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Title: FIELD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A WILLISTON BASIN BRINE EXTRACTION AND STORAGE TEST

Abstract

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) successfully completed all technical work of Phase I, including development of a field implementation plan (FIP) for a brine extraction and storage test (BEST) in the North Dakota portion of the Williston Basin. This implementation plan was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) as a proxy for managing formation pressure plumes and measuring/monitoring the movement of differential pressure and CO2 plumes in the subsurface for future saline CO2 storage projects. BEST comprises the demonstration and validation of active reservoir management (ARM) strategies and extracted brine treatment technologies. Two prospective commercial brine injection sites were evaluated for BEST to satisfy DOE’s goals. Ultimately, an active saltwater disposal (SWD) site, Johnsons Corner, was selected because it possesses an ideal combination of key factors making it uniquely suited to host BEST. This site is located in western North Dakota and operated by Nuverra Environmental Solutions (Nuverra), a national leader in brine handling, treatment, and injection. An integrated management approach was used to incorporate local and regional geologic characterization activities with geologic and simulation models, inform a monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA) plan, and to conduct a risk assessment. Thismore » approach was used to design a FIP for an ARM schema and an extracted brine treatment technology test bed facility. The FIP leverages an existing pressure plume generated by two commercial SWD wells. These wells, in conjunction with a new brine extraction well, will be used to conduct the ARM schema. Results of these tests will be quantified based on their impact on the performance of the existing SWD wells and the surrounding reservoir system. Extracted brine will be injected into an underlying deep saline formation through a new injection well. The locations of proposed extraction and injection wells were selected during the Phase I efforts. These wells will be permitted as North Dakota Administrative Code Underground Injection Control Class II wells and will yield additional characterization data which will further refine the FIP in Phase II. An array of surface and downhole monitoring techniques will validate ARM performance against predictive simulation results. Infrastructure will be constructed to manage extracted fluids at the surface and provide brine to a treatment test bed facility. Treatment of extracted brine can provide a means of reducing extracted brine disposal volumes, an alternate source of water, and/or salable products for beneficial use. A test bed facility will be constructed to provide a means of demonstrating these technologies on a wide range of brine concentrations. Screening criteria based on a techno-economic and life cycle assessment were developed to select high-salinity brine treatment technologies for extended duration treatment (30–60 days) in Phase II. A detailed cost assessment determined total implementation costs for BEST of $19,901,065 million (DOE share $15,680,505). These costs are inclusive of all necessary equipment, infrastructure construction, operations and project closeout costs required to implement BEST. An ideal combination of key factors makes the Johnsons Corner site uniquely suited to be the BEST demonstration.« less

