Battelle Memorial Institute is completed a DOE sponsored project that designed an experimental CO2 injection well and prepare it for permitting. Tasks involved include subsurface geologic assessment in the vicinity of the experimental site, seismic characterization of the site, borehole drilling to characterize the reservoir and cap rock formations, injection and monitoring system design, and risk assessment. The well site is located at a large coal fired power plant in west-central West Virginia. The site has the advantage of providing access to both saline formations and deep coalbeds. Another benefit of the geology in the site vicinity is the formation depth of about 9,000 feet, which provides significant cap rock containment potential and separation.
