Warwick, P.D., 1985, Depositional environments and petrology of the Felix coal interval (Eocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Lexington, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 333 p. 27 figs., https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/74/.
Peter D Warwick, Ph.D.
Peter Warwick is Project Chief of the 'Utilization of Carbon and other Energy Gases–Geologic Research and Assessments' project at the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
Biography
Peter's scientific and technical specialties include sedimentology, stratigraphy, the geology of fossil fuels, and geologic carbon sequestration. His career with the USGS has focused on energy-related research, exploration, and resource assessments in various sedimentary basins in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific research publications. In addition, Dr. Warwick has served as the President of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and is an AAPG Charles Taylor Fellow. He has been President of The Society for Organic Petrology, and Chair of the Coal Geology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA). He is a GSA Fellow and an active member of several scientific journal review boards.
Education
- B.S. Political Science and Geology, North Carolina State University
- M.S. Geology, North Carolina State University
- Ph.D. Geology, University of Kentucky
Work Experience
- Supervisory Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
- Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
- Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
- Resident Research Associate, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Council
Science and Products
Date published: March 16, 2021
Status: Active Utilization of Carbon and other Energy Gases - Geologic Research and Assessments
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is utilized by industry to enhance oil recovery. Subsurface CO2 storage could significantly impact reduction of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, but the economics and potential risks associated with the practice must be understood before implementing extensive programs or regulations. Utilization of other energy-related gases such as helium...
Contacts: Peter D Warwick, Ph.D.
Date published: April 22, 2019
Status: Active Project Staff
Below is a project staff list containing the current staff members of the Utilization of Carbon and other Energy Gases - Geologic Research and Assessments project.
Contacts: Peter D Warwick, Ph.D.
Date published: November 20, 2018
Status: Active Assessing Emissions from Active and Abandoned Coal Mines
The gas emission zone liberates and accumulates significant amounts of coal mine methane as a by-product of active mining. In most active mines, coal mine methane is controlled by wellbores, called gob gas ventholes. Despite the presence of these wellbores, it is not possible to capture all of the methane generated within the gas emission zone. As a consequence, a large amount of gas migrates...
Contacts: Cevat O Karacan, Peter D Warwick, Ph.D.
Date published: November 19, 2018
Status: Active Geologic Carbon Dioxide and Energy-related Storage, Gas Resources, and Utilization
The objectives of this task are to conduct relevant research needed to 1) evaluate helium (He) and CO2 resources; 2) support future assessments of low-thermal gases and better understand their resources and potential for use as analogues for anthropogenic CO2 storage; 3) study the feasibility of large-scale CO2 mineralization in the United States; 4) develop...
Contacts: Sean T Brennan
Date published: November 19, 2018
Status: Active Methodology Development and Assessment of National Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery and Associated Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential
The objective of this research task is to conduct a national assessment of recoverable oil related to CO2 injection. The amount of CO2 stored (utilized) during the hydrocarbon recovery process will also be evaluated.
Contacts: Peter D Warwick, Ph.D.
Date published: February 11, 2019
Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Interactive Map
The Geologic CO2 Sequestration interactive web map includes investigated basins, assessed areas, stratigraphic columns, and well density information.
Date published: February 11, 2019
Federal Lands Emissions and Sequestration in the United States: Estimates 2005-14
This website is a data visualization companion to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report titled Federal Lands Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sequestration in the United States: Estimates 2005-14. The maps and charts on this site include the estimated emissions and sequestration from both fossil fuel activities and ecosystem processes on Federal lands only.
Date published: September 25, 2019
Geospatial Data for a Preliminary GIS Representation of Deep Coal Areas for Carbon Dioxide Storage in the Contiguous United States and Alaska
These geospatial data and their accompanying report outline many areas of coal in the United States beneath more than 3,000 ft of overburden. Based on depth, these areas may be targets for injection and storage of supercritical carbon dioxide. Additional areas where coal exists beneath more than 1,000 ft of overburden are also outlined; these may be targets for geologic storage of carbon
Date published: November 23, 2018
Federal Lands Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sequestration in the United States: Estimates 2005-14 - Data Release
This dataset includes ten years of emissions and sequestration estimates (2005-2014) in two separate tables, 1) the combustion and extraction of fossil fuels on Federal lands and 2) processes from the ecosystems on those Federal lands. The fossil fuel related estimates include the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), and the ec
Year Published: 2020
Methodology for estimating the prospective CO2 storage resource of residual oil zones at the national and regional scale
Residual oil zones (ROZs) are increasingly gaining interest as potential reservoirs for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. Here, we present a national- and regional-scale methodology for estimating prospective CO2 storage resources in residual oil zones. This methodology uses a volumetric equation that accounts for CO2 storage as a free phase...
