Permeability and Mineral Composition Evolution of Primary Seal and Reservoir Rocks in Geologic Carbon Storage Conditions
Abstract
It has been reported that deep saline aquifers represent the largest geologic CO2 storage resource. To better predict containment effectiveness and long-term reservoir behavior of these formations, it is important to understand the potential geochemically induced changes to the porosity and permeability of both the primary sealing formation and CO2 storage formation rocks. To investigate these potential changes, an experimental study to probe the geochemical interactions of CO2/brine/rock system under geologic CO2 storage conditions was conducted in a static reaction system. Marine shale (primary sealing formation) and Lower Tuscaloosa sandstone (CO2 storage formation) core samples taken from the Plant Daniel CO2 storage test site (Jackson County, Mississippi) were exposed to CO2-saturated brine in a batch reactor at relevant geologic storage conditions (85°C and 23.8 MPa CO2 pressure) for 6 months. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, computed tomography, and brine chemistry analyses were performed before and after the exposure. Permeability measurements from the marine shale and sandstone core samples before and after CO2/brine exposure indicated a significant effective permeability change. Sealing marine shale permeability increased following exposure while the permeability of the sandstone from the storage formation was observed to decrease. Analysis results of the primary sealing formation sample (marine shale)more »
- Authors:
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- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1476993
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Engineering Science (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Environmental Engineering Science (Online); Journal Volume: 35; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1557-9018
- Publisher:
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; CO2 storage; chemical interaction; CO2 sequestration; geologic carbon storage; marine shale; permeability; saline aquifer
Citation Formats
Soong, Yee, Crandall, Dustin, Howard, Bret H., Haljasmaa, Igor, Dalton, Laura E., Zhang, Liwei, Lin, Ronghong, Dilmore, Robert M., Zhang, Wu, Shi, Fan, and Mclendon, Thomas R. Permeability and Mineral Composition Evolution of Primary Seal and Reservoir Rocks in Geologic Carbon Storage Conditions. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1089/ees.2017.0197.
Soong, Yee, Crandall, Dustin, Howard, Bret H., Haljasmaa, Igor, Dalton, Laura E., Zhang, Liwei, Lin, Ronghong, Dilmore, Robert M., Zhang, Wu, Shi, Fan, & Mclendon, Thomas R. Permeability and Mineral Composition Evolution of Primary Seal and Reservoir Rocks in Geologic Carbon Storage Conditions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2017.0197
Soong, Yee, Crandall, Dustin, Howard, Bret H., Haljasmaa, Igor, Dalton, Laura E., Zhang, Liwei, Lin, Ronghong, Dilmore, Robert M., Zhang, Wu, Shi, Fan, and Mclendon, Thomas R. Mon .
"Permeability and Mineral Composition Evolution of Primary Seal and Reservoir Rocks in Geologic Carbon Storage Conditions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2017.0197. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1476993.
@article{osti_1476993,
title = {Permeability and Mineral Composition Evolution of Primary Seal and Reservoir Rocks in Geologic Carbon Storage Conditions},
author = {Soong, Yee and Crandall, Dustin and Howard, Bret H. and Haljasmaa, Igor and Dalton, Laura E. and Zhang, Liwei and Lin, Ronghong and Dilmore, Robert M. and Zhang, Wu and Shi, Fan and Mclendon, Thomas R.},
abstractNote = {It has been reported that deep saline aquifers represent the largest geologic CO2 storage resource. To better predict containment effectiveness and long-term reservoir behavior of these formations, it is important to understand the potential geochemically induced changes to the porosity and permeability of both the primary sealing formation and CO2 storage formation rocks. To investigate these potential changes, an experimental study to probe the geochemical interactions of CO2/brine/rock system under geologic CO2 storage conditions was conducted in a static reaction system. Marine shale (primary sealing formation) and Lower Tuscaloosa sandstone (CO2 storage formation) core samples taken from the Plant Daniel CO2 storage test site (Jackson County, Mississippi) were exposed to CO2-saturated brine in a batch reactor at relevant geologic storage conditions (85°C and 23.8 MPa CO2 pressure) for 6 months. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, computed tomography, and brine chemistry analyses were performed before and after the exposure. Permeability measurements from the marine shale and sandstone core samples before and after CO2/brine exposure indicated a significant effective permeability change. Sealing marine shale permeability increased following exposure while the permeability of the sandstone from the storage formation was observed to decrease. Analysis results of the primary sealing formation sample (marine shale) at the Plant Daniel CO2 storage test site have not been reported before. In conclusion, the permeability decrease of the Lower Tuscaloosa sandstone sample reported in this study verifies the results reported in a previous study. These results have implications for the integrity of the primary seal in a CO2 storage setting.},
doi = {10.1089/ees.2017.0197},
journal = {Environmental Engineering Science (Online)},
number = 5,
volume = 35,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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