Geologic Modeling and Simulation at the Aquistore Site: A Guide to MVA Deployment
The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, through the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), continues to support the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) Aquistore project. This support has been in the form of geologic characterization, involvement in the Science and Engineering Research Committee (SERC), public outreach, developing geologic models, and running predictive simulations on the expected injection program at the site. The Aquistore project, part of the world's first commercial postcombustion carbon capture, utilization, and storage project from a coal-fired power-generating facility, the SaskPower Boundary Dam, located in Saskatchewan, Canada, will act as buffer storage site for the captured CO2. The Aquistore site includes one injection well and a 152-meter offset observation well. At nearly 3400 meters below the surface, the targeted saline system provides a secure location for the storage of CO2. To better understand the storage implications of injecting CO2 at the Aquistore site, the EERC constructed multiple geologic model realizations and ran three predictive simulation scenarios on each realization. These models and simulations were used to assess the effect that geologic uncertainty and different operational parameters play in the breakthrough time at the monitoring well, pressure change, and CO2 plume evolution. ModelinView/Download Document
Event/Meeting Information
14th Annual Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage Conference
4/28/2015
Pittsburgh, PA