The Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project: Geologic characterization of the Moxa Arch and Rock Springs Uplift

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 4656-4663

  Campbell Stone, Erin ^a   Lynds, Ranie ^a   Frost, Carol ^a   Becker, Thomas P ^b   Diem, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geologic carbon sequestration; Moxa arch; Rock springs uplift; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARCH BRIDGES; ARCHES; BUILDINGS; CARBON CAPTURE; COAL; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FAULT SLIPS; FAULTING; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PLANTS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; LOCATION; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; POTABLE WATER; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; WATER INJECTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES; GEOLOGIC CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WYOMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79955390305     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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