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2013 USGS Geologic Carbon Sequestration Assessment.
Alaska Pacific Northwest (270 Gt) 9% (14 Gt) <1% California (90 Gt) 3% Western Mid-Continent (150 Gt) 5% Eastern Mesozoic Rift Basins (0.44 Gt) <1% Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains (270 Gt) 9% Eastern Mid-Continent (230 Gt) 8% Coastal Plains (2,000 Gt) 65%
2013 USGS Geologic Carbon Sequestration Assessment.
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----- The Thirty-Six Basins ----
The 36 basins are located throughout the onshore and state waters of the United States, including Alaska. Hawaii was not assessed because it lacks sedimentary basins...
of any significance.
The largest potential by far is in the Coastal Plains region, which accounts for 2,000 metric gigatons, or 65 percent, of the storage potential. Two other areas with significant storage capacity include Alaska and the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains.
Many of the basins are also oil and gas-producing basins, as much of the same geologic conditions that allowed the oil and gas to form and collect into reservoirs also facilitates carbon storage.
----- What’s Next? ------
This assessment goes further than all previous assessments in considering the viability of sequestration. However, there are still important areas that require further research.
This assessment estimates the technically accessible pore space for carbon dioxide storage, meaning it can be developed using today’s technology and standard engineering practices. It does not, however, incorporate economic values. An economic analysis of these results will help policy makers and other assessment users better understand the potential development of the resource under various economic conditions.
Because geologic carbon sequestration is relatively new, few studies have been conducted on the economic viability of wide-spread implementation of the technology.
To remedy this research gap, USGS will undertake an economic analysis of this assessment, as well as the potential for incremental oil recovery and associated CO2 sequestration in oil fields in the lower 48 states that pass an engineering and geologic screening test for carbon dioxide – enhanced oil recovery application.
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