Session: Experimental, Field, and Modeling Studies of Geological Carbon Sequestration II (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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1:30 PM

REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING OF GEOLOGIC CO2 SEQUESTRATION

JOHNSON, James W.¹, NITAO, John J.¹, STEEFEL, Carl I.² and KNAUSS, Kevin G.², (1)Geosciences & Environmental Technologies Division, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, L-221, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, (2)Geosciences & Environmental Technologies Division, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, L-204, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, jwjohnson@llnl.gov, jwjohnson@llnl.gov

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1:45 PM

REACTIVE GEOCHEMICAL TRANSPORT SIMULATION TO STUDY MINERAL TRAPPING FOR CO2 DISPOSAL IN DEEP SALINE ARENACEOUS FORMATIONS

XU, Tianfu, APPS, John and PRUESS, Karsten, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Mail Stop 90-1116, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, Tianfu_Xu@lbl.gov, Tianfu_Xu@lbl.gov

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2:00 PM

SIMULATION OF CO2 INJECTION NEAR THE HUNTER POWER STATION, CENTRAL UTAH

WHITE, S.P.¹, ALLIS, R.G.², CHIDSEY, T.², MOORE, Joseph N.³ and MORGAN, C.³, (1)Applied Mathematics, Industrial Rsch Ltd, P.O. Box 31310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (2)Utah Geol Survey, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (3)Energy & Geoscience Institute, 423 Wakara Way Ste 341, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1242, S.White@irl.cri.nz, S.White@irl.cri.nz

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2:15 PM

ESTIMATING THE CO₂ SEQUESTRATION CAPACITY OF DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA

SOLANO-ACOSTA, Wilfrido¹, RUPP, John² and ZUPPANN, Charles W.², (1)Subsurface Geology, Indiana Geol Survey, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405, (2)Subsurface Geology, Indiana Geol Survey, 611 N. Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405, wsolano@indiana.edu, wsolano@indiana.edu

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2:30 PM

ADDING KINETICS TO EQUILIBRIUM-BASED GEOCHEMICAL MODELING OF CO₂ SEQUESTRATION

PALANDRI, James L., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 427, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and KHARAKA, Yousif K., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561, jlpaland@usgs.gov, jlpaland@usgs.gov

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2:45 PM

ONE-DIMENSIONAL REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL FOR GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION

STRAZISAR, Brian R., National Energy Technology Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P. O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940 and ZHU, Chen, Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, 321 Old Engineering Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, brian.strazisar@netl.doe.gov, brian.strazisar@netl.doe.gov

3:00 PM

Break

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3:15 PM

RESERVOIR ENGINEERING SIMULATIONS, PRIORITIZATION OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, AND DESIGN OF FIELD RESEARCH FOR COALBED SEQUESTRATION

SMITH, Duane H.¹, JIKICH, Sinisha A.², SAMS, W. Neal², BROMHAL, Grant¹, CARLSON, Eric¹, ODUSOTE, Olufemi³ and ERTEKIN, Turgay³, (1)Office of Science and Technology, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505, (2)Geoscience, National Energy Technology Lab/EG&G, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505, (3)Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, College park, PA 16802, dsmith@netl.doe.gov, dsmith@netl.doe.gov

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3:35 PM

AN INITIAL SET OF WORKING HYPOTHESES CONCERNING SOME CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL EVENTS WHEN CO2 IS INJECTED INTO A COALBED

WHITE, Curt M., National Energy Technology Lab, Department of Energy, P. O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, curt.white@netl.doe.gov, curt.white@netl.doe.gov

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3:50 PM

NEW DEVELOPMENT ON COALBED METHANE SIMULATORS FOR ENHANCED COALBED METHANE RECOVERY AND CO2 STORAGE

LAW, David H.-S., Heavy Oil and Oil Sands, Alberta Research Council, 250 Karl Clark Road, Edmonton, AB T6N 1E4, Canada, VAN DER MEER, L.G.H., National Geological Survey, Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO, Prins Hendriklaan 105, P.O.Box 80015, 3508 TA, Utrecht, Netherlands, SAMMON, Peter, Computer Modelling Group Ltd, 3512-33 Street N.W, Calgary, AB T2L 2A6, Canada, PEKOT, Larry, Reservoir Analysis and Engineering, Advanced Resources International, Inc, 1110 N. Glebe Road, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201 and GUNTER, W.D., Carbon and Energy Management, Alberta Research Council, 250 Karl Clark Road, Edmonton, AB T6N 1E4, Canada, law@arc.ab.ca, law@arc.ab.ca

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4:05 PM

IDENTIFICATION OF SURFACE MICROSEEPAGE AT THE RANGELY CO2 EOR PROJECT, COLORADO

KLUSMAN, Ronald W., Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, rklusman@mines.edu, rklusman@mines.edu

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4:20 PM

GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING AND MONITORING OF CO2 STORAGE AT THE WEYBURN SITE, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

PERKINS, Ernest H.¹, GUNTER, W.D.¹, HUTCHEON, I.², SHEVALIER, M.², DUROCHER, K.² and EMBERLEY, S.², (1)Alberta Research Council, 250 Karl Clark Road, Edmonton, AB T6N 1E4, Canada, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, perkins@arc.ab.ca, perkins@arc.ab.ca

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4:35 PM

CO₂ GEYSERS, SPRINGS AND MASSIVE TRAVERTINE DEPOSITS ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU: EXAMPLES OF NATURAL LEAKAGE OF FLUIDS SATURATED IN CO₂

ALLIS, R.G.¹, MOORE, J.N.², CHIDSEY, T.¹, MORGAN, C.¹, GWYNN, W.¹, DOELLING, H.¹, ADAMS, M.², RAUZI, S.³ and WHITE, S.⁴, (1)Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (2)Energy and Geoscience Institute, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, (3)Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ, (4)Industrial Research Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, rickallis@utah.gov, rickallis@utah.gov

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4:50 PM

HYDROGEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF LEAKING CO₂-CHARGED FAULT ZONES: THE LITTLE GRAND WASH AND SALT WASH FAULT ZONES, EMERY AND GRAND COUNTIES, UTAH

HEATH, Jason E.¹, LACHMAR, Thomas E.¹, SHIPTON, Zoe K.², NELSON, Stephen³ and EVANS, James P.¹, (1)Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, (2)Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland, (3)Dept. of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, S389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, geology@cc.usu.edu, geology@cc.usu.edu

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5:05 PM

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF CO₂ LEAKAGE THOUGH THE SALT WASH AND THE LITTLE GRAND WASH FAULTS FROM NATURAL RESERVOIRS IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH

WILLIAMS, Anthony P.¹, SHIPTON, Zoe K.², FORSTER, Craig B.³ and EVANS, James P.¹, (1)Geology, Utah State Univ, 435-797-1273, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, (2)Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland, (3)Univ Utah, 135 S 1460 E Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, apwilliams@cc.usu.edu, apwilliams@cc.usu.edu

2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

T53. Experimental, Field, and Modeling Studies of Geological Carbon Sequestration II