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Chemical Impacts of Potential CO 2 and Brine Leakage on Groundwater Quality with Quantitative Risk Assessment: A Case Study of the Farnsworth Unit

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  • Ting Xiao

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Energy and Geoscience Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA)

  • Brian McPherson

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Energy and Geoscience Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA)

  • Richard Esser

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Energy and Geoscience Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA)

  • Wei Jia

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Energy and Geoscience Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA)

  • Zhenxue Dai

    (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China)

  • Shaoping Chu

    (Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

  • Feng Pan

    (Utah Division of Water Resources, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, USA)

  • Hari Viswanathan

    (Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

Abstract

Potential leakage of reservoir fluids is considered a key risk factor for geologic CO 2 sequestration (GCS), with concerns of their chemical impacts on the quality of overlying underground sources of drinking water (USDWs). Effective risk assessment provides useful information to guide GCS activities for protecting USDWs. In this study, we present a quantified risk assessment case study of an active commercial-scale CO 2 -enhanced oil recovery (CO 2 -EOR) and sequestration field, the Farnsworth Unit (FWU). Specific objectives of this study include: (1) to quantify potential risks of CO 2 and brine leakage to the overlying USDW quality with response surface methodology (RSM); and (2) to identify water chemistry indicators for early detection criteria. Results suggest that trace metals (e.g., arsenic and selenium) are less likely to become a risk due to their adsorption onto clay minerals; no-impact thresholds based on site monitoring data could be a preferable reference for early groundwater quality evaluation; and pH is suggested as an indicator for early detection of a leakage. This study may provide quantitative insight for monitoring strategies on GCS sites to enhance the safety of long-term CO 2 sequestration.

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  • Ting Xiao & Brian McPherson & Richard Esser & Wei Jia & Zhenxue Dai & Shaoping Chu & Feng Pan & Hari Viswanathan, 2020. "Chemical Impacts of Potential CO 2 and Brine Leakage on Groundwater Quality with Quantitative Risk Assessment: A Case Study of the Farnsworth Unit," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:24:p:6574-:d:461551
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