Reducing emissions with safe and effective underground carbon storage
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GTI International Deepens Capabilities in Sub-Surface Technologies with the Acquisition of Projeo Corporation
Geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2), energy storage, and geothermal resources are vital in the transition to low-carbon energy. Storing CO2 below the earth’s surface helps utilities and power producers integrate more renewables, maintain grid stability, minimize the impacts of climate change, and spur the hydrogen economy.
Projeo’s role in carbon storage technology
Projeo specializes in managing CO2 and gas storage, ground water resources, and geothermal projects. We have built a client-centered culture providing excellent project development and operational results.
Our team leads activities to develop the intelligent use of subsurface carbon management. We perform the services that your project needs to be successful. We have unparalleled expertise, relationships, talent, and track record.
Our Services
- Project management
- Site management
- Site operations
- Seismic studies
- Test well drilling and equipment installation
- Government contracting
- Wellsite supervision
- Geotechnical management
- Energy solutions
- Oil and gas operations
- Gas storage operations
- Regulatory reporting and support
- Vendor contracting and management
Projeo strengthens GTI’s sub-surface technologies to support the low carbon energy transition
Projeo Leadership
Nick Malkewicz, President
Working on CO2 geologic storage projects for more than 15 years, Nick has international and domestic management and technical expertise. Prior to founding Projeo, Nick was at Schlumberger for over a decade. He started as a wireline field engineer and led efforts to acquire technical data in oil and gas wells for operating companies. He continued on to serve roles in sales, quality engineering, project management, and business development for Carbon Services at Schlumberger.
Nick has been very involved in managing the field work components of projects, including the only operating Class VI well in the U.S. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MS in Project Management from University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute.
Manzoor Khan, Petroleum Engineer
Manzoor is a petroleum engineer with six years of wellsite oil and gas operations experience. He served as a fracturing and stimulation engineer at BJ Services, a reservoir navigation and optimization specialist at Halliburton, a data engineer in drilling & surface well logging at GEOLOG International, and as a well services engineer at National Petroleum Services. Manzoor is also a programmer and data analytics specialist versed in Python, C++, VBA, Power Shell, SQL, and Power BI.
He earned a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, along with a minor in Business and Economics. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), and the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS).
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Projects
Executing first-of-a-kind large-scale CO2 injection into a saline formation in the Illinois Basin‒Decatur Project
Over a decade ago, members of the Projeo team played an important role working with the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company in supporting the Illinois Basin‒Decatur Project (IBDP). Led by the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (DOE-FE), the IBDP project confirmed the ability of the Mt. Simon Sandstone to accept and store one million metric tons of carbon dioxide over a period of three years—the equivalent of annual emissions from about 1.2 million passenger cars according to EPA calculations.
The project well was originally regulated through an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit as a CO2 injection well for long-term underground CO2 storage, and was later moved to the federal regulatory framework for a Class VI CO2 injection well. The project is the only completed large-scale injection into a saline formation permitted to operate with the U.S. EPA Class VI injection well permit, which creates a pathway for Mt. Simon Sandstone to be used for commercial CO2 storage.
Supporting the ongoing operations of U.S. EPA Class VI CO2 injection wells in the U.S.
Building on the success of the IBDP project, ADM continues to operate the Illinois Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) project through a DOE-FE grant. This long-term project is demonstrating an integrated system of capturing and processing industrial CO2, then transporting it from an ethanol plant in Decatur, Illinois to the Mt. Simon Sandstone formation for permanent geologic storage in deep sandstone.
The project has showcased CO2 compression technology, explored long-term CO2 utilization options, and gathered crucial scientific and engineering data to increase the understanding of large-scale CO2 storage in saline formations. It has also illustrated the economic viability of implementing CCS at biofuels production facilities. Learnings from this project have been applied to ongoing CCS work to drive successful ongoing outcomes.
Since its inception in 2017, Projeo has played an active role in supporting the safe execution of the ICCS project, providing assistance with regulatory modeling, simulation, groundwater monitoring operations, well maintenance, and seismic studies.
https://www.epa.gov/uic/archer-daniels-midland-ccs1-class-vi-permit-documents
Developing CarbonSAFE geologic CO2 storage complexes
Partnering with ISGS and others, Projeo is working on multiple DOE-NETL Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) initiatives to ensure safe, secure, efficient, and cost-effective CO2 containment in diverse geologic formations throughout the Illinois Basin—including the Illinois East Sub-Basin, the Macon County project, the Wabash Valley Resources project, and the Illinois Storage Corridor project.
Assessments have identified sites and established feasibility of their capability to store more than 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial sources that can be used for commercial-scale CO2 geological storage as permitted U.S. EPA Class VI CO2 injection well sites.
High-level technical evaluations are providing detailed subsurface characterization and identifying risks. Datasets of formation parameters have been developed and are being used in modeling to examine site performance and long-term security.
The initiatives have demonstrated storage (CCS) technology at real-world, commercial-scale facilities for ammonia production, ethanol production, and coal-fired power generation. Efforts support NETL’s mission to develop and advance CCS technologies for widespread commercial deployment in the 2025 to 2035 timeframe.
Assessing feasibility of subsurface heat storage to generate flexible electricity
A project on geothermal energy furthered the understanding of the feasibility of utilizing abandoned oil and gas wells as geothermal heat storage wells. This DOE-funded project addressed the challenges of energy supply intermittency by storing energy from renewable resources in the subsurface to harvest it at a later time during at-peak energy demand, enhancing grid resilience and reliability. Members of the Projeo team worked through a prestigious Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant and participated in the Energy I-Corps training program to work towards the advancement and commercialization of this novel approach.
In this project, Projeo and its research partners assessed the heat storage and hydrogeological characteristics of subsurface reservoirs to determine the temperature profile and used the baseline data for modeling and simulation to determine other well locations.
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