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Mercury Specie and Multi-Pollutant Control

Performer: 	Pegasus Technologies, Incorporated

Project Description: 

Pegasus Technology will demonstrate on a large utility coal fired boiler the ability to affect and optimize mercury speciation and multi-pollutant control using non-intrusive advanced sensor and optimization technologies.  The intent of this proposal is to demonstrate plant wide advanced control and optimization systems on a coal fired steam electric power plant in order to minimize emissions while maximizing the efficiency, and byproducts of the plant as an electricity producer. Advanced solutions utilizing state of the art sensors and neural network based optimization and control technologies will be used to maximize the portion of the mercury vapor in the boiler flue gas which is oxidized or captured in particle bonds resulting in lower uncontrolled releases of mercury.

Artificial intelligence and simulation technologies will be used to control and optimize all the major facets of the power plant.  This will be accomplished in a novel, modular and cost effective manner.  During this project critical sensing devices will be added to the unit.  Additional sensors represent a modern addition to the plant engineer's knowledge set and best possible integration of the plant assets.  The project team has put together all the required best of class technologies to prove that the mercury speciation and multi-pollutant benefits can be measured, optimized, and controlled.  This shall demonstrate an environment that is at once both higher in average compliance, and of better control resulting in both a smaller risk of non-compliance to the utility and minimization of capital.  The project is intended to demonstrate how integrating sensors, islands of controls and advanced controls into a total plant solution can lead to improved economics while being environmentally compliant.

This project will also demonstrate that there is minimal if any adverse impacts on the commercial aspects of existing byproducts such as ash and will be directly applicable to the existing coal fleet as well as being integrated into future new plant designs.

The demonstration power plant is equipped with a tangentially-fired boiler rated to supply steam to power a turbine generator with a rated capacity of approximately 890 MW. The unit fires a blend of lignite and Powder River Basin sub-bituminous coal. The unit is also equipped with a cold-side Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) rated at approximately 99.8% particulate removal efficiency and a wet limestone Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) system rated at approximately 90% SO2 removal efficiency. Both of the devices are capable of removing specie optimized mercury from the unit's flue gas.

Location: Chardon, OH

Tags: Mercury, Multi-Pollutant Control, NRG Energy, PEGASUS TECHNOLOGIES, Powder River Basin, Texas Lignite
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER: AVERAGE GLOBAL DATABASE (AGD)

As part of a multiyear project examining both saline formations and hydrocarbon reservoirs to better understand the storage coefficients of deep saline storage and utilization factors for enhanced oil recovery, intensive literature reviews were performed to gather necessary data to build and simulate geocellular models. The following outlines the methodology, data collected, and references for Task 2.

Readily available published and unpublished site-specific geologic and reservoir engineering modeling parameters and data from recent and ongoing pilot-, demonstration-, and commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) injection projects were gathered. This information provided input into the creation of heterogeneous static geologic models. 

In addition, the average global database (AGD) previously developed by the Energy & Environmental Research Center as part of the storage coefficient development efforts described in the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (2009) was expanded. All pertinent reservoir properties found in the literature review for different reservoir classes will be added to the existing AGD. A chart representing a porosity vs. permeability crossplot for each primary depositional environment is included.

Tags: Average Global Database, CCS, Geology, Modeling, Well Data, depositional  environmental, geologic properties, petrophysical properties, saline formations
Diffraction imaging for seal evaluation using ultra high resolution 3D seismic data

To evaluate the ability for seal intervals to retain fluids in underlying reservoirs, we performed diffraction analysis of the shallow intervals (above 200 m) imaged by high-resolution P-Cable seismic data. We isolated diffractions from the P-Cable data and
analyzed diffraction strength across the section, and observed both narrow-linear and broad-sinuous zones of high diffractivity. We interpreted these broad regions to be a response to variable fluid composition saturation including hydrocarbons, which may have escaped from underlying reservoirs.

Tags: Fractures, Gulf of Mexico, P-cable, Saturation, shallow seismic, ultra-high resolution 3D
CO2 Injection and Production Data for the Bell Creek Oil Field

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection data and oil/gas/water production data for the Bell Creek oil field. CO2 injection began in the Bell Creek Field in May of 2013. The data herein includes monthly values from the start of injection through December of 2016. Three Excel spreadsheets are included in the EDX submission. One spreadsheet contains monthly summary information for the oil field, while the other two spreadsheets provide the data on a well-by-well basis (one for injection, one production). The monthly summation data are provided in thousand standard cubic feet (Mscf), cubic meters, short tons, and metric tons. The well-by-well injection data and gas (CO2) production data are reported in Mcf, the water and oil production in barrels. These data were obtained from the Montana Board of Oil and Gas.

