A Reservoir Modeling Study for the Evaluation of CO 2 Storage Upscaling at the Decatur Site in the Eastern Illinois Basin

Daniel Rathmaier (), Fawz Naim, Andikan Charles William, Dwaipayan Chakraborty, Christopher Conwell, Matthias Imhof, Gordon M. Holmes and Luis E. Zerpa
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Daniel Rathmaier: Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Fawz Naim: School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 281 W Lane Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Andikan Charles William: Department of Physics and Geology, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Piazza Università 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
Dwaipayan Chakraborty: Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
Christopher Conwell: School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 281 W Lane Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Matthias Imhof: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, USA
Gordon M. Holmes: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, USA
Luis E. Zerpa: Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: The study of geological CO 2 sequestration and its long-term implications are crucial for ensuring the safety and sustainability of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. This work presents a numerical reservoir modeling study to upscale CO 2 injection in the Eastern Illinois Basin to a cumulative value of 27 Mt within the next 20 years, adding one proposed Class VI injector well to the two already existing ones in this field. Along with the reservoir simulations that include the main CO 2 trapping mechanisms that ensure a minimum of a 100-year Area-of-Review containment, we describe a step-by-step approach to enhance measurement, monitoring, and verification (MMV) plans, starting from low-cost methods such as repeated 1D VSP in existing boreholes to 2D seismic surveys and higher-cost data acquisition techniques.

Keywords: reservoir modeling; carbon sequestration; IBDP (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: 2024
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