H44D:
New Perspectives on CO2 Flow, Transport, and Long-Term Storage in Subsurface Reservoirs III


Session ID#: 10531

Session Description:
The flow, transport, and reaction of CO2 in subsurface formations is only partially understood. Existing knowledge/scientific gaps are evident from discrepancies between laboratory experiments, field scale observations and modeling results. Understanding the coupling of hydrological and geochemical processes is key to reliably predicting the fate, transport, and trapping of CO2 injected in deep subsurface formations. This session invites presentations that introduce new progress, perspectives, and developments that address knowledge gaps at the molecular, interfacial, pore, and continuum scales (including upscaling) affecting CO2 flow, transport and long-term storage. Topics can include recent advances in understanding equations of state, multiphase flow and mixing, interfacial phenomena (wettability and dynamic interfacial jumps), reservoir properties and heterogeneities (geochemical and mineralogical), pore structure transformations, caprocks (characterization, integrity, leakage through fractures), and characterization and transformation of well-bore cements under reservoir conditions. We especially welcome multi-faceted efforts that combine numerical, experimental, imaging, and field-scale investigations.
Primary Convener:  Shibo Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Lauren E Beckingham, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Megan M Smith, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States and Charles J Werth, The University of Texas at Austin, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States
Chairs:  Scott Frailey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL, United States and Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Lauren E Beckingham, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

1012 Reactions and phase equilibria [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1858 Rocks: chemical properties [HYDROLOGY]
3653 Fluid flow [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3947 Surfaces and interfaces [MINERAL PHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Simulating the evolution of fracture surface alteration exposed to CO2-acidified brine (80487)
Hang Deng1, Carl I Steefel2, Sergi Molins3, Donald J DePaolo4, Jonathan Blair Ajo-Franklin3 and Marco Voltolini1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
CarbFix I: Rapid CO2 mineralization in basalt for permanent carbon storage (72085)
Juerg Michael Matter1,2, Martin Stute3, Sandra Snæbjörnsdóttir4, Sigurður R Gíslason4, Eric H Oelkers5, Bergur Sigfússon6, Ingvi Gunnarsson6, Edda S Aradottir6, Einar Gunnlaugsson6 and Wallace S Broecker7, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Barnard College, New York, NY, United States, (4)University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, (5)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (6)Reykjavik Energy, Reykjavik, Iceland, (7)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Reactivity of dissolved- vs. supercritical-CO2 phase toward muscovite basal surfaces (81343)
Jiamin Wan1, Tetsu K Tokunaga1, Yongman Kim2, Shibo Wang3, Maria V.P. Altoe1,4, Paul D. Ashby1,4 and Don DePaolo1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Science Divission, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)2Material Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Calibrating NMR measured porosity/permeability relationships using µXRCT measurements (84889)
Harris E Mason1, Megan M Smith2, Yue Hao1 and Susan Carroll1, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States
Can the Carbonated Layer Protect Wellbore Cement During Geologic CO2 Sequestration? (76855)
Qingyun Li, Washington University in St. Louis, Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, St. Louis, MO, United States, Young-Shin Jun, Washington University in St Louis, Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, St. Louis, MO, United States and Carl I Steefel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States
Flow regime analysis for fluid injection into a confined aquifer: implications for CO2 sequestration (65690)
Bo Guo, PhD1, Zhong Zheng2, Michael A Celia1 and Howard Stone2, (1)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States
Wettability shifts caused by CO2 aging on mineral surfaces (82838)
Bo Liang, University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States and Andres F Clarens, University of Virginia, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, VA, United States
The Wettability of Shale by CO2 and Its Impact on Geologic CO2 Sequestration (75897)
Eric J Guiltinan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States, M. Bayani Cardenas, University of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States, D. Nicolas Espinoza, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Hongkyu Yoon, Sandia National Laboratories, Geomechanics Department, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States

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