Potential Capacity for Geologic Carbon Sequestration
in the Midcontinent Rift System in Minnesota
Date: Thursday 17 Jan 2008;
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: University of Minnesota, Radisson University Hotel, 615 Washington
Avenue, SE
Chair: Harvey Thorleifson, Director,
Minnesota Geological Survey; Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics,
University of Minnesota
Agenda
9:00 Welcome, Introductions, Round Table
9:15 Introduction - Harvey
Thorleifson
9:45 Discussion
10:00 Break
10:20 Midcontinent rift geophysical overview - Val
Chandler. This presentation included two video clips (basins.avi)
and (basins2.avi).
10:40 Midcontinent rift sedimentary geology overview - Ray
Anderson (IGS)
11:00 Midcontinent rift sedimentary rocks & hydrogeology in Minnesota
- Tony Runkel
11:20 Modeling CO2 injection in Midcontinent rift sedimentary rocks -
Jimmy Randolph.
This presentation included a short video clip (solute_darcy4_4.avi).
11:40 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Round table discussion
1:15 Options for recommendations and possible follow-up
2:30 Sum-up
3:00 Adjurn
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Background: In the spring of 2007, a bill passed by the 85th Minnesota
Legislative Session as S.F. No. 2096, the omnibus environment, natural
resources, energy and commerce appropriations, signed by Governor Pawlenty
on May 8, 2007, provided for carbon sequestration studies, including funding
to the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) for the purposes of geologic
carbon sequestration assessment. A draft report was prepared, and discussion
at the January 17, 2008 technical review guided preparation of the final
draft, to be submitted to the Commissioner of Natural Resources according
to the requirements of the bill. Appreciation is expressed to all participants
in the technical review.
Sponsors:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota Geological Survey
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Prospects for Geologic CO2 Sequestration
in the Upper Midwest: A Briefing for Policy Makers
Date: Wed. 21 March 2007; 9:00 AM - 1:30
Location: University of Minnesota, Humphrey Center
Agenda
9:00 Welcome, opening remarks
9:15 Updates
by Brad Crabtree (Great Plains Institute) and Bill Grant (Izaak Walton
League)
9:30 Presentation
by Elizabeth Wilson (UMN)
10:00 Break
10:20 Presentation
by Ed Steadman (EERC)
10:50 Presentation
by Ray Anderson (Iowa GS)
11:20 Discussion (All)
11:40 Breakouts on Policy, Technology, & Geology with box lunch
12:30 Reports from Breakouts, discussion (All)
1:30 Adjourn
Objective: Increasing concern about climate change and reliance on fossil
fuels in Minnesota, Iowa, and western Wisconsin necessitate the exploration
of carbon capture and geologic CO2 sequestration as a technology to dramatically
reduce CO2 emissions. Characterization of the Midcontinent Rift, a southwestward
extension of the Lake Superior basin will allow for a feasibility assessment
of this technology in the region. Unlike better known rocks in oil-producing
regions, we have little information on the Rift, yet geologic factors
suggest that it may be a potential target. This meeting will develop a
shared understanding of the potential opportunities and tradeoffs for
deep geologic sequestration of CO2 in Minnesota, Iowa, and western Wisconsin.
Co-Sponsors:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
University of Minnesota
Minnesota Geological Survey
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
College of Biological Sciences
Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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