Geological Storage of CO2 in Sub-Seafloor Basalt: The CarbonSAFE Pre-Feasibility Study Offshore Washington State and British Columbia

Authors

David Goldberg, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lara Aston, Government of the United States of America, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Alain Bonneville, Government of the United States of America, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Inci Demirkanli, Government of the United States of America, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Curtis Evans
Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz
Helena Garcia, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law SchoolFollow
Martin Heesemann
Ken Hnottavange-Telleen, GHG Underground, LLC
Emily Hsu, Columbia University, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy
Cristina Malinverno, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kate Moran
Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Martin Scherwath
Angela Slagle, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Martin Stute, Columbia University, Barnard College
Tess Weathers, University of California, Santa Cruz
Romany M. Webb, Columbia University, Sabin Center for Climate Change LawFollow
Mark White, Government of the United States of America, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Signe White, Government of the United States of America, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
CarbonSAFE Cascadia Project Team

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.020

Abstract

The CarbonSAFE Cascadia project team is conducting a pre-feasibility study to evaluate technical and nontechnical aspects of collecting and storing 50 MMT of CO2 in a safe, ocean basalt reservoir offshore from Washington State and British Columbia. Sub-seafloor basalts are very common on Earth and enable CO2 mineralization as a long-term storage mechanism, permanently sequestering the carbon in solid rock form. Our project goals include the evaluation of this reservoir as an industrial-scale CO2 storage complex, developing potential source/transport scenarios, conducting laboratory and modeling studies to determine the potential capacity of the reservoir, and completing an assessment of economic, regulatory and project management risks. Potential scenarios include sources and transport options in the USA and in Canada. The overall project network consists of a coordination team of researchers from collaborating academic institutions, subcontractors, and external participants. Lessons learned from this study at the Cascadia Basin location may be transferrable elsewhere around the globe.

Disciplines

Environmental Law | Law

Center/Program

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Recommended Citation

David Goldberg, Lara Aston, Alain Bonneville, Inci Demirkanli, Curtis Evans, Andrew Fisher, Helena Garcia, Michael B. Gerrard, Martin Heesemann, Ken Hnottavange-Telleen, Emily Hsu, Cristina Malinverno, Kate Moran, Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, Martin Scherwath, Angela Slagle, Martin Stute, Tess Weathers, Romany M. Webb, Mark White, Signe White & CarbonSAFE Cascadia Project Team, Geological Storage of CO2 in Sub-Seafloor Basalt: The CarbonSAFE Pre-Feasibility Study Offshore Washington State and British Columbia, 146 Energy Procedia 158 (2018).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/2319

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