An Uncertainty Analysis Of Modeling Geologic Carbon Sequestration In A Naturally Fractured Reservoir At Teapot Dome Wyoming
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An Uncertainty Analysis Of Modeling Geologic Carbon Sequestration In A Naturally Fractured Reservoir At Teapot Dome Wyoming
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Author : Ye Li
language : en
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Release Date : 2014
An Uncertainty Analysis Of Modeling Geologic Carbon Sequestration In A Naturally Fractured Reservoir At Teapot Dome Wyoming written by Ye Li and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Carbon dioxide categories.
This study presents an uncertainty analysis of Geologic Carbon Sequestration modeling in a naturally fractured reservoir at Teapot Dome, Wyoming. Structural & stratigraphic, residual, and solubility trapping mechanisms are the focus of this study, while mineral trapping is not considered. A reservoir-scale geologic model is built to model CO2 storage in the Tensleep Sandstone using a variety of site characterization data that have been collected, screened for accuracy, and analyzed. These data are from diverse sources, such as reservoir geology, geophysics, petrophysics, engineering, and analogs. Because fluid flow occurs in both matrix and fractures of the Tensleep Sandstone, both systems of heterogeneity must be incorporated into the geologic model. The matrix heterogeneity of the geologic model is developed through a hierarchical process of structural modeling, facies modeling, and petrophysical modeling. In structural modeling, the framework of the reservoir is conditioned to seismic data and well log interpretations. Based on the concept of flow units, the facies model, which is conditioned to a global vertical facies proportion curve that acts as `soft' data, is built geostatistically by the Sequential Indicator Simulation method. Then, the petrophysical properties (porosity) are modeled geostatistically within each facies through the Sequential Gaussian Simulation approach. A Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) is adopted as the method to model the distribution of open natural fractures in the reservoir. Basic inputs for the DFN model are derived from FMI logs, cores, and analogs. In addition, in combination with an artificial neural network analysis, 3D seismic attributes are used as fracture drivers to guide the modeling of fracture intensity distribution away from the boreholes. In DFN models, power laws are adopted to define the distribution of fracture intensity, length and aperture. To understand the effect of model complexity on CO2 storage predictions, a suite of increasingly simplified conceptual geologic model families are created with decreasing amount of site characterization data: a hierarchical stochastic model family conditioned to ' soft' data (FAM4), a simple stochastic facies model family (FAM3), a simple stochastic porosity model family (FAM2), and a homogeneous model family (FAM1). These families, representing alternative conceptual geologic models built with increasing reduced data, are simulated with the same CO2 injection test (20 years of injection at 1,000 Mscf/day), followed by 80 years of monitoring. Using the Design of Experiment, an efficient sensitivity analysis (SA) is conducted for all families, systematically varying uncertain input parameters, while assuming identical well configurations, injection rates, bottom-hole pressure constraints, and boundary conditions. The SA results are compared among the families to identify parameters that have the first order impact on predicting the CO2 storage ratio (SR) at two different time scales, i.e., end of injection and end of monitoring. This comparison indicates that, for this naturally fractured reservoir, the facies model is necessary to study the sensitivity characteristics of predicting the CO 2 storage behavior. The SA results identify matrix relative permeability, fracture aperture of fracture set 1, and fracture aperture of fracture set 2 as the statistically important factors. Based on the results of the SA, a response surface analysis is conducted to generate prediction envelopes of the CO2 storage ratio, which are also compared among the families at both times. Its results demonstrate that the SR variation due to the different modeling choices is relatively small. At the proposed storage site, as more than 90% of injected CO2 is probably mobile, short-term leakage risk is considered large, and it depends on the sealing ability of top formations.
Uncertainty Analysis Of Carbon Sequestration In An Inclined Deep Saline Aquifer
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Author : Guang Yang
language : en
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Release Date : 2012
Uncertainty Analysis Of Carbon Sequestration In An Inclined Deep Saline Aquifer written by Guang Yang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Aquifers categories.
