CUSP Publications

                  By Topic

  1. Carbon Capture and Sequestration
  2. Carbon Mineralization
  3. Software/Web Tools
  4. Miscellaneous
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Brain, E.M., Trentham, R.C., and Henderson, M.A. (2022). Reservoir Characterization of the Lower San Andres Residual Oil Zone for Utilization and Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Cochran and Yoakum Counties, Texas. Southwest AAPG Convention, Midland, TX. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022SC-374225 
 
Colorado Energy Office, (2022). Colorado Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Task Force releases recommendations on the role of carbon capture in meeting state climate goals. https://energyoffice.colorado.gov/press-releases/colorado-carbon-capture-utilization-and-sequestration-task-force-releases
 
Goodman, A., Hakala, A., Bromhal, G., Deel, D., Rodosta, T., Frailey, S., Small, M., Allen, D., Romanov, V., Fazio, J., and Huerta, N., (2011). US DOE methodology for the development of geologic storage potential for carbon dioxide at the national and regional scale. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5(4), pp. 952-965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.03.010 .
 
Gootee, B.F., (2015). an Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide sequestration Potential in the Picacho Basin, southeastern Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-15-09, 16 p, 2 appendices, 3 plates. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/629186 
 
Kim, T. W., Callas, C., Saltzer, S. D., & Kovscek, A. R. (2022). Assessment of oil and gas fields in California as potential CO2 storage sites. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 114, 103579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103579
 

Kim, T.W., Yaw, S. and Kovscek, A.R., (2022). Evaluation of Geological Carbon Storage Opportunities in California and a Deep Look in the Vicinity of Kern County. In SPE Western Regional Meeting. OnePetro. https://doi.org/10.2118/209340-MS

Kim, T.W., Kohli, A.H., and Kovscek A.R., (2023). Wellbore Leakage and Seismic Risk Assessments for Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage in Saline Formations in Kern County, California. In SPE Western Regional Meeting. OnePetro. https://doi.org/10.2118/212989-MS

Kim, T.W., Saltzer, S. D., and Koysrek, A. R. (2021). Assessment of Potential CO2 Storage Sites for oil/gas fields in California https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103579 

 
Middleton, R. S., Ogland-Hand, J. D., Chen, B., Bielicki, J. M., Ellett, K. M., Harp, D. R., & Kammer, R. M. (2020). Identifying geologic characteristics and operational decisions to meet global carbon sequestration goals. Energy & Environmental Science, 13(12), 5000–5016. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EE02488K
 
Ning, Y. and Tura, A, (2022). Wellbore Integrity Impact on Carbon Leakage to Ensure Safe Geological Sequestration. In SPE Annual Technical conference and Exhibition. OnePetro https://doi.org/10.2118/210256-MS
 
Ogland-Hand, J. D., Kammer, R. M., Bennett, J. A., Ellett, K. M., & Middleton, R. S. (2022). Screening for Geologic Sequestration of CO2: A Comparison Between SCO2TPRO and the FE/NETL CO2 Saline Storage Cost Model. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 114, 103557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103557
 
Spencer, J. E., (2011). Preliminary Evaluatio of Cenozoic Basins in Arizona for CO2 Sequestration Potential, Arizona Geological Survey, Open-file Report OFR11-05, 15 p. , http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1080
 
Whitman, C., Yaw, S., Hoover, B., & Middleton, R. (2021). Scalable algorithms for designing CO2 capture and storage infrastructure. Optimization and Engineering, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-021-09621-3
 
Young, G.B., Lintz V.A., Widmann B.L., Bird, D.A., and Cappa, J.A. (2007). Resource Series 45. CO2 Sequestration Potential of Colorado. https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/co2-sequestration-potential-colorado/ 
Carbon Mineralization

Depp, C.T., Miller, Q.R., Crum, J.V., Horner, J.A. and Schaef, H.T., (2022). Pore-Scale Microenvironments Control Anthropogenic Carbon Mineralization Outcomes in Basalt. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00165

Polites, Ellen G., Schaef, Herbert T., Horner, Jacob A., Owen, Antoinette T., Holliman, Jade E., McGrail, Bernard P., and Miller, Quin R. S., (2022). Exotic Carbonate Mineralization Recovered from a Deep Basalt Carbon Storage Demonstration. United States: N. p. Web. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03269.

