Assessment of CO2 trapping mechanisms in partially depleted oil-bearing sands
Abstract
The goal of this work is to evaluate various CO2 sequestration mechanisms occurring in the Morrow B Sandstone in the Farnsworth Unit. A history-matched numerical simulation model was created using extensive geological, petrophysical, and operational data collected from the field. The numerical model is competent to investigate the impact of residual, structural-stratigraphic, solubility, and mineral trapping mechanisms on the fluid transportation dynamics and petrophysical property variations. The model forecasts the field response of 20 years of WAG injections. Afterward, all wells were shut-in, and the reservoir was allowed to evolve for 1000 years to investigate the fate of injected CO2. In this paper, we assess the impacts of various trapping mechanisms on oil recovery and CO2 storage efficacy. By analyzing the results reported from the numerical simulation model, the in-situ fluid composition and mineralogy changes are also investigated. More importantly, we seek to confirm the petrophysical property variations due to the CO2 injection with observations from laboratory measurements. The experiences gained from this study provide valuable insights regarding physiochemical storage induced by the CO2 injection activities and serve as a benchmark case for future CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects involving reactive solute transport.
- Authors:
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[2];
[3];
[4]
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States). Petroleum Recovery Research Center
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States). Geological Sciences
- Jilin Univ., Changchun (China). College of Construction Engineering
- Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States). Depts. of Geology and Environmental Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1849088
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1634149
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FC26-05NT42591
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Fuel
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 278; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0016-2361
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; Energy & Fuels; Engineering; Structural-stratigraphic trapping; Solubility trapping; Residual trapping; Geochemical storage; Petrophysical property alteration; CO2 miscible flooding; Enhanced oil recovery
Citation Formats
Sun, Qian, Ampomah, William, Kutsienyo, Eusebius Junior, Appold, Martin, Adu-Gyamfi, Benjamin, Dai, Zhenxue, and Soltanian, Mohamed Reza. Assessment of CO2 trapping mechanisms in partially depleted oil-bearing sands. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118356.
Sun, Qian, Ampomah, William, Kutsienyo, Eusebius Junior, Appold, Martin, Adu-Gyamfi, Benjamin, Dai, Zhenxue, & Soltanian, Mohamed Reza. Assessment of CO2 trapping mechanisms in partially depleted oil-bearing sands. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118356
Sun, Qian, Ampomah, William, Kutsienyo, Eusebius Junior, Appold, Martin, Adu-Gyamfi, Benjamin, Dai, Zhenxue, and Soltanian, Mohamed Reza. Sat .
"Assessment of CO2 trapping mechanisms in partially depleted oil-bearing sands". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118356. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1849088.
@article{osti_1849088,
title = {Assessment of CO2 trapping mechanisms in partially depleted oil-bearing sands},
author = {Sun, Qian and Ampomah, William and Kutsienyo, Eusebius Junior and Appold, Martin and Adu-Gyamfi, Benjamin and Dai, Zhenxue and Soltanian, Mohamed Reza},
abstractNote = {The goal of this work is to evaluate various CO2 sequestration mechanisms occurring in the Morrow B Sandstone in the Farnsworth Unit. A history-matched numerical simulation model was created using extensive geological, petrophysical, and operational data collected from the field. The numerical model is competent to investigate the impact of residual, structural-stratigraphic, solubility, and mineral trapping mechanisms on the fluid transportation dynamics and petrophysical property variations. The model forecasts the field response of 20 years of WAG injections. Afterward, all wells were shut-in, and the reservoir was allowed to evolve for 1000 years to investigate the fate of injected CO2. In this paper, we assess the impacts of various trapping mechanisms on oil recovery and CO2 storage efficacy. By analyzing the results reported from the numerical simulation model, the in-situ fluid composition and mineralogy changes are also investigated. More importantly, we seek to confirm the petrophysical property variations due to the CO2 injection with observations from laboratory measurements. The experiences gained from this study provide valuable insights regarding physiochemical storage induced by the CO2 injection activities and serve as a benchmark case for future CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects involving reactive solute transport.},
doi = {10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118356},
journal = {Fuel},
number = C,
volume = 278,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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