Detecting Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation in a Model Well-Bore Using Downhole Low-Field NMR
Abstract
Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) has been widely researched recently due to its relevance for subsurface engineering applications including sealing leakage pathways and permeability modification. These applications of MICP are inherently difficult to monitor nondestructively in time and space. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can characterize the pore size distributions, porosity, and permeability of subsurface formations. This investigation used a low-field NMR well-logging probe to monitor MICP in a sand-filled bioreactor, measuring NMR signal amplitude and T2 relaxation over an 8 day experimental period. Following inoculation with the ureolytic bacteria, Sporosarcina pasteurii, and pulsed injections of urea and calcium substrate, the NMR measured water content in the reactor decreased to 76% of its initial value. T2 relaxation distributions bifurcated from a single mode centered about approximately 650 ms into a fast decaying population (T2 less than 10 ms) and a larger population with T2 greater than 1000 ms. The combination of changes in pore volume and surface minerology accounts for the changes in the T2 distributions. Destructive sampling confirmed final porosity was approximately 88% of the original value. Here, these results indicate the low-field NMR well-logging probe is sensitive to the physical and chemical changes caused by MICP in a laboratorymore »
- Authors:
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- Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT (United States)
- Vista Clara Inc., Mukilteo, WA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1394630
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0024296
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-936X
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; nuclear magnetic resonance; NMR, biomineralization; MICP; microbially-induced 17 calcite precipitation; urea hydrolysis
Citation Formats
Kirkland, Catherine M., Zanetti, Sam, Grunewald, Elliot, Walsh, David O., Codd, Sarah L., and Phillips, Adrienne J. Detecting Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation in a Model Well-Bore Using Downhole Low-Field NMR. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b04833.
Kirkland, Catherine M., Zanetti, Sam, Grunewald, Elliot, Walsh, David O., Codd, Sarah L., & Phillips, Adrienne J. Detecting Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation in a Model Well-Bore Using Downhole Low-Field NMR. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04833
Kirkland, Catherine M., Zanetti, Sam, Grunewald, Elliot, Walsh, David O., Codd, Sarah L., and Phillips, Adrienne J. Tue .
"Detecting Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation in a Model Well-Bore Using Downhole Low-Field NMR". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04833. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1394630.
@article{osti_1394630,
title = {Detecting Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation in a Model Well-Bore Using Downhole Low-Field NMR},
author = {Kirkland, Catherine M. and Zanetti, Sam and Grunewald, Elliot and Walsh, David O. and Codd, Sarah L. and Phillips, Adrienne J.},
abstractNote = {Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) has been widely researched recently due to its relevance for subsurface engineering applications including sealing leakage pathways and permeability modification. These applications of MICP are inherently difficult to monitor nondestructively in time and space. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can characterize the pore size distributions, porosity, and permeability of subsurface formations. This investigation used a low-field NMR well-logging probe to monitor MICP in a sand-filled bioreactor, measuring NMR signal amplitude and T2 relaxation over an 8 day experimental period. Following inoculation with the ureolytic bacteria, Sporosarcina pasteurii, and pulsed injections of urea and calcium substrate, the NMR measured water content in the reactor decreased to 76% of its initial value. T2 relaxation distributions bifurcated from a single mode centered about approximately 650 ms into a fast decaying population (T2 less than 10 ms) and a larger population with T2 greater than 1000 ms. The combination of changes in pore volume and surface minerology accounts for the changes in the T2 distributions. Destructive sampling confirmed final porosity was approximately 88% of the original value. Here, these results indicate the low-field NMR well-logging probe is sensitive to the physical and chemical changes caused by MICP in a laboratory bioreactor.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.est.6b04833},
journal = {Environmental Science and Technology},
number = 3,
volume = 51,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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