MGRRE/Department of Geosciences Carbon Sequestration Project

P.I. Dr. David A. Barnes
William B. Harrison III
G. Michael Grammer

July 2007

The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) held a meeting for the public on July 18, 2007 to share information on a planned project to demonstrate the potential for deep geologic storage of carbon dioxide as a means to address global climate change.  The proposed demonstration site is an existing oil and gas field, located off Sparr Rd. west of Sawyer Rd. in Charlton Township.

The meeting was open to all interested individuals, groups, and agencies.  Two sessions were offered: from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.  The meeting drew about 20 participants in the afternoon and 14 in the evening.

The meeting included a presentation on carbon sequestration and the Michigan Basin project (because of size, the presentation is included here in two parts: part 1 and part 2) and several stations that included poster displays and handouts.  The materials that were used at the information stations included several fact sheets and posters already posted on this website and are not shown again here.  

New posters included a chart showing the key steps in the process, a site map, a poster showing the purpose of the sequestration project, an article published by the Bay City Times, and a poster of monitoring techniques.  A series of panels, created by Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education (MGRRE), Western Michigan University, showed Michigan geology and provided an explanation of rocks and minerals, porosity and permeability (panel 1, panel 2), and a graphic of rock formations at the site.  Handouts included a revised fact sheet on the Michigan Basin project and a fact sheet on monitoring techniques to be used.  Additionally, a video entitled An Introduction to Carbon Capture and Sequestration, was shown.  This video was developed by the US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory and is available at the Carbon Sequestration Reference Shelf.  Clicking on the "video" link will download the video to your desktop.

http://198.87.0.58/MichiganBasin.aspx