ensitivity Analyses and Value Qualification of CO2 Storage in the Fractured Saline Aquifer
- DOI
- 10.2991/icsmim-15.2016.151How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- CO2 storage; solubility; computer experimental design; sensitivity studies; sub-seismic geologic features.
- Abstract
The objective of this research is to study effects of injection strategies, solubility factor, and aquifer parameters on the feasibility of storing CO2 in the naturally fractured aquifer by running compositional numerical simulator. Factors with direct relevance to CO2 trapping estimations: injection rates, well configurations, permeability anisotropy, fracture locations, fracture permeability, and fracture spacing were investigated using dual-permeability models in compositional reservoir simulator (CMG-GEM). A 30-point experimental design, aimed at evaluating the effect of solubility and aquifer parameters such as depth, porosity, and permeability on CO2 storage, was conducted in various heterogeneous reservoir models. Results show that when horizontal producers are down-dip, the combined influence of buoyancy and heterogeneity can delay CO2 breakthrough. Sub-seismic geological features such as fracture locations, fracture spacing, fracture permeability, and shale layers are demonstrated to have impact on CO2 sequestration. Results are seen to be far more sensitive to thin shale layers than to variations in the vertical to horizontal permeability ratios. The result of the 30-point design shows that variability in trapping efficiency was explained primarily by depth, then permeability, and finally porosity.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xiang Li AU - Jingliang Xu AU - Meng Yu AU - Lielei Tie AU - Hongfeng Guo AU - Chenwei Liu PY - 2016/01 DA - 2016/01 TI - ensitivity Analyses and Value Qualification of CO2 Storage in the Fractured Saline Aquifer BT - Proceedings of the 2015 4th International Conference on Sensors, Measurement and Intelligent Materials PB - Atlantis Press SP - 806 EP - 812 SN - 2352-538X UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsmim-15.2016.151 DO - 10.2991/icsmim-15.2016.151 ID - Li2016/01 ER -