Integrated CO 2 Storage and Brine Extraction

Hunter, Kelsey; Bielicki, Jeffrey M.; Middleton, Richard; Stauffer, Philip; Pawar, Rajesh; Harp, Dylan; Martinez, Daniella

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1769

Integrated CO ₂ Storage and Brine Extraction

Journal Article · Fri Aug 18 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · Energy Procedia (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1769· OSTI ID:1398932

Hunter, Kelsey ^[1]; Bielicki, Jeffrey M. ^[2]; Middleton, Richard ^[3]; Stauffer, Philip ^[3]; Pawar, Rajesh ^[3]; Harp, Dylan ^[3]; Martinez, Daniella ^[4]

The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Earth and Environmental Sciences
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Earth and Environmental Sciences; Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Chemical and Biological Engineering

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) can reduce CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel power plants by injecting CO₂ into deep saline aquifers for storage. CCUS typically increases reservoir pressure which increases costs, because less CO₂ can be injected, and risks such as induced seismicity. Extracting brine with enhanced water recovery (EWR) from the CO₂ storage reservoir can manage and reduce pressure in the formation, decrease the risks linked to reservoir overpressure (e.g., induced seismicity), increase CO₂ storage capacity, and enable CO₂ plume management. We modeled scenarios of CO₂ injection with EWR into the Rock Springs Uplift (RSU) formation in southwest Wyoming. The Finite Element Heat and Mass Transfer Code (FEHM) was used to model CO₂ injection with brine extraction and the corresponding increase in pressure within the RSU. We analyzed the model for pressure management, CO₂ storage, CO₂ saturation, and brine extraction due to the quantity and location of brine extraction wells. The model limited CO₂ injection to a constant pressure increase of two MPa at the injection well with and without extracting brine at hydrostatic pressure. Finally, we found that brine extraction can be used as a technical and cost-effective pressure management strategy to limit reservoir pressure buildup and increase CO₂ storage associated with a single injection well.

Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1398932

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-27929

Journal Information:: Energy Procedia (Online), Journal Name: Energy Procedia (Online) Journal Issue: C Vol. 114; ISSN 1876-6102

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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