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Analysis of Geologic CO 2 Migration Pathways in Farnsworth Field, NW Anadarko Basin

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  • Jolante van Wijk

    (Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Computational Earth Science Group, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA)

  • Noah Hobbs

    (Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA)

  • Peter Rose

    (Energy & Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA)

  • Michael Mella

    (Energy & Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA)

  • Gary Axen

    (Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA)

  • Evan Gragg

    (Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
    SM Energy Company, 1775 Sherman St., Suite 1200, Denver, CO 80203, USA)

Abstract

This study reports on analyses of natural, geologic CO 2 migration paths in Farnsworth Oil Field, northern Texas, where CO 2 was injected into the Pennsylvanian Morrow B reservoir as part of enhanced oil recovery and carbon sequestration efforts. We interpret 2D and 3D seismic reflection datasets of the study site, which is located on the western flank of the Anadarko basin, and compare our seismic interpretations with results from a tracer study. Petroleum system models are developed to understand the petroleum system and petroleum- and CO 2 -migration pathways. We find no evidence of seismically resolvable faults in Farnsworth Field, but interpret a karst structure, erosional structures, and incised valleys. These interpretations are compared with results of a Morrow B well-to-well tracer study that suggests that inter-well flow is up-dip or lateral. Southeastward fluid flow is inhibited by dip direction, thinning, and draping of the Morrow B reservoir over a deeper, eroded formation. Petroleum system models predict a deep basin-ward increase in temperature and maturation of the source rocks. In the northwestern Anadarko Basin, petroleum migration was generally up-dip with local exceptions; the Morrow B sandstone was likely charged by formations both below and overlying the reservoir rock. Based on this analysis, we conclude that CO 2 escape in Farnsworth Field via geologic pathways such as tectonic faults is unlikely. Abandoned or aged wellbores remain a risk for CO 2 escape from the reservoir formation and deserve further monitoring and research.

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  • Jolante van Wijk & Noah Hobbs & Peter Rose & Michael Mella & Gary Axen & Evan Gragg, 2021. "Analysis of Geologic CO 2 Migration Pathways in Farnsworth Field, NW Anadarko Basin," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-24, November.
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    1. Martha Cather & Dylan Rose-Coss & Sara Gallagher & Natasha Trujillo & Steven Cather & Robert Spencer Hollingworth & Peter Mozley & Ryan J. Leary, 2021. "Deposition, Diagenesis, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian Morrowan and Atokan Intervals at Farnsworth Unit," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-26, February.
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