Geologic Carbon Sequestration (GCS) is a proposed means to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2 ). In Wyoming, GCS is proposed for the Nugget Sandstone, an eolian sandstone exhibiting permeability heterogeneity. Using subsets of static site characterization data, this study builds a suite of increasingly complex geologic model families for the Nugget Sandstone in the Wyoming Overthrust Belt, which is an inclined deep saline aquifer. These models include: a homogeneous model (FAM1), a stationary geostatistical facies model with constant petrophyscial properties in each facies (FAM2a), a stationary geostatistical petrophysical model (FAM2b), a stationary facies model with sub-facies petrophysical variability (FAM3), and a non-stationary facies model (with sub-facies variability) conditioned to soft data (FAM4). These families, representing increasingly sophisticated conceptual models built with increasing amounts of site data, were simulated with the same CO2 injection test (50-year duration at ~1/3 Mt per year), followed by a 2000-year monitoring phase. Based on the Design of Experiment (DOE), an efficient sensitivity analysis (SA) is conducted for all model families, systematically varying uncertain input parameters, while assuming identical production scenario (i.e., well configuration, rate, BHP constraint) and boundary condition (i.e., model is part of a larger semi-infinite system where the injected gas can flow out). Results are compared among the families at different time scales to identify parameters that have first order impact on select simulation outcomes. For predicting CO2 storage ratio (SR) and brine leakage, at both time scales (i.e., end of injection and end of monitoring), more geologic factors are revealed to be important as model complexity is increased, while the importance of engineering factors is simultaneously diminished. In predicting each of the trapped and dissolved gases, when model is of greater complexity, more geologic factors are identified as important with increasing time. This effect, however, cannot be revealed by simpler models. Based on results of the SA, a response surface (RS) analysis is conducted next to generate prediction envelopes of the outcomes which are further compared among the model families. Results suggest a large uncertainty range in the SR given the uncertainties of the parameter and modeling choices. At the end of injection, SR ranges from 0.18 to 0.38; at the end of monitoring, SR ranges from 0.71 to 0.98. In predicting the SR, during the entire simulation time, uncertainty ranges of FAM2b, FAM3, and FAM4 are larger than those of FAM1 and FAM2a, since the former models incorporate more geological complexities. The uncertainty range also changes with time and with the model families. By the end of injection, prediction envelops of all families are more or less similar. Over this shorter time scale, where heterogeneities near the injection site are not significantly different among the different model representations, simpler models can capture the uncertainty in the predicted SR. During the monitoring phase, prediction envelope of each family deviates gradually from one another, reflecting the different (evolving) large scale heterogeneity experienced by each family as plume migrates and grows continuously. Compared to FAM4 (i.e., the most sophisticated model), all other families estimate higher mean SRs. The lesser the amount of site data are incorporated (i.e., lesser geological complexities), the greater the estimated mean SR. In terms of magnitude and range of the uncertainty, prediction envelop of FAM3 is the closest to that of FAM4, while FAM2b's uncertainty range is the largest and FAM1 and FAM2a's ranges are small. Finally, end-member gas plume footprint for each family is established from results of the RS designs (i.e., corresponding to SR minimum, median, and maximum). For FAM1 and FAM2a, at each time scale inspected, the end-member gas plume footprints are not as drastically different as in FAM2b, 3, and 4, since their SR uncertainty range is comparatively small. However, for families of greater geological complexity (i.e., FAM2b, FAM3, and FAM4), the differences are much more significant: gas plume of minimum SR sits around the wellbore and doesn't migrate far, while gas plume of maximum SR migrates a great distance from the wellbore. To summarize, geologic factors and associated conceptual model uncertainty can dominate the uncertainty in predicting SR, brine leakage, and plume footprint. At the study site, better characterization of geologic data such as porosity-permeability transform and facies correlation structure, can lead to significantly reduced uncertainty in predictions. Given the current uncertainty in parameters and modeling choices, CO2 plume predicted by the majority of the simulation runs is either trapped near the injection site (e.g., due to low formation permeability and its heterogeneity) or is gravity-stable under conditions of higher permeability and lower temperature gradient, suggesting a low leakage risk. The inclined Nugget Sandstone at the study site appears to be a viable candidate for safe GCS in this region.
Advanced Methods For Interpreting Geological And Geophysical Data
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Author : Ahmed M. Eldosouky
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2024-07-08
Advanced Methods For Interpreting Geological And Geophysical Data written by Ahmed M. Eldosouky and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-08 with Science categories.
The introduction and application of advanced geological and geophysical methods can solve many problems related to geoscience. This Research Topic gives a thorough treatment of the interpretation of geological and geophysical data through advanced techniques and integrated approaches. It aims to create a more reliable integration of various geological and geophysical data in an exploration and new findings context weighing the strengths and limitations of the various methods in order to develop geophysical and geological models. It will also focus on the interpretation techniques for evaluating structural and sedimentological (stratigraphical) processes with applications within resource exploration, geohazards, seismology, seabed ecology and global climate.
