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Title: Development of quantitative metrics of plume migration at geologic CO2 storage sites

Journal Article · · Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1903 · OSTI ID:1571599
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Computational Earth Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences Div.
  2. Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Petroleum Engineering
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Abstract We develop plume migration metrics based on spatial moment analysis methods that quantify the spatio‐temporal evolution of plumes at geologic CO 2 storage sites. The metrics are generalized to handle any 3‐D scalar attribute field values. Within the geologic CO 2 storage context, these can be parameters such as CO 2 saturation, effective pressure, overpressure, dissolved CO 2 concentration, total dissolved solids, pH, and other attributes that are critical for assessing risks. The metrics are comprehensive in that they can effectively handle and account for complex continuous and discontinuous plumes and intra‐plume migration. We demonstrate the metrics on simulated CO 2 plumes injected into flat and tilted reservoirs with homogeneous and heterogeneous permeability fields. Using these idealized reservoir scenarios, we demonstrate the information that the metrics extract, showing that the metrics elucidate nuances in plume migration not apparent by standard approaches to the scalar fields values. Published 2019. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1571599
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1542674
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-23618
Journal Information:
Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Vol. 9, Issue 4; ISSN 2152-3878
Publisher:
Society of Chemical Industry, WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 4 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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