Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formations: Process Coupling across Time and Spatial Scales

Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formations: Process Coupling across Time and Spatial Scales summarizes state-of-the-art research, emphasizing how the coupling of physical and chemical processes as subsurface systems re-equilibrate during and after the injection of CO2. In addition, it addresses, in an easy-to-follow way, the lack of knowledge in understanding the coupled processes related to fluid flow, geomechanics and geochemistry over time and spatial scales. The book uniquely highlights process coupling and process interplay across time and spatial scales that are relevant to geological carbon storage.

Includes the underlying scientific research, as well as the risks associated with geological carbon storageCovers the topic of geological carbon storage from various disciplines, addressing the multi-scale and multi-physics aspects of geological carbon storageOrganized by discipline for ease of navigation

1. Overview of Geological Carbon Storage (GCS) 2. CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Experience and its Messages for CO2 Storage 3. Field observations of geochemical response to CO2 injection at the reservoir scale 4. Experimental studies of reactivity and transformations of rocks and minerals in water-bearing supercritical CO2 5. Reactive transport modelling of geological carbon storage - Zhenxue Dai, Hari Viswanathan, Ting Xiao, 6. Multi-phase flow associated with GCS at the field scale 7. Laboratory studies to understand the controls on flow and transport for CO2 storage 8. Numerical modelling of fluid flow during GCS 9. Field and laboratory studies of geomechanical response to the injection of CO2 10. Numerical geomechanics studies of GCS 11. Thermal processes during GCS: field observations, laboratory and theoretical studies 12. Field observations, experimental studies, and thermodynamic modelling of CO2 effects on microbial populations 13. Hydraulic-chemical coupling associated with injection of CO2 into subsurface - Rajesh Pawar and George Guthrie 14. Fracture Specific Stiffness: The Critical Link between the Scaling Behavior of Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Fractures and Seismic Monitoring 15. Chemical-mechanical coupling associated with injection of CO2 into subsurface 16. Hydrologic, mechanical, thermal, and chemical process coupling triggered by the injection of CO2 17. Emergent Phenomena: Challenges in Prediction and Monitoring Risk and Performance in GCS - Seunghee Kim, D. 18. Closing remarks