Abandoned well CO2 leakage mitigation using biologically induced mineralization: Current progress and future directions

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-49

  Cunningham, Alfred B ^a   Lauchnor, Ellen ^a   Eldring, Joe ^a   Esposito, Richard ^b   Mitchell, Andrew C ^a,c   Ebigbo, Anozie ^a   Spangler, Lee H ^a   Gerlach, Robin ^d   Phillips, Adrienne J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Company Generation   (United States)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Carbon storage; Well leakage; Well rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BOREHOLES; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENTS; CORROSION; FORESTRY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEALING (FINISHING); SOFTWARE TESTING;

CARBON STORAGE; GEOLOGIC CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; LEAKAGE MITIGATION; MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; SUPERCRITICAL STATE; WELL REHABILITATION;

ABANDONED WELLS;

EID: 84876181933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1331     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. 2 in geological reservoirs: The Sleipner and SACS projects. Energy 29(9/10): 1361-1369 (2004). (Pubitemid 38728686)
2. Ferris FG, Stehmeier LG, Kantzas A and Mourits FM, Bacteriogenic mineral plugging. J Can Petrol Tech 35: 56-61 (1996). (Pubitemid 126581597)
3. Ferris FG, Phoenix V, Fujita Y and Smith RW, Kinetics of calcite precipitation induced by ureolytic bacteria at 10 to 20 degrees C in artifi cial groundwater. Geochim Cosmochim Ac 68: 1701-1710 (2003).
4. Mitchell AC and Ferris FG, The infl uence of Bacillus pasteurii on the nucleation and growth of calcium carbonate. Geomicrobiol J 23: 213-226 (2006).
5. Mitchell AC, Dideriksen K, Spangler LH, Cunningham AB and Gerlach R, Microbially enhanced carbon capture and storage by mineral-trapping and solubility-trapping. Environ Sci Technol 44(13): 5270-5276 (2010).
6. Swensen B and Bakken LR, Nitrifi cation potential and urease activity in a mineral subsoil. Soil Biol Biochem 30(10/11): 1333-1341 (1998). (Pubitemid 28335904)
7. Stocks-Fischer S, Galinat J and Bang S, Microbiological precipitation of CaCO3. Soil Biol Biochem 31(11): 1563-1571(1999).
8. De Muynck W, De Belie N and Verstraete W, Microbial carbonate precipitation in construction materials: A review. Ecol Eng 36(2): 118-136 (2010).
9. Fujita Y, Taylor JL, Gresham TLT, Delwiche ME, Colwell FS, McLing TL et al., Stimulation of microbial urea hydrolysis in groundwater to enhance calcite precipitation. Environ Sci Technol 42(8): 3025-3032 (2008). (Pubitemid 351536949)
10. Curti E, Coprecipitation of radionuclides with calcite: Estimation of partition coeffi cients based on a review of laboratory investigations and geochemical data. Appl Geochem 14(4): 433-445 (1999). (Pubitemid 29201362)
11. Hammes F, Seka A, Van Hege K, Van de Wiele T, Vanderdeelen J, Siciliano SD et al., Calcium removal from industrial wastewater by bio-catalytic CaCO3 precipitation. J Chem Technol Biot 78: 670-677 (2003). (Pubitemid 36637168)
12. Ferris FG and Stehmeier LG, Bacteriogenic mineral plugging. US Patent 6401819 (1992).
13. Harkes MP, van Paassen LA, Booster JL, Whiffi n VS and van Loosdrecht MCM, Fixation and distribution of bacterial activity in sand to induce carbonate precipitation for ground reinforcement. Ecol Eng 36(2): 112-117 (2010).
14. Whiffi n VS, van Paassen LA and Harkes M, Microbial carbonate precipitation as a soil improvement technique. Geomicrobiol J 24(5): 417-423 (2007). (Pubitemid 47272768)
15. van Paassen LA, Ghose R, van der Linden TJM, van der Star WRL and van Loosdrecht MCM, Quantifying biomediated ground improvement by ureolysis: Large-scale biogrout experiment. J Geotech Geoenviron 136(12): 1721-1728 (2010).
16. Ramachandran, SK, Ramakrishnan V and Bang SS, Remediation of concrete using micro-organisms. Aci Mater J 98(1): 3-9 (2001).
17. Achal V, Mukherjee A, Basu PC and Reddy MS, Lactose mother liquor as an alternative nutrient source for microbial concrete production by Sporosarcina pasteurii. J Ind Microbiol Biot 36(3): 433-438 (2009).
18. Gerlach R and Cunningham AB, Influence of microbial biofi lms on reactive transport in porous media. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry. June 20-25, Montecatini, Italy (2010).
19. Flemisch B, Darcis M, Erbertseder K, Faigle B, Lauser A, Mosthaf K et al., DuMux: DUNE for multi-[phase, component, scale, physics, ...] Flow and transport in porous media. Adv Water Resour 34(9): 1102-1112 (2011).
20. Ebigbo A, Phillips A, Gerlach R, Helmig R, Cunningham A, Class H et al., Darcy-scale modeling of microbially induced carbonate mineral precipitation in sand columns. Water Resour Res 48(W07519):17 (2012)
21. Hildenbrand A, Schlömer S and Krooss BM, Gas breakthrough experiments on fi ne-grained sedimentary rocks. Geofl uids 2: 3-23 (2002). (Pubitemid 34834326)
22. 2. Int J Greenhouse Gas Control in press (2013).
23. 2 leakage reduction through biofi lm-induced calcium carbonate precipitation. Environ Sci Technol DOI: 10.1021/es301294q (2012).