Geological Carbon Storage: Subsurface Seals and Caprock Integrity

Geological Carbon Storage Subsurface Seals and Caprock Integrity Seals and caprocks are an essential component of subsurface hydrogeological systems, guiding the movement and entrapment of hydrocarbon and other fluids. Geological Carbon Storage: Subsurface Seals and Caprock Integrity offers a survey of the wealth of recent scientific work on caprock integrity with a focus on the geological controls of permanent and safe carbon dioxide storage, and the commercial deployment of geological carbon storage. Volume highlights include: Low-permeability rock characterization from the pore scale to the core scale Flow and transport properties of low-permeability rocks Fundamentals of fracture generation, self-healing, and permeability Coupled geochemical, transport and geomechanical processes in caprock Analysis of caprock behavior from natural analogues Geochemical and geophysical monitoring techniques of caprock failure and integrity Potential environmental impacts of carbon dioxide migration on groundwater resources Carbon dioxide leakage mitigation and remediation techniques Geological Carbon Storage: Subsurface Seals and Caprock Integrity is an invaluable resource for geoscientists from academic and research institutions with interests in energy and environment-related problems, as well as professionals in the field.

Author Biography: St phanie Vialle, Curtin University, Australia Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA J. William Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Preface Section 1. Introduction: Hydrobiogeochemical Properties of Caprock 1. Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrophysics of tight rocks Dave Dewurst/Joel Sarout/Marina Pervukhina (CSIRO, Perth, Australia) or Frans Kets (Leeds University) or Dave Cole (OSU) or Manika Prasad 2. Biology & Biogeochemistry of Shales in GCS Paula Mouser (OSU) or Janelle Thompson (MIT) 3. Transport in Tight Rocks (non-fractured) Marc Fleury (IFP, France) or Andreas Bush (Shell) and B. Kroos (Aachen University) 4. Diagenetic Processes Impacting Shale permeability Joe Cartwright (Oxford University), or Tiago Alves (Cardiff University) 5. Imaging Techniques (pore-scale: FIB-SEM, micro-CT) Tom Dewers (Sandia National Lab) 6. Scattering methods applied to tight rock characterization (SANS/USANS/SAX/WAX) Alexis Sitchler (Colorado School of Mines) or Dave Cole (OSU) or Larry Anovitz (ORNL) Section 2. Fracture Generation, Permeability, and Geochemical Reactions in Damaged Shale 2.1 Geomechanics of Caprock Failure 7. Fracture generation, propagation and self-healing Russ Detwiller (UCI) or Chris Spiers (Utrecht University) 8. Fracture permeability/Interaction matrix-fracture Masa Prodanovic (UT Austin) 9. Impacts of triggered seismicity on shale integrity Mark Zoback (Stanford University) 2.2 Geochemical Reactions in Fractured Shale and Impacts to Permeability and Mechanical Stability 10. Overview of Fluid-Rock Interactions in Seals and impact on the transport and mechanical properties Suzanne Hangx (Shell, Netherlands) or Elin Skurtveit (NGI, Norway) 11. Mineralization rates in seal materials; estimates and measurements 12. Modeling geochemical fracture evolution in GCS Jonathan Ajo-Franklin et al. (LBNL) Section 3. Monitoring Caprock Failure 3.1 Geophysical/seismic Techniques 13. Pressure monitoring Susan Hovorka/Tip Meckel (BEG, Texas) or Basin-scale communication Mark Person (New Mexico Tech) or Monitoring overpressure in seals using 4D seismic Dave Lumley (UWA) 14. Scale-dependent seismic signatures of fractures in GCS Laura Pyrak-Nolte (Purdue University) or Induced-seismicity monitoring to track seal failure Rob Finley (IGS) 15. Ground deformation Jonny Rutquist (LBL) or Don Vasco (LBNL) 3.2 Geochemical Techniques 16. Noble gases Jason Heath (Sandia National Lab) 17. Gas phase tracers for integrity monitoring Linda Stalker (CSIRO) 18. REE analysis or Reactive Tracers TBA Section 4. Environmental Impacts and Remediation Techniques 19. Groundwater pollution from CO2 sequestration Jens Birkholtzer et al., (LBL) Review paper 20. Impacts on groundwater quality and on life (e.g. seafloor life) Rolf-Birger Pedersen, Laila Reigstad/Tamara Baumberger (University of Bergen) 21. Bioremediation Lee Spangler (Montana State) 22. Using natural analogs to design and engineer effective sealing materials TBA Appendix: Supplemental materials