Streamline Based Production Data Integration In Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
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Author : Mishal Habis Al Harbi
language : en
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Release Date : 2005
Streamline Based Production Data Integration In Naturally Fractured Reservoirs written by Mishal Habis Al Harbi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Streamline-based models have shown great potential in reconciling high resolution geologic models to production data. In this work we extend the streamline-based production data integration technique to naturally fractured reservoirs. We use a dual-porosity streamline model for fracture flow simulation by treating the fracture and matrix as separate continua that are connected through a transfer function. Next, we analyticallycompute the sensitivities that define the relationship between the reservoir properties and the production response in fractured reservoirs. Finally, production data integration is carried out via the Generalized Travel Time inversion (GTT). We also apply the streamline-derived sensitivities in conjunction with a dual porosity finite difference simulator to combine the efficiency of the streamline approach with the versatility of the finite difference approach. This significantly broadens the applicability of the streamline- based approach in terms of incorporating compressibility effects and complex physics. The number of reservoir parameters to be estimated is commonly orders of magnitude larger than the observation data, leading to non-uniqueness and uncertainty in reservoir parameter estimate. Such uncertainty is passed to reservoir response forecast which needs to be quantified in economic and operational risk analysis. In this work we sample parameter uncertainty using a new two-stage Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) that is very fast and overcomes much of its current limitations. The computational efficiency comes through a substantial increase in the acceptance rate during MCMC by using a fast linearized approximation to the flow simulation and the likelihood function, the critical link between the reservoir model and production data. The Gradual Deformation Method (GDM) provides a useful framework to preserve geologic structure. Current dynamic data integration methods using GDM are inefficient due to the use of numerical sensitivity calculations which limits the method to deforming two or three models at a time. In this work, we derived streamline-based analytical sensitivities for the GDM that can be obtained from a single simulation run for any number of basis models. The new Generalized Travel Time GDM (GTT-GDM) is highly efficient and achieved a performance close to regular GTT inversion while preserving the geologic structure.
Predicting The Natural State Of Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 1998
Predicting The Natural State Of Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
The power of the reaction, transport, mechanical (RTM) modeling approach is that it directly uses the laws of geochemistry and geophysics to extrapolate fracture and other characteristics from the borehole or surface to the reservoir interior. The objectives of this facet of the project were to refine and test the viability of the basin/reservoir forward modeling approach to address fractured reservoir in E and P problems. The study attempts to resolve the following issues: role of fracturing and timing on present day location and characteristics; clarifying the roles and interplay of flexure dynamics, changing rock rheological properties, fluid pressuring and tectonic/thermal histories on present day reservoir location and characteristics; and test the integrated RTM modeling/geological data approach on a carbonate reservoir. Sedimentary, thermal and tectonic data from Andector Field, West Texas, were used as input to the RTM basin/reservoir simulator to predict its preproduction state. The results were compared with data from producing reservoirs to test the RTM modeling approach. The effects of production on the state of the field are discussed in a companion report. The authors draw the following conclusions: RTM modeling is an important new tool in fractured reservoir E and P analysis; the strong coupling of RTM processes and the geometric and tensorial complexity of fluid flow and stresses require the type of fully coupled, 3-D RTM model for fracture analysis as pioneered in this project; flexure analysis cannot predict key aspects of fractured reservoir location and characteristics; fracture history over the lifetime of a basin is required to understand the timing of petroleum expulsion and migration and the retention properties of putative reservoirs.
Abstracts Volume
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 2004
Abstracts Volume written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Geology, Stratigraphic categories.
