Using Heat as a Predictor of CO2 Breakthrough in Highly Heterogeneous Reservoirs

Jayne, Richard S.; Zhang, Yingqi; Pollyea, Ryan M.

doi:10.1029/2019gl083362

Title: Using Heat as a Predictor of CO₂ Breakthrough in Highly Heterogeneous Reservoirs

Journal Article · 06 June 2019 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl083362 · OSTI ID:1580882

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Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Injecting supercritical CO₂ into the subsurface changes the temperature, pressure, and geochemistry of the storage reservoir. Understanding these perturbations within the reservoir may be used to monitor the CO₂ plume during a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project. Here we analyze results from 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D numerical modeling studies to investigate how the thermal signature of the CO₂-water system evolves during CCS. These models show that the thermodynamic processes of the CO₂-water system results in a characteristic thermal profile within a homogeneous storage reservoir during a CO₂ injection. This thermal signature is characterized by warming front of up to 4 °C, which is caused by CO₂ dissolution and migrates contemporaneously with free-phase CO₂ migration. When reservoir properties are highly heterogeneous, this thermal front travels well ahead of free-phase CO₂, thus implying that thermal monitoring may be an effective predictor of CO₂ breakthrough.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; FE0023381

OSTI ID:: 1580882

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 46; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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