Tags: CO2, Injection data, Production data
FutureGen 2.0 Pipeline and Regional Carbon Capture Storage Project - Final Report

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) FutureGen 2.0 Program involves two projects: (1) the Oxy-Combustion Power Plant Project and (2) the CO2 Pipeline and Storage Project. This Final Technical Report is focused on the CO2 Pipeline and Storage Project. The FutureGen 2.0 CO2 Pipeline and Storage Project evolved from an initial siting and project definition effort in Phase I, into the Phase II activity consisting permitting, design development, the acquisition of land rights, facility design, and licensing and regulatory approvals. Phase II also progressed into construction packaging, construction procurement, and targeted early preparatory activities in the field. The CO2 Pipeline and Storage Project accomplishments were significant, and in some cases unprecedented. The engineering, permitting, legal, stakeholder, and commercial learnings substantially advance the nation’s understanding of commercial-scale CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers. Voluminous and significant information was obtained from the drilling and the testing program of the subsurface, and sophisticated modeling was performed that held up to a wide range of scrutiny. All designs progressed to the point of securing construction contracts or comfort letters attesting to successful negotiation of all contract terms and willing execution at the appropriate time all major project elements – pipeline, surface facilities, and subsurface – as well as operations. While the physical installation of the planned facilities did not proceed in part due to insufficient time to complete the project prior to the expiration of federal funding, the project met significant objectives prior to DOE’s closeout decision. Had additional time been available, there were no known, insurmountable obstacles that would have precluded successful construction and operation of the project. Due to the suspension of the project, site restoration activities were developed and the work was accomplished. The site restoration efforts are also documented in this report. All permit applications had been submitted to all agencies for those permits or approvals required prior to the start of project construction. Most of the requisite permits were received during Phase II. This report includes information on each permitting effort. Successes and lessons learned are included in this report that will add value to the next generation of carbon storage efforts.

Tags: FuterGen, Report, Technical
Earth Microbiome Project NETL Data

FASQ sequences from 16s sequencing of coalbed methane samples across several US coal basins. They include samples from the Appalachian, Black Warrior, San Juan, Illinois and Powder River Basin. 

Tags: 16s, Appalachian basin, Black Warrior Basin, MECs, Powder River Basin, basins, coal, coalbed methane, fasq, produced water, sequences, water
NETL EDX REE Field Sampling Data

 NETL R&IC (Research and Innovation Center (formerly ORD - Office of Research and Development) has developed a data base with REE field sample inventory and analytical characterization results for coal and related by-product materials collected from different coal regions, in various stages of the process, and at various locations. The focus of this study is to characterize the bulk elemental concentration and mineralogy of rare earth elements in all coals and coal by-product material including: mineral matter associated with coal, fly ash, bottom ash, and post-processing/post-use materials among others.


Tags: NETL, REE, Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal By-Products
CT scans of ICMI Shales

Computed tomography scans of the cores described in 
Dilmore, R.; Bruner, K.; Wyatt, C.; Romanov, V.; Goodman, A.;
Hedges, S.; McIntyre, D.; Crandall, D.; Gill, M.; Disenhof, C.; Jain, J.; Lopano, C.;
Aminian, K.; Zamirian, M.; Mashayekhi, A.; Sanguinito, S.; Mroz, T.; Soeder, D.
Experimental Characterization of Marcellus Shale Outcrop Samples, and their
Interactions with Carbon Dioxide and Methane; NETL-TRS-1-2015; NETL Technical
Report Series; U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory:
Morgantown, WV, 2015; p 346.

https://www.netl.doe.gov/File%20Library/Research/onsite%20research/NETL-TRS-1-2015_ExpCharacterization_20150206.pdf

Tags: CT Scans, ICMI, Shale
Martinsburg Formation CT Data

Computed tomography data described in the technical report series "Characterization of the Martinsburg Formation using Computed Tomography and Geophysical Logging Techniques" by Crandall, D., Moore, J., Rodriguez, R., Gill, M., Soeder, D., McIntyre, D., and Brown, S. published in 2017

Tags: Computed tomography, NETL, Utica Shale
Geologic Map of West Virginia

  1968 geological map of West Virginia. Also includes separate fold and fault coverages from the same map.    In 1968 the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey (WVGES) published a State Geologic Map. The topographic base was compiled from Army Map Service 1:250,000 scale map sheets. In 1998 the WV Division of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) scanned the hardcopy geologic maps at 300 dpi, 8-bit color, and then georeferenced them. Rock unit boundaries were digitized off the images and attributed by WVDEP. The USGS-Water Resources Division later revised the attributes of large water bodies and referenced the datum to NAD83.TEST  

Tags: Geographic, Geology, Topographical, WV, WVGES, West Virginia, geologic map, geology, map
EERSC Map of Produced Water Sample Locations

