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Impact of Mineral Reactive Surface Area on Forecasting Geological Carbon Sequestration in a CO 2 -EOR Field

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  • Wei Jia

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

  • Ting Xiao

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

  • Zhidi Wu

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

  • Zhenxue Dai

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

  • Brian McPherson

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

Abstract

Mineral reactive surface area (RSA) is one of the key factors that control mineral reactions, as it describes how much mineral is accessible and can participate in reactions. This work aims to evaluate the impact of mineral RSA on numerical simulations for CO 2 storage at depleted oil fields. The Farnsworth Unit (FWU) in northern Texas was chosen as a case study. A simplified model was used to screen representative cases from 87 RSA combinations to reduce the computational cost. Three selected cases with low, mid, and high RSA values were used for the FWU model. Results suggest that the impact of RSA values on CO 2 mineral trapping is more complex than it is on individual reactions. While the low RSA case predicted negligible porosity change and an insignificant amount of CO 2 mineral trapping for the FWU model, the mid and high RSA cases forecasted up to 1.19% and 5.04% of porosity reduction due to mineral reactions, and 2.46% and 9.44% of total CO 2 trapped in minerals by the end of the 600-year simulation, respectively. The presence of hydrocarbons affects geochemical reactions and can lead to net CO 2 mineral trapping, whereas mineral dissolution is forecasted when hydrocarbons are removed from the system.

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  • Wei Jia & Ting Xiao & Zhidi Wu & Zhenxue Dai & Brian McPherson, 2021. "Impact of Mineral Reactive Surface Area on Forecasting Geological Carbon Sequestration in a CO 2 -EOR Field," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-22, March.
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