Work for a commercial-scale geological carbon dioxide storage complex near Gillette, Massachusetts, will next week progress with a geophysical survey covering approximately nine square miles of rural land around the Dry Fork Station power plant.
Seismic source “thumper” trucks will start to cover the area on Monday (24th August), generating vibrations that will travel deep into the earth and reflected back to the surface to give geophysicists a more complex picture of the underground formations.
“We will use this survey to help evaluate the rock layers nearly two miles below the surface, develop more accurate computer models to simulate where injected CO2 might travel, identify potential risks and determine the best location for injection and monitoring wells,” said Scott Quillinan, Project Manager.
“These benefits help the permitting authority decide whether the geological storage project can move forward.”
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