During hydrocarbon production, water is typically co-produced from the geologic formations producing oil and gas. Understanding the composition of these produced waters is important to help investigate the regional hydrogeology, the source of the water, the efficacy of water treatment and disposal plans, potential economic benefits of mineral commodities in the fluids, and the safety of potential sources of drinking or agricultural water. In addition to waters co-produced with hydrocarbons, geothermal development or exploration brings deep formation waters to the surface for possible sampling. This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Produced Waters Geochemical Database, which contains geochemical and other information for 165,960 produced water and other deep formation water samples of the United States, is a provisional, updated version of the 2002 USGS Produced Waters Database (Breit and others, 2002). In addition to the major element data presented in the original, the new database contains trace elements, isotopes, and time-series data, as well as nearly 100,000 additional samples that provide greater spatial coverage from both conventional and unconventional reservoir types, including geothermal. The database is a compilation of 32 individual databases, publications, or reports. The database was created in a manner to facilitate addition of new data and correct any compilation errors, and is expected to be updated over time with new data as provided and needed.

Tags: EERSC, Map, Produced Water, Sample Locations, USGS
NOAA DIVER

The Oil Pollution Act authorizes certain federal agencies, states, and Indian tribes —collectively known as natural resource trustees— to evaluate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill on natural resources. These trustees are responsible for studying the effects of the spill through a process known as Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). As part of this process, scientists work together to identify potential injuries to natural resources and lost human uses resulting from the spill.

This website is the public NOAA repository for data related to the DWH Trustees' NRDA efforts. To provide additional context to the NRDA data, the site also includes historical (pre-2010) contaminant chemistry data for the onshore area of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as contaminant chemistry data collected during the Response efforts and by BP. These data are available to the general public and are accessed through a query and mapping interface called DIVER (Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting) Explorer. Trustee NRDA data currently available include photographs, telemetry, field observations, instrument data, and results of laboratory analysis on tissue, sediment, oil, and water samples. Data can be viewed onscreen or downloaded in a variety of formats. 

Tags: Deepwater Horizon, data, oil spill, recovery, response
Petrophysical log CCS1 y-mod & density

A jpeg image of the profile of young's modulus and density for CCS1.   This shows significantly higher Y-mod in the Argenta Formation.
We received this file from Pierre Cerasi mid Oct 2016.  The image was included in  Aug 16 email from R. Bauer ISGS follow the presentaiton on microseismicity by Bob Will.

Tags: CCS1, Young modulus, density, well log
Reducing the Environmental Impact of Gas Shale Development: Advanced Analytical Methods for Air and Stray Gas Emissions and Produced Brine Characterization

Final Report 11122-45 - This project is focused on identifying and evaluating the best approaches for the measurement and analytical characterization of the following waste streams and potential impacts associated with unconventional gas development: a) air emissions from fracturing fluid ponds, with a focus on accurate continuous monitoring; b) stray gases in water wells, with a focus on the development of a consistent and defensible approach for identifying the true source(s); and c) produced water, with a focus on real time measurements in the field (i.e. at the well site).

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Produced Water Treatment Catalog and Decision Tool

Project Final Report-DE-FC26-09NT0005680-The goal of this project is to help oil and gas operators increase production, decrease costs, and enhance environmental protection in the shale gas producing states of New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas that encompass regions containing the Marcellus, Haynesville, Fayetteville, or Woodford shale formations. The objective is to create an internet-based water treatment technology catalog and decision tool that will pair an operator’s water treatment costs and capacity needs to optimal water treatment technologies. The catalog will identify produced water treatment options by region and water quality and quantity limits. The decision tool will help an operator choose from the best treatment options based on site specifics such as contaminants, desired resultant water quality, final use options, efficiency, and cost.

Tags: kmd
A Geomechanical Model for Gas Shales Based on the Integration of Stress Measurements and Petrophysical Data From the Greater Marcellus Gas System

Final Report - 09122-32 - The objectives of the project is to collect stress profiles in three wells in the Marcellus gas system, interpret them employing a full suite of lag and core based petrophysical data, and to develop a geomechanical model that can be used when engineering stimulations are required.

Tags: kmd
Maritime Regions

Geographic Information Systems have become indispensable tools in managing and displaying marine data and information. However, a unique georeferenced standard of marine place names and areas was not available, hampering several marine geographic applications, for example the linking of these locations to databases to integrate data. The purpose of Marine Regions is therefore to create a standard, relational list of geographic names, coupled with information and maps of the geographic location of these features. This will improve access and clarity of the different geographic, marine names such as seas, sandbanks, ridges and bays and display univocally the boundaries of marine biogeographic or managerial marine areas.

Marine Regions is an integration of the VLIMAR Gazetteer and the VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. The VLIMAR Gazetteer is a database with geographic, mainly marine names such as seas, sandbanks, seamounts, ridges, bays or even standard sampling stations used in marine research. The geographic cover of the VLIMAR gazetteer is global but initially focused on the Belgian Continental Shelf and the Scheldt Estuary and the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Gradually more regional and global geographic information was added to VLIMAR and combining this information with the Maritime Boundaries database, representing the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the world, led to the creation of marineregions.org.

