Via Platts:

The FutureGen Alliance says it has successfully completed drilling the “characterization well” at the FutureGen 2.0 carbon dioxide storage site in Morgan County, Illinois.

According to a statement released by the government-backed carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) group, preliminary data indicates the geology of the Mt. Simon formation near Jacksonville, Illinois, “is suitable for CO2 storage.”

The Alliance said the drilling team reached the depth of 4,812 feet below the surface and geologists recorded a 460-foot thick Eau Claire formation that will form the caprock overlaying a 500-foot thick portion of the Mt. Simon sandstone that forms the potential CO2 storage reservoir….