CO2 storage in the offshore UK Bunter Sandstone Formation

被引：68

作者：

Heinemann, Niklas ^{[1
]}

Wilkinson, Mark ^{[1
]}

Pickup, Gillian E. ^{[2
]}

Haszeldine, R. Stuart ^{[1
]}

Cutler, Nick A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Geosci, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, Midlothian, Scotland

[2] Heriot Watt Univ, Inst Petr Engn, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL | 2012年 / 6卷

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Seal lithology; Storage capacity; Injection pressure; North Sea; Bunter Sandstone; PRESSURE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.11.002

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The Bunter Sandstone Formation, UK southern North Sea has previously been identified as having the potential to store a very large amount of CO2. Because there are few producing fields in the formation, information about the potential reservoir and seal are sparse, but can be studied from legacy borehole records which were usually targeting deeper horizons. The seal, largely unproven due to a lack of hydrocarbon fields in the area, has been studied to assess effectiveness. The potential of the seal to retain CO2, at least where not faulted, appears to be very good. A novel, unit cell technique is used to assess the storage capacity in a multi-well injection scenario, using the ECLIPSE compositional simulation package. After an injection period of 30 years with an injection rate of 1 Mt of CO2 per year per well, approximately 3.8-7.8 Gt of CO2 could be stored in the formation depending upon the maximum safe pressure increase. This storage capacity estimate is smaller than a previous estimate, but only by a factor of ca. 0.3-0.5. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：210 / 219

页数：10

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