Geologic Assessment of the Burger Power Plant and Surrounding Vicinity for Potential Injection of Carbon Dioxide
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Geologic Assessment of the Burger Power Plant and Surrounding Vicinity for Potential Injection of Carbon Dioxide By Lawrence H. Wickstrom, Ernie R. Slucher, Mark T. Baranoski, and Douglas J. Mullett Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey 2045 Morse Road, Building C-1 Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693 Columbus 2008 Open-File Report 2008-1 ABOUT THE MRCSP This report was produced by the Ohio Division of Geological Survey with funding supplied, in part, through the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP). The MRCSP is a public/private consor- tium that is assessing the technical potential, economic viability, and public acceptability of carbon sequestra- tion within its region. The MRCSP region consists of eight contiguous states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. A group of leading universities, state geological surveys, non-governmental organizations and private companies makes up the MRCSP, which is led by Bat- telle Memorial Institute. It is one of seven such partnerships across the United States that make up the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program. The U.S. DOE, through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), contributes the majority of funds for the MRCSP’s re- search under agreement no. DE-FC26-05NT42589. The MRCSP also receives funding from all of the member organizations. For more information on the partnership please visit <http://www.mrcsp.org>. DISCLAIMER The information contained herein has not been technically reviewed for accuracy and conformity with pres- ent Ohio Division of Geological Survey standards for published materials. The Ohio Division of Geological Survey does not guarantee this information to be free from errors, omissions, or inaccuracies and disclaims any responsibility or liability for interpretations or decisions based thereon. CONTENTS Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................1 Geographic site location ......................................................................................................................1 Previous work ......................................................................................................................................1 Potential geologic sequestration reservoir ...........................................................................................1 Deep saline formations ..................................................................................................................1 Oil and gas fi elds ...........................................................................................................................3 Unmineable coal beds ....................................................................................................................3 Carbonaceous shales ......................................................................................................................3 Methods................................................................................................................................................3 Surface and near-surface site characterization .....................................................................................9 Lowest underground source of drinking water ..............................................................................9 General geologic site characterization .................................................................................................9 Regional geologic setting ..............................................................................................................9 Paleozoic stratigraphy and geologic history ................................................................................13 Discussion of potential saline injection zones ...................................................................................15 Cambrian Conasauga Group (Maryville Formation) ...................................................................17 Cambrian-Ordovician Knox Group .............................................................................................17 Cambrian Copper Ridge dolomite ...............................................................................................17 Cambrian-Ordovician Rose Run sandstone .................................................................................17 Ordovician Beekmantown dolomite ............................................................................................18 Silurian Cataract Group (“Clinton” sandstone) ...........................................................................18 Silurian Lockport Dolomite .........................................................................................................20 Silurian Salina Group ..................................................................................................................20 Silurian Bass Islands Dolomite ....................................................................................................20 Devonian Oriskany Sandstone .....................................................................................................26 Devonian Hamilton Group and West Falls Formation ................................................................26 Signifi cant oil and gas horizons .........................................................................................................26 Lower Silurian “Clinton-Medina”/Tuscarora Sandstone .............................................................32 Lower Silurian Lockport Dolomite .............................................................................................32 Lower Devonian Oriskany Sandstone .........................................................................................32 Upper Devonian siltstones and sandstones ..................................................................................37 Lower Devonian Berea Sandstone ...............................................................................................37 Upper and Lower Mississippian limestones and sandstones .......................................................37 Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian sandstones and coal beds ......................................................37 Unmineable coals ...............................................................................................................................37 Carbonaceous shales ..........................................................................................................................42 Confi ning units for potential injection intervals ................................................................................43 Structural geology near the Burger site..............................................................................................43 Seismic refl ection data .......................................................................................................................44 Artifi cial penetrations .........................................................................................................................44 Class I and II injection wells .......................................................................................................44 Class III injection wells ...............................................................................................................44 Seismicity ...........................................................................................................................................46 Summary ............................................................................................................................................46 Selected references .............................................................................................................................50 FIGURES Figure 1.—Location of Burger Power Plant ........................................................................................2 Figure 2.—Map of the Burger site with 20-mile radius area of review ...............................................4 Figure 3.—Stratigraphic correlation and CO2 sequestration characterization chart ............................5 Figure 4.—Map of oil, gas, and solution mining wells .......................................................................6 Figure 5.—Stratigraphic cross section showing stratigraphic correlations and geophysical log signatures of shallow geologic units ........................................................................7 Figure 6.—Stratigraphic cross section showing stratigraphic correlations and geophysical log signatures of deep geologic units .............................................................................8 Figure 7.—Structure contour map on the top of the Berea Sandstone ..............................................10 Figure 8.—Structure contour map on the top of the Oriskany Sandstone .........................................11 Figure 9.—Locations of abandoned underground mines ...................................................................12 i GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE BURGER POWER PLANT AND VICINITY Figure 10.—Locations of major geologic elements during early Cambrian time .............................13 Figure 11.—Structure contour map on the top of the Precambrian unconformity ............................14 Figure 12.—Stratigraphic correlation chart showing details