Potential CO2 and brine leakage through wellbore pathways for geologic CO2 sequestration using the National Risk Assessment Partnership tools: Application to the Big Sky Regional Partnership

Onishi, Tsubasa; Nguyen, Marie; Carey, J. William; Will, Bob; Zaluski, Wade; Bowen, David W.; DeVault, Bryan; Duguid, Andrew; Zhou, Quanlin; Fairweather, Stacey; Spangler, Lee H.; Stauffer, Philip H.

doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.12.002

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“…• Simulation results show lower probability of successfully injection than previous study based on (Dai et al 2014;Nguyen et al 2017;Onishi et al 2018) • More information on fracture permeability is needed to constrain the model.…”

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INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO₂ GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

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INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO₂ GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

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“…15 The Kevin Dome CO 2 reservoir was chosen to provide a source of CO 2 for the BSCSP's study of CO 2 injection for storage in the water leg of the same structure. 16,17 The results of the production test showed very low production rates, and very low temperatures (T ß°2 C) in the bottom-hole region. The difficulty of producing CO 2 along with low total dissolved solids (TDS) in the proposed water-leg storage zone caused the project to pivot from being a CO 2 production and injection test to being an overall evaluation of the CO 2 storage Modeling and Analysis: On producing CO 2 from subsurface reservoirs: simulations of liquid-gas C Oldenburg et al potential in the region.…”

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“…A CO 2 production test from Kevin Dome, Montana was carried out in December 2014 as part of the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership . The Kevin Dome CO 2 reservoir was chosen to provide a source of CO 2 for the BSCSP's study of CO 2 injection for storage in the water leg of the same structure . The results of the production test showed very low production rates, and very low temperatures ( T ∼ °2 C) in the bottom‐hole region.…”

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On producing CO₂ from subsurface reservoirs: simulations of liquid‐gas phase change caused by decompression

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) extraction from deep reservoirs is currently important in CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and may become more important in the future if interim CO2 storage becomes common. In late 2014, we were involved in a production test of liquid CO2 from the Middle Duperow dolostone at Kevin Dome, Montana. The test resulted in lowering the temperature at the well bottom to ∼2 °C, and showed that the well and reservoir had very low CO2 productivity. We have used the CO2 modeling capabilities of the TOUGH codes to simulate the test and to show that liquid CO2 in the reservoir changes to gas phase as the pressure is lowered in the well during production testing. The associated phase change and decompression combine to drastically lower the bottom‐hole temperature, creating the potential for water ice or CO2 hydrate to form. By hypothesizing a relatively high‐permeability damage zone near the well surrounded by lower permeability reservoir rock, we can match the observed pressure, temperature, and production rate. Moving from the Kevin Dome test to the question of CO2 extraction from deep reservoirs in general, we carried out a parametric study to investigate the effects of reservoir depth and transmissivity on CO2 production rate for a prototypical reservoir. Simulations show that depth and high transmissivity favor productivity. Complex phase changes within the ranges of P‐T encountered in typical CO2 production wells affect production rates. The results of our parametric study may be useful for the preliminary feasibility assessment of CO2 extraction from deep reservoirs. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…We used linear relative permeability and capillary pressure models in these simulations. It has long been recognized that relative permeability and capillary pressure models influence plume migration . While the metrics presented here can help investigate this issue, this is beyond the scope of the current paper.…”

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“…It has long been recognized that relative permeability and capillary pressure models influence plume migration. [23][24][25] While the metrics presented here can help investigate this issue, this is beyond the scope of the current paper. The mesh is composed of 201 by 201 cells in the horizontal direction and 11 cells in the vertical direction (444,411 50 × 50 × 10 m cells).…”

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Development of quantitative metrics of plume migration at geologic CO₂ storage sites

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We develop plume migration metrics based on spatial moment analysis methods that quantify the spatio‐temporal evolution of plumes at geologic CO2 storage sites. The metrics are generalized to handle any 3‐D scalar attribute field values. Within the geologic CO2 storage context, these can be parameters such as CO2 saturation, effective pressure, overpressure, dissolved CO2 concentration, total dissolved solids, pH, and other attributes that are critical for assessing risks. The metrics are comprehensive in that they can effectively handle and account for complex continuous and discontinuous plumes and intra‐plume migration. We demonstrate the metrics on simulated CO2 plumes injected into flat and tilted reservoirs with homogeneous and heterogeneous permeability fields. Using these idealized reservoir scenarios, we demonstrate the information that the metrics extract, showing that the metrics elucidate nuances in plume migration not apparent by standard approaches to the scalar fields values. Published 2019. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

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Potential CO2 and brine leakage through wellbore pathways for geologic CO2 sequestration using the National Risk Assessment Partnership tools: Application to the Big Sky Regional Partnership

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INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO₂ GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO₂ GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

On producing CO₂ from subsurface reservoirs: simulations of liquid‐gas phase change caused by decompression

Development of quantitative metrics of plume migration at geologic CO₂ storage sites

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Potential CO2 and brine leakage through wellbore pathways for geologic CO2 sequestration using the National Risk Assessment Partnership tools: Application to the Big Sky Regional Partnership

Cited by 45 publications

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INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO2 GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO2 GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

On producing CO2 from subsurface reservoirs: simulations of liquid‐gas phase change caused by decompression

Development of quantitative metrics of plume migration at geologic CO2 storage sites

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INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO₂ GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

INVESTIGATING THE SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR IN RELATION TO CO₂ GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AT THE KEVIN DOME SITE, MONTANA

On producing CO₂ from subsurface reservoirs: simulations of liquid‐gas phase change caused by decompression

Development of quantitative metrics of plume migration at geologic CO₂ storage sites