skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Monitoring the fate of injected CO2 using geodetic techniques

Journal Article · · The Leading Edge
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)
  3. Tre Altamira, Milan (Italy)
  4. Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada). Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
+ Show Author Affiliations

Geodetic methods comprise one class of geophysical data that are sensitive to changes in effective pressure within operating reservoirs, albeit indirectly through induced deformation. Geodetic observations, which have observation intervals that vary from seconds to days, weeks, or months, generally provide more frequent sampling compared to existing geophysical methodologies (such as seismic time-lapse monitoring), which typically invoke repeat times of months to years. These differences in sampling intervals are primarily due to the extensive effort, and hence cost, of conducting geophysical field operations, which often precludes executing a large number of surveys. Satellite-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is cost effective and used in many applications, including monitoring the injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) for both long-term storage and enhanced oil production. An application to the geologic sequestration of CO2 in Algeria revealed northwest migration along a fault/fracture zone intersected by the injection well. Finally, a study in a Texas field demonstrated that enhanced oil recovery utilizing CO2 leads to observable surface deformation that may be used to characterize the sequestered CO2 and to estimate the pressure changes within the reservoir induced by injection and production.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1634064
Journal Information:
The Leading Edge, Vol. 39, Issue 1; ISSN 1070-485X
Publisher:
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, SEGCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (31)

SBAS-DInSAR Parallel Processing for Deformation Time-Series Computation journal August 2014
An introduction to the global positioning system and some geological applications journal January 1991
Satellite-based measurements of surface deformation reveal fluid flow associated with the geological storage of carbon dioxide: FLUID FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORAGE OF CO journal February 2010
A multi-temporal InSAR method incorporating both persistent scatterer and small baseline approaches journal January 2008
CO2 sequestration monitoring and verification technologies applied at Krechba, Algeria journal February 2010
The microseismic response at the In Salah Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) site journal January 2015
Recent advances in SAR interferometry time series analysis for measuring crustal deformation journal January 2012
GPS-based monitoring of surface deformation associated with CO2 injection at an enhanced oil recovery site journal October 2015
The In Salah CO2 Storage Project: Lessons Learned and Knowledge Transfer journal January 2013
Rocks under strain: Strain-induced time-lapse time shifts are observed for depleting reservoirs journal December 2005
Approximate Solutions for Pressure Buildup During CO2 Injection in Brine Aquifers journal December 2008
Modeling of deep fracture zone opening and transient ground surface uplift at KB-502 CO2 injection well, In Salah, Algeria journal January 2013
Physical applications of GPS geodesy: a review journal August 2016
A fluid pressure and deformation analysis for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide journal September 2012
Ultrahigh resolution fiber-optic quasi-static strain sensors for geophysical research journal October 2013
Satellite-based monitoring of groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley journal November 2019
Beyond 3-D: The new spectrum of lidar applications for earth and ecological sciences journal December 2016
Monitoring the geologic storage of carbon dioxide using multicomponent SAR interferometry journal January 2013
InSAR monitoring of ground deformation due to CO2 injection at an enhanced oil recovery site, West Texas journal October 2015
Quantitative estimation of compaction and velocity changes using 4D impedance and traveltime changes journal July 2004
Monitoring primary depletion reservoirs using amplitudes and time shifts from high-repeat seismic surveys journal December 2005
New Radar Interferometric Time Series Analysis Toolbox Released journal February 2013
Permanent scatterers in SAR interferometry journal January 2001
Estimating permeability from quasi-static deformation: Temporal variations and arrival-time inversion journal November 2008
Monitoring pressure depletion and improving geomechanical models of the Shearwater Field using 4D seismic journal May 2007
A simultaneous inversion for deformation rates and topographic errors of DInSAR data utilizing linear least square inversion technique journal August 2011
Stochastic inversion of InSAR data to assess the probability of pressure penetration into the lower caprock at In Salah journal August 2014
A new algorithm for surface deformation monitoring based on small baseline differential SAR interferograms journal November 2002
A small-baseline approach for investigating deformations on full-resolution differential SAR interferograms journal July 2004
Inverting for reservoir pressure change using time-lapse time strain: Application to Genesis Field, Gulf of Mexico journal May 2007
Surface uplift and time-dependent seismic hazard due to fluid injection in eastern Texas journal September 2016

Similar Records

Satellite-based measurements of surface deformation reveal fluid flow associated with the geological storage of carbon dioxide
Journal Article · Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Geophysical Research Letters · OSTI ID:1634064
+5 more
Reservoir monitoring and characterization using satellite geodetic data: Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar observations from the Krechba field, Algeria
Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Geophysics · OSTI ID:1634064
Study of seismic diffractions caused by a fracture zone at In Salah carbon dioxide storage project
Journal Article · Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control · OSTI ID:1634064

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
remote sensing
reservoir characterization
monitoring
inversion