Overview of the Geoanalytical Economic Evaluation of Saline Storage (GEESS) System

This report provides an overview on the Geoanalytical Economic Evaluation of Saline Storage (GEESS) system which characterized 57 geologic saline formations targeted for geologic carbon storage across the lower-48 U.S. states using publicly available resources. The GEESS system consists of high spatial resolution datasets (up to 5 km grid spacing) that provide key geologic parameters (e.g., depth, thickness, permeability), and estimates of CO₂ plume size and CO₂ first-year break-even price that were determined by exercising GEESS data through the FECM/NETL CO₂ Saline Storage Cost Model (CO2_S_COM). The GEESS geodatabase is available on NETL’s EDX at GEESS Geodatabase.. Authors: Mathews, Austin [National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)]; Eppink, Jeffrey [National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)]; Morgan, David [National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)] (ORCID:0009000908479136); Mark-Moser, MacKenzie [National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)] (ORCID:0000000151385527). DOE Contract: NONE. Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; CO2_S_Com; GEEES; carbon storage; saline storage