Data Space Approaches For Efficient Uncertainty Quantification In Subsurface Flow Problems
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Author : Wenyue Sun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Data Space Approaches For Efficient Uncertainty Quantification In Subsurface Flow Problems written by Wenyue Sun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Uncertainty quantification for subsurface flow problems is typically accomplished through the use of model inversion procedures in which multiple posterior (history-matched) geological models are generated and used for flow predictions. These procedures can be demanding computationally, and it is not always straightforward to maintain geological realism in the resulting history-matched models. In some applications, it is the flow predictions themselves (and the uncertainty associated with these predictions), rather than the posterior geological models, that are of primary interest. This is the motivation for the data-space inversion (DSI) procedures developed in this work. In the DSI framework, an ensemble of prior model realizations, honoring prior geostatistical information and hard data at wells, are generated and then (flow) simulated. The resulting reservoir responses (e.g., time-series of flow rate data at wells, and/or limited spatial saturation fields) are assembled into data vectors that represent prior `realizations' in the data space. The conditional distribution of data variables given observed data is then constructed within a Bayesian framework. This distribution is directly sampled using a data-space randomized maximum likelihood method. Due to the non-Gaussian characteristics of the data variables, we introduce pattern-based mapping operations, or histogram transformation, along with principal component analysis. These treatments allow us to represent the data variables using a set of low-dimensional variables that are closer to multivariate Gaussian, which is shown to improve the performance of DSI. We present extensive numerical results for two example cases involving oil-water flow in a bimodal channelized system and oil-water-gas flow in a Gaussian permeability system, in which the quantities of interest (QoI) are time-series data at wells. DSI results, with pattern-based mapping operations, for uncertainty quantification (e.g., P10, P50, P90 posterior predictions) are compared with those obtained from a strict rejection sampling (RS) procedure. Reasonable agreement between the DSI and RS results is consistently achieved, even when the (synthetic) true data to be matched fall near the edge of the prior distribution. Computational savings using DSI are very substantial in that RS requires O(10^5--10^6) flow simulations, in contrast to 500 for DSI, for the cases considered. We then apply the DSI procedure, with the histogram transformation treatment for data reparameterization, for naturally fractured reservoirs (NFRs), represented as general discrete-fracture-matrix (DFM) models. This DSI procedure is first tested on two-dimensional DFM systems involving multiple fracture scenarios. Comparison with an approximate rejection sampling procedure for this case indicates the DSI results for the P10, P50 and P90 responses are again consistent with RS results. The DSI method is then applied to a realistic NFR that has undergone 15 years of primary production and is under consideration for waterflooding. To construct the DSI representation, around 400 prior DFM models, which correspond to different geologic concepts and properties, are simulated. Two different reference `true' models, along with different data-assimilation durations, are considered. In all cases, the DSI predictions are shown to be consistent with the forecasts from the `true' model, and to provide reasonable quantification of forecast uncertainty. Finally, we investigate the application of DSI to quantify the uncertainty associated with carbon storage operations, in which the QoI is the spatial distribution of CO2 saturation in the top layer of a storage aquifer, and the observed data are pressure and CO2 saturation measurements from a few monitoring wells. We also introduce a procedure to optimize the locations of monitoring wells using only prior-model simulation results. This approach is based on analytical DSI results, and determines monitoring well locations such that the reduction in expected posterior variance of a relevant quantity is maximized. The new DSI procedure is applied to three-dimensional heterogeneous aquifer models involving uncertainties in a wide range of geological parameters, including variogram orientation, porosity and permeability fields, and regional pressure gradient. Multiple monitoring scenarios, involving four to eight monitoring wells, are considered in this evaluation. Application of DSI with optimal monitoring wells is shown to consistently reduce the posterior variance in predictions of the average CO2 saturation in the top layer, and to provide detailed saturation fields in reasonable correspondence with the `true' saturation distribution.
An Improved Approach For Quantifying The Impact Of Geological Uncertainty And Modelling Decisions On Static And Dynamic Reservoir Models
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Author : Mohamed Ahmed Binsaad Albreiki
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
An Improved Approach For Quantifying The Impact Of Geological Uncertainty And Modelling Decisions On Static And Dynamic Reservoir Models written by Mohamed Ahmed Binsaad Albreiki and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
Geological Structural Models Used In Sr 97
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Author : Pauli Saksa
language : en
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Release Date : 1998
Geological Structural Models Used In Sr 97 written by Pauli Saksa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Geological modeling categories.
Uncertainty Analysis Of Capacity Estimates And Leakage Potential For Geologic Storage Of Carbon Dioxide In Saline Aquifers
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Author : Yamama Raza
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Uncertainty Analysis Of Capacity Estimates And Leakage Potential For Geologic Storage Of Carbon Dioxide In Saline Aquifers written by Yamama Raza and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
(cont.) Any development of regulation of geologic storage and relevant policies should take uncertainty into consideration. Better understanding of the uncertainty in the science of geologic storage can influence the areas of further research, and improve the accuracy of models that are being used. Incorporating uncertainty analysis into regulatory requirements for site characterization will provide better oversight and management of injection activities. With the proper management and monitoring of sites, the establishment of proper liability regimes, accounting rules and compensation mechanisms for leakage, geologic storage can be a safe and effective carbon mitigation tool to combat climate change.