Beta
362441

Effect of Infinite Volume on Structural Trapping Performance during Carbon dioxide Sequestration Processes

Article

Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

Reservoir Engineering and Characterization

Abstract

In this work, a compositional simulator (CMG-GEM) was employed to model the flow behavior of two components (CO2 and H2O) in the context of CO2 sequestration within a saline aquifer with infinite extent. A fluid model was built with the Peng Robinson EOS in a WINPROP and a base case model of limited extent aquifer with a range of volume modifiers assigned to boundary grid blocks as infinite was simulated. The amount of CO2 trapped, its maximum migration distance, and CO2 saturation distribution were analyzed for each of the aquifer volume considered. Pore volume modifiers of 103, 104, and 105 were sensitized. Results shows that saline aquifer of infinite extents complements the structural trapping of supercritical CO2 by limiting the ultimate migration distance of CO2 gravity currents. The quantity of trapped CO2 exhibited a rise as the pore volume of the boundary blocks increased from 100 (base case) to 103, 104, and 105.For the base case,volume multiplier of 103, 104, and 105, the volume of CO2 trapped were 59502925moles,88120568moles ,96803000moles, and 101404776moles showing an increase in moles as the volume increases. The base case model shows a CO2 lateral migration distance of 525ft along the aquifer length while pore volume of 103, 104, and 105 gives a lateral migration distance of 884ft, 985ft and 985ft respectively. The results indicate that the infinite volume effects have caused a dispersed distribution of CO2 trapped, contrasting with a concentrated distribution of mobile CO2 in a limited aquifer.

DOI

10.21608/jpme.2024.258954.1185

Keywords

CO2 trapped, CO2 saturation, pore volume, migration distance

Authors

First Name

Nyelebuchi

Last Name

Amadichuku

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Nigeria

Email

nyelebuchi.amadichuku@ust.edu.ng

City

Port Harcourt

Orcid

0000-0001-9619-0811

First Name

Bright

Last Name

Kinate

MiddleName

Bariakpoa

Affiliation

Department of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Nigeria

Email

kinate.bright@ust.edu.ng

City

Port Harcourt

Orcid

0000-0002-2763-33313

First Name

Ayauwu

Last Name

Loveday

MiddleName

Ayauwu

Affiliation

Department of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Nigeria

Email

lovedayayauwu@gmail.com

City

Port Harcourt

Orcid

-

Volume

26

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

49356

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2023-12-28

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

37

Page End

43

Print ISSN

1110-6506

Online ISSN

2682-3292

Link

https://jpme.journals.ekb.eg/article_362441.html

Detail API

https://jpme.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=362441

Order

362,441

Type

Full-length article

Type Code

934

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering

Publication Link

https://jpme.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Effect of Infinite Volume on Structural Trapping Performance during Carbon dioxide Sequestration Processes

Details

Type

Article

Created At

24 Dec 2024