NATCARB Saline v1403 (Archived)

The National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB) Saline spatial database is a small-scale (large-area) overview of carbon dioxide (CO2) geologic storage potential in saline formations across the USA and parts of Canada. Saline formations are composed of brine-saturated porous rock and capped by one or more regionally extensive, low-permeability rock formations.Only saline formations containing formation fluid with total dissolved solids (TDS) greater than 10,000 ppm merited evaluation for potential CO2 storage. A saline storage resource can include one named geologic stratigraphic unit or be defined as only a part of a stratigraphic unit.This data layer reflects the best available knowledge regarding the location of carbon sequestration potential in the USA and Canada, both onshore and offshore.

Data and Resources

Field Value
Citation "\"NATCARB, NATCARB Saline v1403, 2014\""
Data History "\"v1101 - Initial release for Atlas III.v1103 - Metadata revised.v1104 - No changes to Saline layer.v1204 - Initial release for Atlas IV. New data submitted by all regional partnerships.v1302 - No changes to Saline layer. Metadata revised.v1303 - No changes to Saline layer. Metadata revised.v1403 - Initial release for Atlas V. New data submitted by MGSC, PCOR, and the Cambro-Ordovician sitecharacterization project. Missing Medium volumes calculated as natural log mean of Low and High volumes\""
Ecological Region "\"Terrestrial\""
Is NETL associated "\"Yes\""
NETL Point of Contact "\"Andrea Dunn\""
NETL Point of Contact's Email "\"andrea.dunn@netl.doe.gov\""
NETL program or project "\"NATCARB\""
Organization "\"National Energy Technology Laboratory\""
Organization Acronym "\"NETL\""
Publication Date "\"10/01/2014\""
spatial {"type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": [[[[-66.97265625, 49.38237278700955], [-66.97265625, 25.64152637306577], [-125.33203125, 25.64152637306577], [-125.33203125, 49.38237278700955], [-66.97265625, 49.38237278700955]]], [[[-72.0703125, 62.99515845212052], [-72.0703125, 62.99515845212052], [-82.79296874999999, 62.99515845212052], [-82.79296874999999, 62.99515845212052], [-72.0703125, 62.99515845212052]]], [[[-117.0703125, 71.07405646336098], [-117.0703125, 49.15296965617039], [-168.3984375, 49.15296965617039], [-168.3984375, 71.07405646336098], [-117.0703125, 71.07405646336098]]]]}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • Global Provider
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • carbon-sequestration
  • ckan
  • co2
  • edx
  • energy
  • energy-data-exchange
  • geo
  • geoss
  • global
  • natcarb
  • resource
  • saline
  • saline-aquifiers
  • us-department-of-energy
isopen True
license_id cc-by
license_title Creative Commons Attribution
license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
maintainer George Hall
maintainer_email george.hall@contr.netl.doe.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-25T22:05:30.791625
metadata_modified 2025-11-25T22:05:30.791631
notes The National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB) Saline spatial database is a small-scale (large-area) overview of carbon dioxide (CO2) geologic storage potential in saline formations across the USA and parts of Canada. Saline formations are composed of brine-saturated porous rock and capped by one or more regionally extensive, low-permeability rock formations.Only saline formations containing formation fluid with total dissolved solids (TDS) greater than 10,000 ppm merited evaluation for potential CO2 storage. A saline storage resource can include one named geologic stratigraphic unit or be defined as only a part of a stratigraphic unit.This data layer reflects the best available knowledge regarding the location of carbon sequestration potential in the USA and Canada, both onshore and offshore.
num_resources 3
num_tags 16
title NATCARB Saline v1403 (Archived)