The Final-Phase Weyburn geochemical research program includes explicitly integrated yet conceptually distinct monitoring, modeling, and experimental components. The principal objectives are to monitor CO2-induced compositional evolution within the reservoir through time-lapse sampling and chemical analysis of produced fluids; to document the absence (or presence) of injected CO2 within reservoir overburden through analogous monitoring of shallow groundwater and soil gas; to predict intrareservoir CO2 migration paths, dynamic CO2 mass partitioning among distinct trapping mechanisms, and reservoir/seal permeability evolution through reactive transport modeling; to assess the impact of CO2-brine-rock reactions on fracture flow and isolation performance through experimental studies that directly support the monitoring and modeling work; and to exploit a novel stochastic inversion technique that enables explicit integration of these diverse monitoring data and forward models to improve reservoir characterization and long-term forecasts of isolation performance.
Geochemical assessment of isolation performance during 10 years of CO 2 EOR at Weyburn / J. w., Johnson; B., Mayer; M., Shevalier; E., Perkins; S., Talman; T., Kotzer; C., Hawkes; S., Butler; M., Luo; V., Er; D., White; H., Maathuis; R., Detwiler; A., Ramirez; S., Carroll; T., Wolery; W., Mcnab; Y., Hao; S., Carle; D., Jones; Beaubien, Stanley Eugene; K., Le Pierres. - In: ENERGY PROCEDIA. - ISSN 1876-6102. - ELETTRONICO. - 4:(2011), pp. 3658-3665. (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies tenutosi a Amsterdam, Holland nel 19-23 September 2010) [10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.297].
Geochemical assessment of isolation performance during 10 years of CO 2 EOR at Weyburn
BEAUBIEN, Stanley Eugene;
2011
Abstract
The Final-Phase Weyburn geochemical research program includes explicitly integrated yet conceptually distinct monitoring, modeling, and experimental components. The principal objectives are to monitor CO2-induced compositional evolution within the reservoir through time-lapse sampling and chemical analysis of produced fluids; to document the absence (or presence) of injected CO2 within reservoir overburden through analogous monitoring of shallow groundwater and soil gas; to predict intrareservoir CO2 migration paths, dynamic CO2 mass partitioning among distinct trapping mechanisms, and reservoir/seal permeability evolution through reactive transport modeling; to assess the impact of CO2-brine-rock reactions on fracture flow and isolation performance through experimental studies that directly support the monitoring and modeling work; and to exploit a novel stochastic inversion technique that enables explicit integration of these diverse monitoring data and forward models to improve reservoir characterization and long-term forecasts of isolation performance.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.