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Impact of Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Reservoir Caprocks and Inter-Layers during Sequestration

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  • Sean P. Rigby

    (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
    Geo-Energy Research Centre, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK)

  • Ali Alsayah

    (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
    Geo-Energy Research Centre, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK)

  • Richard Seely

    (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
    Geo-Energy Research Centre, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK)

Abstract

The long-term exposure of rocks to supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ) during sequestration creates structural and chemical changes. In turn, these lead to changes in the permeability of inter-layers and caprocks that can alter plume migration behaviour and/or lead to the loss of the sealing efficiency of caprocks. This review first surveys experimental studies of changes to the pore structure and mass transport properties of caprocks and interlayers, including novel experimental protocols and data analysis methods. These methods provide more accurate measures of basic parameters, such as surface area, as well as new information on pore network features that are essential to properly understanding changes to mass transport properties. The subsequent evolution of rocks exposed to scCO 2 involves a complex coupling of geomechanics, geochemistry, and mass transport processes over different length and time scales. The simultaneous combination of all three factors together is rarely considered and this review also surveys such fully integrated work to understand the complex interplay and feedback arising between the different processes. We found that it was necessary to include all three coupled processes to obtain truly representative behaviour in reservoir simulations; otherwise, counter-intuitive effects are missed. These include the unexpected greater sealing efficiency of thin shale layers.

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  • Sean P. Rigby & Ali Alsayah & Richard Seely, 2022. "Impact of Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Reservoir Caprocks and Inter-Layers during Sequestration," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-34, October.
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