Feasibility of CO\(_2\) migration detection using pressure and CO\(_2\) saturation monitoring above an imperfect primary seal of a geologic CO\(_2\) storage formation: a numerical investigation. (English) Zbl 1405.86028
Summary: A numerical model was developed to investigate the potential to detect fluid migration in a (homogeneous, isotropic, with constant pressure lateral boundaries) porous and permeable interval overlying an imperfect primary seal of a geologic CO\(_2\) storage formation. The seal imperfection was modeled as a single higher-permeability zone in an otherwise low-permeability seal, with the center of that zone offset from the CO\(_2\) injection well by 1400 m. Pressure response resulting from fluid migration through the high-permeability zone was detectable up to 1650 m from the centroid of that zone at the base of the monitored interval after 30 years of CO\(_2\) injection (detection limit = 0.1 MPa pressure increase); no pressure response was detectable at the top of the monitored interval at the same point in time. CO\(_2\) saturation response could be up to 774 m from the center of the high-permeability zone at the bottom of the monitored interval, and 1103 m at the top (saturation
detection limit = 0.01). More than 6% of the injected CO\(_2\), by mass, migrated out of primary containment after 130 years of site performance (including 30 years of active injection) in the case where the zone of seal imperfection had a moderately high permeability (10\(^{-17}\) m\(^2\) or 0.01 mD). Free-phase CO\(_2\) saturation monitoring at the top of the overlying interval provides favorable spatial coverage for detecting fluid migration across the primary seal. Improved sensitivity of detection for pressure perturbation will benefit time of detection above an imperfect seal.
MSC:
| 86A60 | Geological problems |
| 76S05 | Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage |
| 76N15 | Gas dynamics (general theory) |
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