Prediction of Reservoir Parameters of Cambrian Sandstones Using Petrophysical Modelling—Geothermal Potential Study of Polish Mainland Part of the Baltic Basin

Kacper Domagała, Tomasz Maćkowski, Michał Stefaniuk and Beata Reicher
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Kacper Domagała: Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Tomasz Maćkowski: Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Michał Stefaniuk: Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Beata Reicher: Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-28

Abstract: Important factors controlling the effective utilization of geothermal energy are favorable reservoir properties of rock formations, which determine both the availability and the transfer opportunities of reservoir fluids. Hence, crucial to the successful utilization of a given reservoir is the preliminary recognition of distribution of reservoir parameters as it enables the researchers to select the prospective areas for localization of future geothermal installations and to decide on their characters. The objectives of this paper are analyses and discussion of the properties of quartz sandstones buried down to a depth interval from about 3000 to under 5000 m below surface. These sandstones belong to Ediacaran–Lowery Cambrian Łeba, Kluki and Żarnowiec formations. The source data from the Słupsk IG-1 provided the basis for 1D reconstruction of burial depth and paleothermal conditions as well as enabled the authors to validate of the results of 2D models. Then, porosity distribution within the reservoir formation was determined using the modelings of both the mechanical and chemical compactions along the 70 km-long B’-B part of the A’-A cross-section Bornholm-Słupsk IG-1 well. The results confirmed the low porosities and permeabilities as well as high temperatures of the analyzed rock formations in the Słupsk IG-1 well area. Towards the coast of the Baltic Sea, the porosity increases to more than 5%, while the temperature decreases, but is still relatively high, at about 130 °C. This suggests the application of an enhanced geothermal system or hot dry rocks system as principal methods for using geothermal energy.

Keywords: Baltic Basin; geothermal energy; reservoir parameters; petrophysical modelling; mechanical compaction; chemical compaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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