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The coupled effect of salt precipitation and fines mobilization on CO2 injectivity in sandstone

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  • Yen Adams Sokama‐Neuyam
  • Jann Rune Ursin

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Appreciable CO2 injectivity is required to inject large volumes of CO2 through a minimum number of wells. In situ geochemical CO2‐brine‐rock reactions may dissolve sandstone rock minerals, and consequently release fine particles into the pore fluid. If the fine particles (‘fines’) are mobilized during CO2 injection, well injectivity could be severely impaired. The transport of fines under CO2 injection conditions involves the complex multiphase flow of dry supercritical CO2, saline formation brine, and fine particles. While transported fines could plug narrow pore channels, the saline pore water could be vaporized by supercritical CO2 to precipitate solid salt into the pores. To understand the impact of mineral dissolution on CO2 injectivity, it is important to consider the coupled effect of fine particle mobilization and salt precipitation. We conducted core‐flood experiments and theoretical modelling to investigate the coupled effect of the fines mobilization and salt precipitation on CO2 injectivity. We found that salt precipitation could increase CO2 injectivity impairment induced by the fines mobilization. The deposited salt reduces the flow area, making the pores more susceptible to particle entrapment. Injectivity impairment increased with decreasing initial rock permeability and increasing saturating brine salinity. Irreducible brine saturation and pore size distribution were identified as parameters that strongly determine the contribution of salt precipitation during the transport of fines. Injectivity impairment was also slightly higher when the rock was first exposed to salt precipitation, before the entrapment of fines. The current findings highlight the complexity and uniqueness of fines transportation under CO2 injection conditions and the impact of mineral dissolution on CO2 injectivity. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Yen Adams Sokama‐Neuyam & Jann Rune Ursin, 2018. "The coupled effect of salt precipitation and fines mobilization on CO2 injectivity in sandstone," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 8(6), pages 1066-1078, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:greenh:v:8:y:2018:i:6:p:1066-1078
    DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1817
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