Sanguinito, Sean; Singh, Harpreet; Myshakin, Evgeniy M.; Goodman, Angela L.; Dilmore, Robert M.; Grant, Timothy C.; Morgan, David; Bromhal, Grant; Warwick, Peter D.; Brennan, Sean T.; Freeman, Philip A.; Karacan, C. Özgen; Gorecki, Charles; Peck, Wesley; Burton-Kelly, Matthew; Dotzenrod, Neil; Frailey, Scott; Pawar, Rajesh
Year Published: 2019
A probabilistic assessment methodology for carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery and associated carbon dioxide retention
The U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 authorized the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a national assessment of the potential volume of hydrocarbons recoverable by injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into known oil reservoirs with historical production. The implementation of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) techniques could...
Warwick, Peter D.; Attanasi, Emil D.; Olea, Ricardo A.; Blondes, Madalyn S.; Freeman, Philip A.; Brennan, Sean T.; Merrill, Matthew D.; Verma, Mahendra K.; Karacan, C. Özgen; Shelton, Jenna L.; Lohr, Celeste D.; Jahediesfanjani, Hossein; Roueché, Jacqueline N.Attribution: Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Energy Resources Program, United States of America
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Warwick, P.D., Attanasi, E.D., Olea, R.A., Blondes, M.S., Freeman, P.A., Brennan, S.T., Merrill, M.D., Verma, M.K., Karacan, C.Ö., Shelton, J.L., Lohr, C.D., Jahediesfanjani, H., and Roueché, J.N., 2019, A probabilistic assessment methodology for carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery and associated carbon dioxide retention: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5115, 51 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195115.
Year Published: 2019
Preliminary GIS representation of deep coal areas for carbon dioxide storage in the contiguous United States and Alaska
This report and its accompanying geospatial data outline many areas of coal in the United States beneath more than 3,000 ft of overburden. Based on depth, these areas may be targets for injection and storage of supercritical carbon dioxide. Additional areas where coal exists beneath more than 1,000 ft of overburden are also outlined; these may be...
Jones, Kevin B.; Barnhart, Laura E.; Warwick, Peter D.; Corum, Margo D.Attribution: Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Energy Resources Program
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Jones, K.B., Barnhart, L.E., Warwick, P.D., and Corum, M.D., 2019, Preliminary GIS representation of deep coal areas for carbon dioxide storage in the contiguous United States and Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1178, 21 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181178.
Year Published: 2019
Improving pressure-limited CO2 storage capacity in saline formations by means of brine extraction
The carbon dioxide (CO2) storage capacity of saline formations may be constrained by reservoir pressure limitations. Brine extraction could be necessary to increase the CO2 storage capacity of a given formation, manage the extent of the underground CO2 plume and induced pressure front, and control the migration direction. To estimate the...
Jahediesfanjani, Hossein; Anderson, Steven T.; Warwick, Peter D.
Year Published: 2019
Assessment of coal mine methane (CMM) and abandoned mine methane (AMM) resource potential of longwall mine panels: example from Northern Appalachian Basin, USA
"Coal mine methane (CMM) and abandoned mine methane (AMM), are by-products of underground coal mining. The quantity and the emission rate of CMM and AMM may vary depending on the type of mine, gas content of the mined coal seam, and gas sourced from strata and coal beds in overlying and underlying formations affected by mining. Therefore, if a...
Karacan, C. Özgen; Warwick, Peter D.Attribution: Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Energy Resources Program, United States of America
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Volume 208, 1 May 2019, Pages 37-53
Year Published: 2019
Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery and residual oil zone studies at the U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is preparing a national resource assessment of the potential hydrocarbons recoverable after injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into conventional oil reservoirs in the United States. The implementation of CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) techniques can increase hydrocarbon production, and lead to incidental...
Warwick, Peter D.; Attanasi, Emil D.; Blondes, Madalyn S.; Brennan, Sean T.; Buursink, Marc; Doolan, Colin A.; Freeman, Philip A.; Jahediesfanjani, Hossein; Karacan, C. Özgen; Lohr, Celeste D.; Merrill, Matthew D.; Olea, Ricardo A.; Roueché, Jacqueline N.; Shelton, Jenna L.; Slucher, Ernie; Varela, Brian A.; Verma, Mahendra K.
Year Published: 2018
Estimating the potential costs of brine production to expand the pressure-limited CO2 storage capacity of the Mount Simon Sandstone
The conventional wisdom is that widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is likely necessary to be able to satisfy baseload electricity demand, to maintain diversity in the energy mix, and to achieve mitigation of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at lowest cost (IPCC, 2014). If national-scale deployment of CCS is needed in the...
