Possible storage sites for disposal and environmental control of atmospheric carbon dioxide

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To control the increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and mitigate its environmental effects, an investigation of possible storage sites for CO/sub 2/ as liquid in depleted oil and gas wells and excavated salt domes has been made. The storage capacity versus CO/sub 2/ production from the use of fossil fuels in the US for the three types of sites indicates low capacity for oil wells, intermediate for gas wells and high capacity for salt domes. Salt domes appear to provide CO/sub 2/ storage for many decades, but at an annual excavation cost in the tens of billions of dollars amounting to minimum of 13% of the total cost of power production which includes removal and storage of CO/sub 2/. The total cost of removal, recovery and storage of CO/sub 2/ from power plants could almost double the total conventional cost of power production utilizing fossil fuel.

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