Hassan et al. (2025): Turning Biosolids into Carbon Storage: Scaling Subsurface Injection at the TIRE Facility to Meet Los Angeles’ 2050 Population-Driven Emission Demands
A. M. Hassan, I. Mohamed, O. Sameh, M. Fawzy, Y. Panchal, A. Amirlatifi, O. Abou-Sayed and A. Abou-Saye, IN: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, https://doi.org/10.2118/229121-MS
The urgency of addressing global climate change, underscored by the 2015 Paris Agreement, coupled with Los Angeles’s significant population expansion since 2000 (≈11.17%) and anticipated growth through 2050, necessitates the implementation of robust and scalable carbon removal strategies. This study assesses how expanded subsurface Biosolid Slurry Injection (BSI) at the Terminal Island Renewable Energy (TIRE) facility can offset the city’s rising Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) footprint. The authors correlate historical and forecasted population trends with injected volumes and reservoir capacity, presenting a unique city-scale roadmap for transforming Sewage Sludge (i.e., Biosolids) into a durable carbon sink.