Impact of CO2 injection through horizontal and vertical wells on the caprock mechanical stability

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 151-159

  Vilarrasa, Víctor ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geologic carbon storage; Hydro mechanical coupling; Induced microseismicity; Noordbergum effect; Pressure buildup

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FAULT SLIPS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES;

CAP ROCK; FLUID PRESSURES; GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGES; HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; INDUCED MICROSEISMICITY; MICROSEISMICITY; NOORDBERGUM EFFECT; PRESSURE BUILD UP; STRESS REGIME; VERTICAL WELLS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; COUPLING; FAULTING; FLUID INJECTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROMECHANICS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; NORMAL FAULT; OIL WELL; OVERPRESSURE; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 84893393198     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. International Energy Agency. Energy technology perspective. Scenarios and strategies to 2050. 2010.
2. 2 storage in deep sedimentary formations. Geotechn Geol Eng 2012, 30:525-551.
3. Hsieh PA, Bredehoeft JD. A reservoir analysis of the Denver earthquakes: a case of induced seismicity. J Geophys Res 1981, 86(B2):903-920.
4. Soltanzadeh H, Hawkes CD. Assessing fault reactivation tendency within and surrounding porous reservoirs during fluid production or injection. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 2009, 46:1-7.
5. 2 reservoirs in Europe. Geothermics 2012, 41:30-54.
6. 2 geological sequestration on the nucleation of earthquakes. Geophys Res Lett 2011, 38:L17313. 10.1029/2011GL048487.
7. 2 injection in the shallow crust. Geophys J Int 2012, 190:1784-1789.
8. Mazzoldi A, Rinaldi AP, Borgia A, Rutqvist J. Induced seismicity within geologic carbon sequestration projects: maximum earthquake magnitude and leakage potential. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2012, 10:434-442.
9. Häring MO, Schanz U, Ladner F, Dyer BC. Characterization of the Basel 1 enhanced geothermal system. Geothermics 2008, 37:469-495.
10. 2 leakage along monitoring wellbores. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2010, 4(4):687-697.
11. 2 in geological formations. Earth Planet Sci Lett 2011, 305:143-152.
12. 2 injection in multilayered reservoir-caprock systems. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 2008, 45:132-143.
13. 2 sequestration in exploited gas fields. Energy Convers Manage 2010, 51:1918-1928.
14. 2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2010, 4(6):910-919.
15. 2 injection into deep saline aquifers. Oil Gas Sci Tech 2011, 66:105-118.
16. 2 storage in porous rocks using a critical state model. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 2012, 54:19-26.
17. 2 injection in brine aquifers. Transp Porous Media 2009, 79:269-284.
18. 2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers. Transp Porous Media 2010, 85:619-639.
19. 2 storage capacity in closed and semi-closed saline formations. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2008, 2:626-639.
20. 2 injection into a closed brine aquifer. Transp Porous Media 2011, 89:383-397.
21. 2 into closed and open brine aquifers. Water Resour Res 2011, 47:W12525. 10.1029/2011WR011051.
22. 2 storage site at Ketsin (Germany). Energy Procedia 2011, 4:6085-6090.
23. 2 injection in deep saline formations. Transp Porous Media 2013, 97:43-65.
24. 2 storage in deep saline aquifers: a sensitivity study on pressure response in stratified systems. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2009, 3:181-194.
25. 2 sequestration in saline aquifers for vertical and horizontal well injection. Comput Geosci 2012, 16:891-899.
26. 2 injection in saline aquifers. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2011, 5:1140-1148.
27. 2 injection into a brine formation. Environ Geol 2002, 42:296-305.
28. 2 in porous rock. Energy 2004, 29:1445-1456.
29. 2 injection sites. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2013, 19:665-677.
30. 2S/brine systems in intergranular sandstone, carbonate, shale, and anhydrite rocks. SPE Reserv Eval Eng 2008, 11:487-496.
31. van Genuchten R. A closed-form equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils. Soil Sci Soc Am J 1980, 44:892-898.
32. Zienkiewicz OC, Cormeau IC. Visco-plasticity - plasticity and creep in elastic solids - a unified numerical solution approach. Int J Numer Methods Eng 1974, 8:821-845.
33. Jaeger JC, Cook NGW, Zimmerman RW. Fundamentals of rock mechanics 2007, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. 4th ed.
34. Olivella S, Carrera J, Gens A, Alonso EE. Non-isothermal multiphase flow of brine and gas through saline media. Transp Porous Media 1994, 15:271-293.
35. Olivella S, Gens A, Carrera J, Alonso EE. Numerical formulation for a simulator (CODE_BRIGHT) for the coupled analysis of saline media. Eng Comput 1996, 13:87-112.
36. de Simone S, Vilarrasa V, Carrera J, Alcolea A, Meier P. Thermal coupling may control mechanical stability of geothermal reservoirs during cold water injection. Phys Chem Earth 2013, 64:117-126.
37. Hsieh PA. Deformation-induced changes in hydraulic head during ground-water withdrawal. Ground Water 1996, 34(6):1082-1089.
38. 2 injection for geological storage in deep saline aquifers. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2013, 14:84-96.
39. Barton N, Bandis S, Bakhtar K. Strength, deformation and conductivity coupling of rock joints. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci Geomech Abstracts 1985, 22(3):121-140.
40. Yeo IW, De Freitas MH, Zimmerman RW. Effect of shear displacement on the aperture and permeability of rock. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 1998, 35(8):1051-1070.
41. Vilarrasa V, Koyama T, Neretnieks I, Jing L. Shear-induced flow channels in a single rock fracture and their effect on solute transport. Transp Porous Media 2011, 87(2):503-523.
42. Neuzil CE. Groundwater flow in low-permeability environments. Water Resour Res 1986, 22(8):1163-1195.
43. Denney D. Continuous improvement led to the longest horizontal well. J Pet Technol 2009, 61:55-56.
44. 2 in deep saline aquifers. Transp Porous Media 2011, 90:219-232.
45. 2 into the Utsira formation. Energy Convers Manage 1995, 36(6-9):509-512.
46. 2 injection and ground deformations at In Salah, Algeria. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2010, 4:225-230.
47. 2 injection well, In Salah, Algeria. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2013, 12:155-167.
48. 2 injection at In Salah, Algeria. Int J Greenh Gas Control 2011, 5(4):1055-1064.
49. 2 storage project using a coupled geo-mechanical and thermal fluid Flow simulator. Energy Procedia 2011, 4:3290-3297.
50. Paterson L, Ennis-King J, Sharma S. Observations of thermal and pressure transients in carbon dioxide wells. In: Proceedings of the SPE annual technical conference and exhibition. Florence, Italy; 19-22 September 2010.