CO 2 Storage Site Analysis, Screening, and Resource Estimation for Cenozoic Offshore Reservoirs in the Central Gulf of Mexico

Xitong Hu, Rupom Bhattacherjee, Kodjo Botchway, Jack C. Pashin, Goutam Chakraborty and Prem Bikkina ()
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Xitong Hu: Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Rupom Bhattacherjee: School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Kodjo Botchway: Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Jack C. Pashin: Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Goutam Chakraborty: Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Prem Bikkina: School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 6, 1-23

Abstract: The storage potential of hydrocarbon reservoirs in the central Gulf of Mexico (GOM) makes future development of CO 2 storage projects in those areas promising for secure, large-scale, and long-term storage purposes. Focusing on the producing and depleted hydrocarbon fields in the continental slope of the central GOM, this paper analyzed, assessed, and screened the producing sands and evaluated their CO 2 storage potential. A live interactive CO 2 storage site screening system was built in the SAS ® Viya system with a broad range of screening criteria combined from published studies. This offers the users a real-time assessment of the storage sites and enables them to adjust the filters and visualize the results to determine the most suitable filter range. The CO 2 storage resources of the sands were estimated using a volumetric equation and the correlation developed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The results of this study indicate that 1.05 gigatons of CO 2 storage resources are available in the developed reservoirs at the upper slope area of the central GOM. The Mississippi Canyon and Green Canyon protraction areas contain the fields with the largest storage resources.

Keywords: offshore CO 2 storage; CO 2 EOR; CO 2 storage screening system; central Gulf of Mexico; data management; storage resource (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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