Extraction of Dissolved Methane in Brines by CO2 Injection: Implication for CO2 Sequestration
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- 11 October 2010
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
- Vol. 13 (05) , 791-804
Abstract
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.Keywords
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