Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) to Monitor CO2 Migration in an Enhanced Oil Recovery Field in Northern Michigan
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States); Battelle Memorial Institute
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)
The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) was founded in 2003 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership initiative. Since its founding, MRCSP has made significant strides toward making CCUS a viable option for states in the region. The public/private consortium, funded through the DOE Regional Carbon Sequestration Initiative, brings together nearly 40 industry partners and 10 states. Battelle, as the project lead, oversees research, development and operations and coordinates activities among the partners. The incremental, phased approach has built a valuable knowledge base for the industry and paved the way for commercial-scale adoption of CCUS technologies. From 2008 to 2020, MRCSP Phase III focused on the development of large-scale injection projects. This report is part of a series of reports prepared under the Midwestern Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) Phase III (Development Phase). These reports summarize and detail the findings of the work conducted under the Phase III project. MRCSP conducted analysis of CO2 flow patterns using distributed temperature sensing (DTS) data acquired from the Chester 16 pinnacle reef located in Otsego County, Michigan. The reef has one injection well Chester 6-16 and one monitoring well Chester 8-16 where DTS is installed. DTS provides a means to track temperature within the wellbores in real time and characterize the migration patterns of CO2 in the subsurface when DTS data is combined with other operational data such as the injection rates, bottomhole pressures and temperature. The primary objective of this study was to determine the distribution of CO2 inflow zones in the A1 Carbonate and Brown Niagaran formations.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL); Core Energy LLC; Ohio Development Services Agency
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC26-05NT42589
- OSTI ID:
- 1773169
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-BATTELLE--42589-DTS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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