Qomi et al., (2022). Molecular Scale Mechanisms of CO2 Mineralization in Nanoscale Interfacial Water Films. Nature Reviews Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-022-00418-1

Software/Web Tools
 Hoover, B., Yaw, S., & Middleton, R. (2020). CostMAP: an open-source software package for developing cost surfaces using a multi-scale search kernel. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 34(3), 520–538. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2019.1675885
 
Middleton, R. S., Yaw, S. P., Hoover, B. A., & Ellett, K. M. (2020). SimCCS: An open-source tool for optimizing CO2 capture, transport, and storage infrastructure. Environmental Modelling & Software, 124, 104560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104560
 
 
Middleton, R. S., Chen, B., Harp, D. R., Kammer, R. M., Ogland-Hand, J. D., Bielicki, J. M., Clarens, A. F., Currier, R. P., Ellett, K. M., Hoover, B. A., McFarlane, D. N., Pawar, R. J., Stauffer, P. H., Viswanathan, H. S., & Yaw, S. P. (2020). Great SCO2T! Rapid tool for carbon sequestration science, engineering, and economics. Applied Computing and Geosciences, 7, 100035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acags.2020.100035
 
 

California Department of Conservation (CA DOC), (2022). WellSTAR Data Dashboard https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Online_Data/Pages/WellSTAR-Data-Dashboard.aspx

 

Zeise, L and Blumenfeld, J.,  (2021).  “CalEnviroscreen 4.0,” California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-40

Miscellaneous
Chen, B., Harp, D. R., Pawar, R. J., Stauffer, P. H., Viswanathan, H. S., & Middleton, R. S. (2020). Frankenstein’s ROMster: Avoiding pitfalls of reduced-order model development. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 93, 102892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102892
 
Drake, R.M., Brennan, S.T., Covault, J.A., Blondes, M.S., Freeman, P.A., Cahan, S.M., Devera, C.A., and Lohr, C.D., (2014). Geologic Framework for the National Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources: Denver Basin, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska. US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1024/g/pdf/ofr2012-1024g.pdf
 
Fleckenstein, W.W., Eustes, A.W., Stone, C.H. and Howell, P.L., (2015). An assessment of risk of migration of hydrocarbons or fracturing fluids to fresh water aquifers: Wattenberg Field, CO. In SPE Kuwait Oil and Gas Show and Conference. OnePetro https://doi.org/10.2118/175401-MS
 
Fuller, M, Trentham, R.C., and Henderson, M.A. (2022). Understanding the Geochemistry of the Limestone-Dolostone Transition in the Residual Oil Zone in the lower Permian San Andres Formation, Permian Basin, Texas. Southwest AAPG Convention, Midland, TX. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361412244_Understanding_the_Geochemistry_of_the_Limestone-Dolostone_Transition_in_the_Residual_Oil_Zone_in_the_lower_Permian_San_Andres_Formation_Permian_Basin_Texas
 
Gootee, B.F., Mahan, M.K. and Love, d.S., (2012). A summary of salinities in Arizona’s deep groundwater. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-12-26, 23 p. https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/630672?show=full
 
Holliman, J.E., Schaef, H.T., McGrail, B.P. and Miller, Q.R., (2022). Review of foundational concepts and emerging directions in metamaterial research: design, phenomena, and applications. Materials Advances.https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00497F
 
Higley, D.K., and Cox, D.O., (2007). Oil and gas exploration and development along the front range in the Denver Basin of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. US Geological Survey Digital Data Series, pp. 1-40.

https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-p/REPORTS/69_P_CH_2.pdf

 

Kanlina, M, Trentham, R.C., and Henderson, M.A. (2022). Evaluation of cementing phases in the Cherry Canyon Formation of the Delaware Mountain Group, Ford Geraldine Field, Texas. Southwest AAPG Convention, Midland, TX. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2022SC/webprogram/Paper373990.html 

 

Leopold L.B., Clarke F.E., Hanshaw B.B., and Balsley J. (1971). A procedure for evaluation environmental impact U.S. Geological Survey 645, https://doi.org/10.3133/cir645.

 

Miller, Quin & Schaef, Todd. (2022). Activation energy of magnesite (MgCO3) precipitation: Recent insights from olivine carbonation studies. Environmental Science: Advances. 1. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2va00066k

 

Otárola M. and Brasch S. (2021). Xcel has reached a deal to close its controversial coal-fired power plant in Pueblo, cutting emissions.

https://www.cpr.org/2021/11/24/xcel-reaches-deal-close-controversial-coal-fired-plant-pueblo-cutting-emissions/#:~:text=Under%20the%20proposed%20settlement%2C%20Xcel,its%20full%20capacity%20by%202029