Validating compositional fluid flow simulations using 4D seismic interpretation and vice versa in the SECARB Early Test—A critical review
Abstract
We report on strengths and weaknesses of 4D seismic interpretation as a technique for monitoring carbon dioxide that was injected as part of a large scale test associated with commercial enhanced oil recovery (EOR) at Cranfield Field, Mississippi, USA. The goals of the monitoring effort are 1) to make measurements to verify that the CO2 is contained in the reservoir according to operational designs and model predictions, and 2) that if there are deviations, to provide data which can be used to update the earth models and determine if any mitigation is needed. Our work uses a compositional numerical simulation to model CO2 flow in the reservoir and compares the results with estimates of changes in seismic properties between a pre-injection and a survey after more than 2 million metric tons injected. The complicated physics of the problem in Cranfield field present challenges to seismic interpretations. These findings reflect partial agreement between the results of the numerical simulation and the seismic interpretations. Possible causes of discrepancies among the fluid flow model and multiple interpretations of the same seismic data sets performed with different work flows illuminates the types of uncertainties that should be considered to achieve the goals of monitoring.
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- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Clean Coal and Carbon Management; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1542384
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1496443
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH1123; FC26-05NT42590
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 82; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1750-5836
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; CO2 injection monitoring; 4D seismic; Compositional simulation; Enhanced oil recovery
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Alfi, Masoud, Vasco, Donald W., Hosseini, Seyyed A., Meckel, Timothy A., and Hovorka, Susan D. Validating compositional fluid flow simulations using 4D seismic interpretation and vice versa in the SECARB Early Test—A critical review. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.01.003.
Alfi, Masoud, Vasco, Donald W., Hosseini, Seyyed A., Meckel, Timothy A., & Hovorka, Susan D. Validating compositional fluid flow simulations using 4D seismic interpretation and vice versa in the SECARB Early Test—A critical review. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.01.003
Alfi, Masoud, Vasco, Donald W., Hosseini, Seyyed A., Meckel, Timothy A., and Hovorka, Susan D. Wed .
"Validating compositional fluid flow simulations using 4D seismic interpretation and vice versa in the SECARB Early Test—A critical review". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.01.003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1542384.
@article{osti_1542384,
title = {Validating compositional fluid flow simulations using 4D seismic interpretation and vice versa in the SECARB Early Test—A critical review},
author = {Alfi, Masoud and Vasco, Donald W. and Hosseini, Seyyed A. and Meckel, Timothy A. and Hovorka, Susan D.},
abstractNote = {We report on strengths and weaknesses of 4D seismic interpretation as a technique for monitoring carbon dioxide that was injected as part of a large scale test associated with commercial enhanced oil recovery (EOR) at Cranfield Field, Mississippi, USA. The goals of the monitoring effort are 1) to make measurements to verify that the CO2 is contained in the reservoir according to operational designs and model predictions, and 2) that if there are deviations, to provide data which can be used to update the earth models and determine if any mitigation is needed. Our work uses a compositional numerical simulation to model CO2 flow in the reservoir and compares the results with estimates of changes in seismic properties between a pre-injection and a survey after more than 2 million metric tons injected. The complicated physics of the problem in Cranfield field present challenges to seismic interpretations. These findings reflect partial agreement between the results of the numerical simulation and the seismic interpretations. Possible causes of discrepancies among the fluid flow model and multiple interpretations of the same seismic data sets performed with different work flows illuminates the types of uncertainties that should be considered to achieve the goals of monitoring.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.01.003},
journal = {International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control},
number = C,
volume = 82,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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