U.S. DOE NETL methodology for estimating the prospective CO2 storage resource of shales at the national and regional scale

Levine, Jonathan S.; Fukai, Isis; Soeder, Daniel J.; Bromhal, Grant; Dilmore, Robert M.; Guthrie, George D.; Rodosta, Traci; Sanguinito, Sean; Frailey, Scott; Gorecki, Charles; Peck, Wesley; Goodman, Angela L.

doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.04.028

U.S. DOE NETL methodology for estimating the prospective CO₂ storage resource of shales at the national and regional scale

Journal Article · Tue May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.04.028· OSTI ID:1275480

^[1]; Fukai, Isis ^[1]; Soeder, Daniel J. ^[2]; Bromhal, Grant ^[2]; Dilmore, Robert M. ^[1]; Guthrie, George D. ^[1]; Rodosta, Traci ^[2]; Sanguinito, Sean ^[1]; Frailey, Scott ^[3]; Gorecki, Charles ^[4]; Peck, Wesley ^[4]; Goodman, Angela L. ^[1]

National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)
Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL (United States)
Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States). Energy & Environmental Research Center

While the majority of shale formations will serve as reservoir seals for stored anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrocarbon-bearing shale formations may be potential geologic sinks after depletion through primary production. Here in this paper we present the United States-Department of Energy-National Energy Technology Laboratory (US-DOE-NETL) methodology for screening-level assessment of prospective CO₂ storage resources in shale using a volumetric equation. Volumetric resource estimates are produced from the bulk volume, porosity, and sorptivity of the shale and storage efficiency factors based on formation-scale properties and petrophysical limitations on fluid transport. Prospective shale formations require: (1) prior hydrocarbon production using horizontal drilling and stimulation via staged, high-volume hydraulic fracturing, (2) depths sufficient to maintain CO₂ in a supercritical state, generally >800 m, and (3) an overlying seal. The US-DOE-NETL methodology accounts for storage of CO₂ in shale as a free fluid phase within fractures and matrix pores and as an sorbed phase on organic matter and clays. Uncertainties include but are not limited to poorly-constrained geologic variability in formation thickness, porosity, existing fluid content, organic richness, and mineralogy. Knowledge of how these parameters may be linked to depositional environments, facies, and diagenetic history of the shale will improve the understanding of pore-to-reservoir scale behavior, and provide improved estimates of prospective CO₂ storage.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States). In-house Research

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1275480

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1325371

Report Number(s):: NETL-PUB--20182; PII: S1750583616302109

Journal Information:: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Journal Name: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Journal Issue: C Vol. 51; ISSN 1750-5836

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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