Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs

Carroll, Susan A.; Keating, Elizabeth; Mansoor, Kayyum; Dai, Zhenxue; Sun, Yunwei; Trainor-Guitton, Whitney; Brown, Chris; Bacon, Diana

doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.07.007

Title: Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs

Abstract

Here, we describe potential impacts to groundwater quality due to CO₂ and brine leakage, discuss an approach to calculate thresholds under which “no impact” to groundwater occurs, describe the time scale for impact on groundwater, and discuss the probability of detecting a groundwater plume should leakage occur. To facilitate this, multi-phase flow and reactive transport simulations and reduced-order models were developed for two classes of aquifers, considering uncertainty in leakage source terms and aquifer hydrogeology. We also targeted an unconfined fractured carbonate aquifer based on the Edwards Aquifer in Texas and a confined alluvium aquifer based on the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas, which share characteristics typical of many drinking water aquifers in the United States. Furthermore the hypothetical leakage scenarios centered on the notion that wellbores are the most likely conduits for brine and CO₂ leaks. Leakage uncertainty was based on hypothetical injection of CO₂ for 50 years at a rate of 5 million tons per year into a depleted oil/gas reservoir with high permeability and, one or more wells provided leakage pathways from the storage reservoir to the overlying aquifer. This scenario corresponds to a storage site with historical oil/gas production and some poorly completed legacy wells thatmore »« less

Authors:

; Keating, Elizabeth; Mansoor, Kayyum; Dai, Zhenxue; Sun, Yunwei; Trainor-Guitton, Whitney; Brown, Chris; Bacon, Diana

Publication Date:: Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1393289

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1168885; OSTI ID: 1321439

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-103266; LLNL-JRNL-687000
Journal ID: ISSN 1750-5836; S1750583614002060; PII: S1750583614002060

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Journal Volume: 29 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1750-5836

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; carbon storage; CO₂ and brine leakage; groundwater impacts; reactive-transport simulations; reduced-order models; CO2 and brine leakage

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                    Carroll, Susan A., Keating, Elizabeth, Mansoor, Kayyum, Dai, Zhenxue, Sun, Yunwei, Trainor-Guitton, Whitney, Brown, Chris, and Bacon, Diana. Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs.  Netherlands: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Carroll, Susan A., Keating, Elizabeth, Mansoor, Kayyum, Dai, Zhenxue, Sun, Yunwei, Trainor-Guitton, Whitney, Brown, Chris, & Bacon, Diana. Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.07.007

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                    Carroll, Susan A., Keating, Elizabeth, Mansoor, Kayyum, Dai, Zhenxue, Sun, Yunwei, Trainor-Guitton, Whitney, Brown, Chris, and Bacon, Diana. Wed .  
"Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.07.007.

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  title        = {Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs},

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  abstractNote = {Here, we describe potential impacts to groundwater quality due to CO2 and brine leakage, discuss an approach to calculate thresholds under which “no impact” to groundwater occurs, describe the time scale for impact on groundwater, and discuss the probability of detecting a groundwater plume should leakage occur. To facilitate this, multi-phase flow and reactive transport simulations and reduced-order models were developed for two classes of aquifers, considering uncertainty in leakage source terms and aquifer hydrogeology. We also targeted an unconfined fractured carbonate aquifer based on the Edwards Aquifer in Texas and a confined alluvium aquifer based on the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas, which share characteristics typical of many drinking water aquifers in the United States. Furthermore the hypothetical leakage scenarios centered on the notion that wellbores are the most likely conduits for brine and CO2 leaks. Leakage uncertainty was based on hypothetical injection of CO2 for 50 years at a rate of 5 million tons per year into a depleted oil/gas reservoir with high permeability and, one or more wells provided leakage pathways from the storage reservoir to the overlying aquifer. This scenario corresponds to a storage site with historical oil/gas production and some poorly completed legacy wells that went undetected through site evaluation, operations, and post-closure.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.07.007},

  journal      = {International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control},

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  place        = {Netherlands},

  year         = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

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