine Formations SAU C50490116

Navarro, Taylor, and Austin Groups SAU C50490117

Carrizo Sand and Wilcox Group SAU C50470118

Queen City Sand SAU C50470119

Sparta Sand SAU C50470120

Yegua and Cockfield Formations SAU C50470121

Frio and Vicksburg Formations SAU C50470122

Lower Miocene I SAU C50470123, Lower Miocene II SAU C50470124, Middle Miocene SAU C50470125, and Upper Miocene SAU C50470126

Upper Miocene SAU C50470126

Tertiary Slope and Basin Floor SAU C50470127

Acknowledgments

References Cited


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