(Illinois State Geological Survey, Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium) The Illinois Basin – Decatur Project (IBDP) successfully demonstrated the safe geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO\(_2\)) at the near commercial-scale. Such demonstration projects are essential to gain understanding of the workflows and monitoring equipment needed to be able to geologically sequester CO\(_2\) at a commercial scale, and to gain public confidence in the technology. The IBDP was phase III of the project carried out by the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC), one of seven USDOE NETL RCSPs that were formed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of geological storage of CO\(_2\) as a mitigation tool to address global climate change. Phases I and II related to characterizing the regional geology, identifying geologic units that could be used as storage reservoirs for CO\(_2\), and to identifying CO\(_2\) emitters (industrial sources). The aim of Phase III (IBDP) was to demonstrate safe and effective storage through injection of 1 million tonnes of CO\(_2\).
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Illinois Basin – Decatur Project Dataset
Date last updated: 2022