CO2 storage potential of sedimentary basins of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and the Baltic States

Authors

  • Saulius Šliaupa Institute of Geology and Geography at Nature Research Centre, T.Sevcenkos 13, 03323 Vilnius
  • Richard Lojka Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3118 21 Praha 1
  • Zuzana Tasáryová Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3118 21 Praha 1
  • Vladimir Kolejka Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3118 21 Praha 1
  • Vit Hladík Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3118 21 Praha 1
  • Julia Kotulová Dionýz Štúr State Geological Institute, Mlynskį dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava 11
  • Ludovit Kucharič Dionýz Štúr State Geological Institute, Mlynskį dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava 11
  • Vladimir Fejdi Dionýz Štúr State Geological Institute, Mlynskį dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava 11
  • Adam Wójcicki Polish Geological Institute, 4, Rakowiecka Street, 00-975 Warsaw
  • Radosław Tarkowski Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, ul. J. Wybickiego 7, 31-261 Kraków
  • Barbara Uliasz-Misiak AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas; al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków
  • Rasa Šliaupienė Institute of Geology and Geography, Nature Research Centre, T.Sevcenkos 13, 03323 Vilnius
  • Inara Nulle Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency, Maskavas iela 165, 1019 Riga
  • Raisa Pomeranceva Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency, Maskavas iela 165, 1019 Riga
  • Olga Ivanova Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency, Maskavas iela 165, 1019 Riga
  • Alla Shogenova Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn
  • Khasbulat Shogenov Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1088

Keywords:

CO2 geological storage, saline aquifer, coal bed, EOR, ECBM

Abstract

It has been increasingly realised that geological storage of CO2 is a prospective option for reduction of CO2 emissions. The CO2 geological storage potential of sedimentary basins with the territory of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and the Baltic States is here assessed, and different storage options have been considered. The most prospective technology is hydrodynamic trapping in the deep saline aquifers. The utilisation of hydrocarbon (HC) fields is considered as a mature technology; however storage capacities are limited in the region and are mainly related to enhanced oil (gas) recovery. Prospective reservoirs and traps have been identified in the Danube, Vienna and East Slovakian Neogene basins, the Neogene Carpathian Foredeep, the Bohemian and Fore-Sudetic Upper Paleozoic basins, the Mesozoic Mid-Polish Basin and the pericratonic Paleozoic Baltic Basin.  The total storage capacity of the sedimentary basins is estimated to be as much as 10170 Mt of CO2 in deep saline aquifer structures, and 938 Mt CO2 in the depleted HC fields. The utilisation of coal seams for CO2 storage is related to the Upper Silesian Basin where CO2 storage could be combined with enhanced recovery of coal-bed methane.

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Published

2012-12-03

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 2 (2013)

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