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Research Org.:
Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1301909
DOE Contract Number:  
FE0026160
Resource Type:
Other
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 42 ENGINEERING; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Hamling, John, Klapperich, Ryan, Stepan, Daniel, Sorensen, James, Pekot, Lawrence, Peck, Wesley, Jacobson, Lonny, Bosshart, Nicholas, Hurley, John, Wilson, William, Kurz, Marc, Burnison, Shaughn, Salako, Olarinre, Musich, Mark, Botnen, Barry, Kalenze, Nicholas, Ayash, Scott, Ge, Jun, Jiang, Tao, Dalkhaa, Chantsalmaa, Oster, Benjamin, Peterson, Kyle, Feole, Ian, Gorecki, Charles, and Steadman, Edward. FIELD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A WILLISTON BASIN BRINE EXTRACTION AND STORAGE TEST. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Hamling, John, Klapperich, Ryan, Stepan, Daniel, Sorensen, James, Pekot, Lawrence, Peck, Wesley, Jacobson, Lonny, Bosshart, Nicholas, Hurley, John, Wilson, William, Kurz, Marc, Burnison, Shaughn, Salako, Olarinre, Musich, Mark, Botnen, Barry, Kalenze, Nicholas, Ayash, Scott, Ge, Jun, Jiang, Tao, Dalkhaa, Chantsalmaa, Oster, Benjamin, Peterson, Kyle, Feole, Ian, Gorecki, Charles, & Steadman, Edward. FIELD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A WILLISTON BASIN BRINE EXTRACTION AND STORAGE TEST. United States.
Hamling, John, Klapperich, Ryan, Stepan, Daniel, Sorensen, James, Pekot, Lawrence, Peck, Wesley, Jacobson, Lonny, Bosshart, Nicholas, Hurley, John, Wilson, William, Kurz, Marc, Burnison, Shaughn, Salako, Olarinre, Musich, Mark, Botnen, Barry, Kalenze, Nicholas, Ayash, Scott, Ge, Jun, Jiang, Tao, Dalkhaa, Chantsalmaa, Oster, Benjamin, Peterson, Kyle, Feole, Ian, Gorecki, Charles, and Steadman, Edward. 2016. "FIELD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A WILLISTON BASIN BRINE EXTRACTION AND STORAGE TEST". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1301909.
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title = {FIELD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A WILLISTON BASIN BRINE EXTRACTION AND STORAGE TEST},
author = {Hamling, John and Klapperich, Ryan and Stepan, Daniel and Sorensen, James and Pekot, Lawrence and Peck, Wesley and Jacobson, Lonny and Bosshart, Nicholas and Hurley, John and Wilson, William and Kurz, Marc and Burnison, Shaughn and Salako, Olarinre and Musich, Mark and Botnen, Barry and Kalenze, Nicholas and Ayash, Scott and Ge, Jun and Jiang, Tao and Dalkhaa, Chantsalmaa and Oster, Benjamin and Peterson, Kyle and Feole, Ian and Gorecki, Charles and Steadman, Edward},
abstractNote = {The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) successfully completed all technical work of Phase I, including development of a field implementation plan (FIP) for a brine extraction and storage test (BEST) in the North Dakota portion of the Williston Basin. This implementation plan was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) as a proxy for managing formation pressure plumes and measuring/monitoring the movement of differential pressure and CO2 plumes in the subsurface for future saline CO2 storage projects. BEST comprises the demonstration and validation of active reservoir management (ARM) strategies and extracted brine treatment technologies. Two prospective commercial brine injection sites were evaluated for BEST to satisfy DOE’s goals. Ultimately, an active saltwater disposal (SWD) site, Johnsons Corner, was selected because it possesses an ideal combination of key factors making it uniquely suited to host BEST. This site is located in western North Dakota and operated by Nuverra Environmental Solutions (Nuverra), a national leader in brine handling, treatment, and injection. An integrated management approach was used to incorporate local and regional geologic characterization activities with geologic and simulation models, inform a monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA) plan, and to conduct a risk assessment. This approach was used to design a FIP for an ARM schema and an extracted brine treatment technology test bed facility. The FIP leverages an existing pressure plume generated by two commercial SWD wells. These wells, in conjunction with a new brine extraction well, will be used to conduct the ARM schema. Results of these tests will be quantified based on their impact on the performance of the existing SWD wells and the surrounding reservoir system. Extracted brine will be injected into an underlying deep saline formation through a new injection well. The locations of proposed extraction and injection wells were selected during the Phase I efforts. These wells will be permitted as North Dakota Administrative Code Underground Injection Control Class II wells and will yield additional characterization data which will further refine the FIP in Phase II. An array of surface and downhole monitoring techniques will validate ARM performance against predictive simulation results. Infrastructure will be constructed to manage extracted fluids at the surface and provide brine to a treatment test bed facility. Treatment of extracted brine can provide a means of reducing extracted brine disposal volumes, an alternate source of water, and/or salable products for beneficial use. A test bed facility will be constructed to provide a means of demonstrating these technologies on a wide range of brine concentrations. Screening criteria based on a techno-economic and life cycle assessment were developed to select high-salinity brine treatment technologies for extended duration treatment (30–60 days) in Phase II. A detailed cost assessment determined total implementation costs for BEST of $19,901,065 million (DOE share $15,680,505). These costs are inclusive of all necessary equipment, infrastructure construction, operations and project closeout costs required to implement BEST. An ideal combination of key factors makes the Johnsons Corner site uniquely suited to be the BEST demonstration.},
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year = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
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