Gravitational trapping of carbon dioxide in deep ocean sediments: hydraulic fracturing and mechanical stability

Jonathan S. Levine; Juerg M. Matter; Dave Goldberg; Klaus Lackner

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.161

Gravitational trapping of carbon dioxide in deep ocean sediments: hydraulic fracturing and mechanical stability

Jonathan S. Levine, Juerg M. Matter, Dave Goldberg, Klaus Lackner

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Abstract

Gravitational trapping of carbon dioxide in deep ocean sediments is attractive both for the long term stability provided by gravity as well as the large volume and hence storage capacity of deep ocean sediments at necessary depths. Unfortunately, most pelagic sediments suffer from extremely low permeability and are not expected to have an overlying mechanical seal, making emplacement of CO ₂ contingent upon large scale hydraulic fracturing and some mechanism of arresting fracture growth before reaching the seafloor. An experimental design is presented with the capability of testing a variety of proposed fracture arrest mechanisms.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Energy Procedia
Pages	3647-3654
Number of pages	8
Volume	1
Edition	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.161
State	Published - Feb 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-9 - Washington DC, United States Duration: Nov 16 2008 → Nov 20 2008

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Other	9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-9
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington DC
Period	11/16/08 → 11/20/08

Keywords

Carbon dioxide sequestration
hydraulic fracturing
mechanical stability
permeability
reservoir engineering

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General Energy

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Levine, JS, Matter, JM, Goldberg, D & Lackner, K 2009, Gravitational trapping of carbon dioxide in deep ocean sediments: hydraulic fracturing and mechanical stability. in Energy Procedia. 1 edn, vol. 1, pp. 3647-3654, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-9, Washington DC, United States, 11/16/08. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.161

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