PRCS Hub - CarbonSAFE Phase II
Project Description
The Permian Regional Carbon Sequestration (PRCS) Hub Project is a feasibility study for the development of a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage hub to serve the Southern Delaware Basin in Ward, Winkler, Reeves, and Loving Counties, Texas. The study is utilizing existing data to characterize targeted Ordovician-Devonian geologic formations for CO2 storage that have an estimated storage resource of 75,000,000 metric tons of CO2. The project is developing a detailed characterization of the targeted geologic storage complex, conducting a preliminary risk assessment including CO2source assessment, preparing and inventorying the relevant data that will support the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI-Wells used for Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide, Authorization to Construct Permit application (UIC Class VI Permit Application), developing an integrated assessment of project feasibility, and pursuing community outreach efforts.
Main Goals & Activities
Site Specific Characterization and Assessment of the CO2 Storage Complex:
- Geologic Data Collection and Analysis
- Geologic Characterization and Initial Geologic Modeling
- CO2 Storage Estimation
- Storage Complex Modeling
Preliminary Project Risk Assessment with Mitigation and Management Plans:
- Assessment of Risks Associated with CO2 Capture Facilities
- Assessment of Risks Associated with CO2 Transport
- Assessment of Risks Associated with CO2 Storage Site
- Development of Risk Mitigation Plan
- CO2 Management Plan
Plan for Subsequent Detailed Site Characterization and UIC Class VI Permit Application:
- Prepare Detailed Plan for a Subsequent Comprehensive Site Characterization Effort to Support UIC Class VI Permitting Application
- Assess Other Regulatory Requirements
Project Technical and Economic Feasibility Assessment
- Technical Feasibility Assessment
- Regulatory and Policy Analysis
- Economic Feasibility Assessment (including cost/benefit analysis)
Project Benefits
The overall objective of the Permian Regional Carbon Sequestration Hub Project is to produce high resolution geologic characterization data for a region within the Permian Basin, Texas that has the potential to serve a multi-county area through the potential development of a CO2storage hub. The project will result in the development and assembly of necessary date to begin the UIC Class VI Permit Application process for initiating potential geologic storage in the Delaware Basin which is part of the larger regionally extensive Permian Basin. This work will help to fulfill both the nation’s decarbonization goals and CarbonSAFE initiative’s goals by producing the data needed for the creation of commercial-scale carbon capture, and storage (CCS) infrastructure and through expanding deployment of carbon containment systems within the United States. Additionally, the project will help support economic policy goals including job creation associated with potential follow-on projects and environmental justice and community education through community-based project initiatives.