Nisku Carbonate

Bennion, Bachu SAMPLE PROPERTIES

Rock Type Length [cm] Flow Area [cm2] Average Porosity Pore Volume [cc] Permeability [mD] Carbonate 3.200 11.400 0.097 3.540 84.000

EXPERIMENTAL PROPERTIES
Temperature [C] Pore Pressure [kPag] Interfacial Tension [mN/m] Experimental Method

RELATIVE PERMEABILITY
Brine Saturation 1.0000 0.9660 0.9330 0.8990 0.8660 0.8320 0.7990 0.7650 0.7320 0.6980 0.6650 0.6320 0.5980 0.5650 0.5310 0.4980 0.4640 0.4310 0.3970 0.3640 0.3300 CO2 Saturation Krg (CO2 Drainage) Krw (Brine Drainage) 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 0.0340 0.0066 0.8670 0.0670 0.0141 0.7461 0.1010 0.0220 0.6365 0.1340 0.0302 0.5380 0.1680 0.0385 0.4499 0.2010 0.0471 0.3716 0.2350 0.0558 0.3028 0.2680 0.0646 0.2428 0.3020 0.0735 0.1911 0.3350 0.0825 0.1471 0.3680 0.0917 0.1103 0.4020 0.1008 0.0801 0.4350 0.1101 0.0558 0.4690 0.1195 0.0370 0.5020 0.1289 0.0229 0.5360 0.1383 0.0129 0.5690 0.1479 0.0064 0.6030 0.1575 0.0026 0.6360 0.1671 0.0007 0.6700 0.1768 0.0000

Relative Permeability Explorer, Benson Lab - Stanford University

http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/bensonlab/relperm ABSTRACT

TAL PROPERTIES
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Sequestration in deep underground formations of large amounts of CO2, cap This paper reviews the experimental protocol and presents detailed water-CO

CITATION

Bennion, B., Bachu, S., Relative Permeability Characteristics for Supercritica

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e amounts of CO2, captured from large stationary sources, such as power plants, oil upgraders and refineries, is on sents detailed water-CO2 relative permeability data for three sandstone and three carbonate formations in the Waba

teristics for Supercritical CO2 Displacing Water in a Variety of Potential Sequestration Zones in the Western Canada

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ders and refineries, is one method that is under consideration for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosph e formations in the Wabamun Lake area southwest of Edmonton in Alberta, western Canada, where four major coal-

s in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Paper SPE 95547, presented at the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Confe

missions to the atmosphere in both Canada and United States. In hydrocarbon- producing regions, such as Texas in , where four major coal-fired power plants which produce large volumes of CO2 are located. These formations are in

Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, USA, October 9-12, 2005.

egions, such as Texas in the United States and Alberta in Canada, CO2 geological sequestration is likely to first occu These formations are in general representative of the in-situ temperature, pressure, salinity, porosity and intercrysta

ation is likely to first occur in depleted or abandoned oil and gas reservoirs. However, in many regions, including oil a porosity and intercrystalline permeability characteristics of deep saline aquifers in on-shore North American sedime

y regions, including oil and gas producing areas, this is insufficient because either the sequestration capacity of oil a North American sedimentary basins. The data will allow detailed numerical simulations of CO2 injection and seques

estration capacity of oil and gas reservoirs is lower than the amount of CO2 emissions from large stationary sources, O2 injection and sequestration processes both at this specific location, and for similar operations planned elsewhere

arge stationary sources, or because this capacity is not available until the reservoirs are depleted. Deep saline aquife ions planned elsewhere and around the world.

leted. Deep saline aquifers provide a very large capacity for CO2 sequestration that is immediately accessible, and t

diately accessible, and they are found in all sedimentary basins in the North American mid-continent. Proper underst

ontinent. Proper understanding of the relative-permea