SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
Volume 13, Number 5, October 2010, pp. 791-804

SPE-124630-PA

Extraction of Dissolved Methane in Brines by CO2 Injection: Implication for CO2 Sequestration

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DOI  More information 10.2118/124630-PA http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/124630-PA

Citation

  • Taggart, I. 2010. Extraction of Dissolved Methane in Brines by CO2 Injection: Implication for CO2 Sequestration. SPE Res Eval & Eng  13 (5): 791-804. SPE-124630-PA. doi: 10.2118/124630-PA.

Discipline Categories

  • 6.2.1 Phase Behavior and PVT Measurements
  • 6.3 Fluid Dynamics
  • 6.4.2 Gas-Injection Methods
  • 6.8 Fundamental Research in Reservoir Description and Dynamics

Keywords

  • CO2, Geosequestration, Dissolved methane, brine

Summary

The solubility of carbon dioxide (CO2) in underground saline formations is considered to offer significant long-term storage capability to effectively sequester large amounts of anthropogenic CO2. Unlike enhanced oil recovery (EOR), geosequestration relies on longer time scales and involves significantly greater volumes of CO2. Many geosequestration studies assume that the initial brine state is one containing no dissolved hydrocarbons and, therefore, apply simplistic two-component solubility models starting from a zero dissolved-gas state. Many brine formations near hydrocarbons, however, tend to be close to saturation by methane (CH4). The introduction of excess CO2 in such systems results in an extraction of the CH4 into the CO2-rich phase, which, in turn, has implications for monitoring of any sequestration project and offers the possibly additional CH4 mobilization and recovery.

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History

  • Original manuscript received: 7 July 2009
  • Meeting paper published: 5 October 2009
  • Revised manuscript received: 18 February 2010
  • Manuscript approved: 11 May 2010
  • Published online: 11 October 2010
  • Version of record: 27 October 2010