Frio Project
Nominators: United States (lead) and Australia
Recognized by the CSLF at its Melbourne meeting in September 2004, this pilot-scale project will demonstrate carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration (storage) in a portion of the Frio formation – an underground saline formation in east Texas, USA. The project involves injecting relatively small quantities of CO2 into the formation and monitoring its movement for several years thereafter. The goals of the project are to: verify conceptual models of CO2 sequestration in such geologic structures; demonstrate that no adverse health, safety or environmental effects will occur; demonstrate field-test monitoring methods; and, develop the experience necessary for larger-scale CO2 injection experiments.
Links to More Information
University of Texas at Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology Web site
U.S. Department of Energy’s October 12, 2006 Frio project press release
CSLF Project Presentation
Poster from March 2007 CSLF Workshop in Paris, France [848KB PDF]
Poster from September 2005 CSLF Workshop in Berlin, Germany
Project Details (from IEA Web site)
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