Marine Regions is managed by the Flanders Marine Institute. Funding for the creation of the VLIMAR gazetteer was provided initially through the EU Network of Excellence MarBEF, but also other European initiative such as EMODNet and Lifewatch provide the necessary funding for the maintenance and management of Marine Regions.

Marine Regions depends on data and knowledge sharing from global, European, regional and national data providers and relevant experts. By setting up Collaboration Agreements, data providers will benefit from belonging to the Marine Regions partnership as they would get increased visibility, gain access to a variety of data analysis services which will benefit from integration of several distributed spatial datasets, as well as enjoying the benefit of the creation of stable unique identifiers. An example template of a Collaboration Agreement can be found here. Please contact info@marineregions.org if your organisation is interested to explore this collaboration.

Tags: Boundries, EEZ, Maritime
National Water Census

The National Water Census is a USGS research program on national water availability and use that develops new water accounting tools and assesses water availability at the regional and national scales. Through the Water Census, USGS is integrating diverse research on water availability and use and enhancing the understanding of connection between water quality and water availability. Research is designed to build decision support capacity for water management agencies and other natural resource managers.

Tags: availability, census, national, regional, usgs, water
Seismic History-Matching Workflow

In the conceptual design of the seismic history match workflow, the 4-D seismic amplitude data are used as a reference to update dynamic simulation results and the underlying geologic model in an iterative manner to better match the 4-D seismic response, which will result in reduced uncertainty regarding simulation results. The schema outlines the forward modeling (top figure) and inverse modeling (bottom figure).  On one side (top, left to right) with a forward modeling approach, the CO2 simulation plumes are computed based on the geologic model properties input. On the other side (bottom, right to left) with an inverse modeling approach, the CO2 plume actual shapes and locations are measured with 4-D seismic. Both models are compared using their respective petroelastic properties, and a misfit is calculated. After that, the geologic model is updated using appropriate adjustments and the simulation is recomputed. The iterative process continues until the misfit threshold is met.

Tags: 4-D, Aquistore, CO2, CO2 plumes, Seismic, dynamic simulation, geologic model, modeling, petroelastic properties
Improvement of Fracturing for Gas Shales

Project Final Report-07122-38- The goal of this proposal is to develop non-damaging fracturing fluids (and proppants) for gas shale reservoirs that also minimize water use and disposal fluids and demonstrate their performance by field tests. Use of ultra-light weight proppants will be combined with foams to maximize fracture length, minimize formation damage, minimize use of water in fracturing and minimize disposal of fluids.- http://www.rpsea.org/0712238/

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Development of Non-Contaminating Cryogenic Fracturing Technology for Shale and Tight Gas Reservoirs

Final Project Report-10122-20-The objective of the project is to study, test and develop an innovative technology for enhanced gas recovery (EGR) from low-permeability shale gas and tight gas reservoirs. In particular, the proposed research is focused on developing a novel cryogenic fracturing technology for significant reduction of flow resistance near wells and increase mobile gas volume in unconventional gas reservoirs.

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Identifying and Developing Technology for Enabling Small Producers to Pursue the Residual Oil Zone (ROZ) Fairways of the Permian Basin, San Andres

Final Project Report-10123-17-The objective of the project is to delineate presence and size of Residual Oil Zone (ROZ) resources in ROZ “fairways” in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. In the Permian Basin of Texas thick ROZ’s exist immediately below many oil fields productive from the San Andres dolomite. The zones can contain 20 to 40% residual oil in pore spaces. This oil cannot be produced by conventional production techniques, including water flooding. A ROZ CO2 flood is underway in the Seminole field and early projections suggest the project may recover 200-300 million barrels of additional domestic oil. In addition to examining the Texas resource in more detail, the study would develop technology for finding the higher quality portions of the ROZ resource recoverable with CO2 EOR directed toward the small oil producers within the Permian Basin and other ROZ basins within the U.S.

Tags: kmd
Qualification of Flexible Fiber Reinforced Pipe for 10,000-Foot Water Depths

Final Project Report-10121-4402-02-This objective of this project is to develop, qualify, and field-deploy flexible fiber reinforced pipe (FFRP) for ultra-deepwater applications in the Gulf of Mexico.  FFRP is unbonded flexible pipe with composite reinforcement layers which have the advantages of light weight, high flexibility and corrosion resistance.  Due to these advantages, a simple, low top tension riser configuration is enabled.  The initial design basis, to be confirmed during Phase 1, is a 7-inch ID, 10,000 psi design pressure, 120°C design temperature, 3,000 meter design water depth production riser application.  

Tags: kmd