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and LBS suggest that organic-rich shales are capable of storing CO2

leakage. On the other hand, CO2

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**Acknowledgements**

**Conflict of interest**

However, to accurately benefit from CO<sup>2</sup>

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

**Appendices and nomenclature**

OOIP original oil-in-place

CO2 carbon dioxide scCO2 supercritical CO2

CH4 methane Gt giga tons

ECBM enhanced coalbed methane

TOC total organic carbon/content

The authors declare no competing financial interest.

EGR/EOR enhanced gas recovery/enhanced oil recovery

process; CO2

shale sample.

**Notes**

in its adsorbed state in the presence of higher TOC levels. In addition to shales being widely distributed and in abundance, the natural confining seals of the formation reduces the risk of

need to overcome developmental challenges and understand the rock-fluid and fluid–fluid

We acknowledge the support of the Tertiary Oil Recovery Program (TORP) and Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC) at the University of Kansas. We would also like to thank Erin Honse (Fischer Scientific, formerly FEI) for acquisition of BSE images of our

interactions in organic-rich shales for large scale pilot test and implementation.



– sequestration in organic-rich shales, there is the

in substantial quantities

sequestration

Cudjoe Sherifa\* and Barati Reza

\*Address all correspondence to: reza.barati@ku.edu

University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
