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Solubility trapping in formation water as dominant CO2 sink in natural gas fields

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  • Stuart M. V. Gilfillan

    (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
    Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage, School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK)

  • Barbara Sherwood Lollar

    (University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada)

  • Greg Holland

    (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)

  • Dave Blagburn

    (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)

  • Scott Stevens

    (Advanced Resources International, 4501 Fairfax Drive, Suite 910, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1661, USA)

  • Martin Schoell

    (GasConsult International, 2808 Adeline Street #3, Berkeley, California 94703, USA)

  • Martin Cassidy

    (University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5503, USA)

  • Zhenju Ding

    (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
    China University of Geosciences, Wuhan City, 430074, China)

  • Zheng Zhou

    (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)

  • Georges Lacrampe-Couloume

    (University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada)

  • Chris J. Ballentine

    (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)

Abstract

CO2 storage: natural gas fields as a model for power-station emissions burial One of a number of options available to mitigate the effects of anthropogenic CO2 on climate is the burial of emissions from power stations and other industrial sources. But how safe and how efficient is burial? The design and long-term viability of a site depend critically on how and where the CO2 is stored. Natural gas fields can serve as analogues for safe geological storage of anthropogenic CO2 over millennial timescales, and now a study using noble gas and carbon isotope tracers has characterized the processes involved in removal of the CO2 phase in nine natural gas fields from North America, China and Europe. The dominant sink is found to be dissolution in formation water, with fixation in carbonate minerals playing only a minor role. This suggests that models of long-term storage of CO2 waste in similar geological systems need to focus on the potential mobility of CO2 dissolved in water.

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  • Stuart M. V. Gilfillan & Barbara Sherwood Lollar & Greg Holland & Dave Blagburn & Scott Stevens & Martin Schoell & Martin Cassidy & Zhenju Ding & Zheng Zhou & Georges Lacrampe-Couloume & Chris J. Ball, 2009. "Solubility trapping in formation water as dominant CO2 sink in natural gas fields," Nature, Nature, vol. 458(7238), pages 614-618, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:458:y:2009:i:7238:d:10.1038_nature07852
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07852
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