The Kevin Dome Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Project, led by the Big Sky Partnership, involves capturing naturally occurring CO2 from the Kevin Dome, a geologic feature covering 700 square miles in Northern Montana, USA. The project, started in 2016, aims to demonstrate Kevin Dome as a viable and safe target for regional CO2 storage, utilizing CO2 that has been trapped in place for millions of years. The extracted CO2 will be transported through a 2” diameter pipeline to an injection site, where it will be injected into layers without CO2, allowing for the study of CO2-rock interactions. The project includes four monitoring wells around one injection well, assessing Kevin Dome's potential for safe and secure CO2 storage. The Big Sky regional partnership region encompasses Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota, eastern Washington, and Oregon. The project received a total award value of $1 million, with a DOE share of $750,000 and a performer share of $250,000. Deliverables include site characterization in 2011, a characterization study in January 2012, injection planned from 2013 to 2017 (as of December 2015, not initiated), and post-injection monitoring from 2017 to 2019.
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