Warwick, Peter D.; Anderson, Steven T.; Jahediesfanjani, Hossein
Year Published: 2018
Federal lands greenhouse emissions and sequestration in the United States—Estimates for 2005–14
In January 2016, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior tasked the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) with producing a publicly available and annually updated database of estimated greenhouse gas emissions associated with the extraction and use (predominantly some form of combustion) of fossil fuels from Federal lands. In response, the...
Merrill, Matthew D.; Sleeter, Benjamin M.; Freeman, Philip A.; Liu, Jinxun; Warwick, Peter D.; Reed, Bradley C.Attribution: Energy, Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Energy Resources Program, , Virginia, United States of America
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Merrill, M.D., Sleeter, B.M., Freeman, P.A., Liu, J., Warwick, P.D., and Reed, B.C., 2018, Federal lands greenhouse emissions and sequestration in the United States—Estimates for 2005–14: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5131, 31 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185131.
Year Published: 2018
Estimating the pressure-limited CO2 injection and storage capacity of the United States saline formations: Effect of the presence of hydrocarbon reservoirs
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) national assessment of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage capacity evaluated 192 saline Storage Assessment Units (SAUs) in 33 U.S. onshore sedimentary basins that may be utilized for CO2 storage (see USGS Circular 1386). Similar to many other available models, volumetric analysis was...
Jahediesfanjani, Hossein; Warwick, Peter D.; Anderson, Steven T.
Year Published: 2018
Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources—Atlantic Coastal Plain and Eastern Mesozoic Rift Basins
This chapter presents information pertinent to the geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration potential within saline aquifers located in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Eastern Mesozoic Rift Basins of the Eastern United States. The Atlantic Coastal Plain is underlain by a Jurassic to Quaternary succession of sedimentary strata that onlap westward...
Warwick, Peter D.; Corum, M.D.; Craddock, William H.; Merrill, Matthew D.; Roberts-Ashby, Tina L.; Brennan, Sean T.; Buursink, Marc L.; Drake, Ronald M.; Warwick, Peter D.; Cahan, Steven M.; DeVera, Christina A.; Freeman, Philip A.; Gosai, Mayur A.; Lohr, Celeste D.Attribution: Central Energy Resources Science Center, Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Energy Resources Program, , Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin
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Craddock, W.H., Merrill, M.D., Roberts-Ashby, T.L., Brennan, S.T., Buursink, M.L., Drake, R.M., II, Warwick, P.D., Cahan, S.M., DeVera, C.A., Freeman, P.A., Gosai, M.A., and Lohr, C.D., 2018, Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources—Atlantic Coastal Plain and Eastern Mesozoic Rift Basins, chap. N of Warwick, P.D., and Corum, M.D., eds., Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1024, 32 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121024N.
Year Published: 2018
Overview of a comprehensive resource database for the assessment of recoverable hydrocarbons produced by carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery
A database called the “Comprehensive Resource Database” (CRD) was prepared to support U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessments of technically recoverable hydrocarbons that might result from the injection of miscible or immiscible carbon dioxide (CO2) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The CRD was designed by INTEK Inc., a consulting company under...
Carolus, Marshall; Biglarbigi, Khosrow; Warwick, Peter D.; Attanasi, Emil D.; Freeman, Philip A.; Lohr, Celeste D.Attribution: Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Water Resources, Energy Resources Program, , United States of America
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Carolus, Marshall, Biglarbigi, Khosrow, Warwick, P.D., Attanasi, E.D., Freeman, P.A., and Lohr, C.D., 2018, Overview of a comprehensive resource database for the assessment of recoverable hydrocarbons produced by carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (ver. 1.1 June 2018): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 7, chap. C16, 31 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tm7C16.
Year Published: 2017
3D Pressure‐limited approach to model and estimate CO2 injection and storage capacity: saline Mount Simon Formation
To estimate the carbon dioxide (CO2) injection and storage capacity of saline formations, we used Tough2‐ECO2N simulation software to develop a pressure‐limited (dynamic) simulation approach based on applying three‐dimensional (3D) numerical simulation only on the effective injection area (Aeff) surrounding each injection well. A statistical...
Jahediesfanjani, Hossein; Warwick, Peter D.; Anderson, Steven T.Pre-USGS Publications
Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Flores, R.M., and Warwick, P.D., 1984, Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in 1984 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, Houghton, R.L., and Clausen, E.N., eds.: North Dakota Geological Society Special Publication 84-1, p. 184-199, 11 figs.
Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota
Belt, E.S., Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., Conway, K.M., Johnson, K.R., and Waskowitz, R.S., 1984, Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota, in Sedimentology of coal and coal-bearing sequences, Rahmani, R.A., and Flores, R.M., eds.: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 7, p. 177-198, 19 figs.
The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota
Warwick, P.D., 1982, The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, M.S. thesis, 116 p., 20 figs.
December 10, 2019
Oil, gas, and water separation vessels
Oil, gas, and water separation vessels at a carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery operation, Horseshoe Atoll, Upper Pennsylvanian Wolfcampian play in the Permian Basin Province in Texas.
October 27, 2018
CO2CRC carbon dioxide injection well, Victoria, Australia
Photograph of a carbon dioxide injection well operated by CO2CRC, at the Otway National Research Facility in the state of Victoria, Australia
April 9, 2010
CO2 injection well in Mississippi
A carbon dioxide (CO2) injection well drilled by the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy) at the Cranfield CO2 test site in Mississippi. The well was drilled to test the effectiveness of injecting and storing CO2 in a deep saline reservoir. Scientists from the USGS participated in
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March 3, 2019
USGS Slideshow Presentation
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [1.2 MB] titled, 'A Pressure-Limited Model to Estimate CO2 Injection and Storage Capacity of Saline Formations: Investigating the Effects of Formation Properties, Model Variables and Presence of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs'. This presentation is material
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
July 21, 2021
Subsurface Carbon and Energy Storage Resource Assessments Slideshow
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [1.74 MB] titled, 'Subsurface Carbon and Energy Storage Resource Assessments'. This presentation is material from a USGS talk.
This material is supported by the "Utilization of Carbon and Other Energy Gases — Geologic Research and
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
March 18, 2021
Geologic Carbon Sequestration Project Overview Handout
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable handout in .pdf format [.7 MB]. The handout provides an overview of the "Utilization of Carbon and Other Energy Gases — Geologic Research and Assessments" project for FY 2021. The project is directly associated with the USGS Energy Resources Program
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
March 3, 2019
USGS Slideshow Presentation
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [3.3 MB] titled, 'U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resource Assessment of the United States – Project Update'. This presentation is material from the Tenth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration held on May 2-5
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
March 3, 2019
USGS Slideshow Presentation
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [1.4 MB] titled, 'A Probabilistic Assessment Methodology for the Evaluation of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage'. This presentation is material from a U.S. Dept. of the Interior talk.
This material is supported by the "Utilization of Carbon and
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
March 3, 2019
USGS Slideshow Presentation
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [1.9 MB] titled, 'Examining Salinity Restrictions for CO2 Storage: Suggestions from basin to reservoir scales'. This presentation is material from the GWPC 2011: Carbon Capture & Storage & Groundwater meeting September 26, 2011.
This
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
March 3, 2019
USGS Slideshow Presentation
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [2.2 MB] titled, 'National Assessment of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources—Results'. This presentation is material from a USGS talk.
This material is supported by the "Utilization of Carbon and Other Energy Gases — Geologic Research
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
March 3, 2019
USGS Slideshow Presentation
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [2.6 MB] titled, 'U.S. Geological Survey National Assessment of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources and Associated Research'. This presentation is material from the Thirteenth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage held
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
March 3, 2019
USGS Slideshow Presentation
Select the thumbnail image above to open a downloadable and printable slideshow presentation in .pdf format [3.9 MB] titled, 'U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resource Assessment of the United States – 2012 Project Update'. This presentation is material from the Eleventh Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization &
Attribution: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
Date published: March 18, 2020
USGS Releases A New Assessment Methodology for Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery and Associated Carbon Dioxide Retention
The U.S. Geological Survey has developed a new assessment method to estimate how much oil and gas could be produced by injecting carbon dioxide into petroleum reservoirs. The methodology also includes a way to estimate the amount of carbon dioxide remaining in the reservoir after the production of oil and gas is complete.
Date published: July 17, 2017
USGS Releases Three Approaches for Estimating Recovery Factors in Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery
The U.S. Geological Survey has evaluated three methods for estimating how much oil and gas could be produced by injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into petroleum reservoirs.
Date published: September 20, 2013
USGS Receives International Endorsement for Geologic Carbon Sequestration Methodology
The USGS methodology for assessing carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential for geologic carbon sequestration was endorsed as a best practice for a country-wide storage potential assessment by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Date published: June 26, 2013
Interior Releases First-Ever Comprehensive National Assessment of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential
Geologic Carbon Sequestration Gauges Potential to Reduce Emissions that Contribute to Climate Change
Date published: July 6, 2010
New Method to Gauge Nation’s CO2 Storage Potential
A new methodology to assess the nation's potential to store carbon dioxide (CO2) is available.