Regional pressure impact of CO₂ storage in saline aquifers

Begin of project: January 1, 2009

End of project: June 30, 2010

Status of project: March 1, 2010

3D grid model of two neighboring anticlinal domes in the North-East German Basin Source: Uni Stuttgart / BGR

Target:

In this project, we examine the regional pressure impact of CO₂ storage in saline aquifers. We simulate the fictitious injection of 25 million tons of CO₂ into a typical anticlinal structure of the North-East German Basin and analyse its impact on a neighboring structure, about 30 km away. As numerical simulators, we use ECLIPSE300-CO2STORE (Schlumberger) and MUFTE (Uni Stuttgart).

Literature:

Final project report [In German only]:
Regionale Druckentwicklung bei der Injektion von CO2 in salinare Aquifere. Projekt CO2-Drucksimulation. Abschlussbericht (2010) (PDF, 14 MB)

Partner:

Universität Stuttgart, Lehrstuhl für Hydromechanik und Hydrosystemmodellierung (LH²) (www.hydrosys.uni-stuttgart.de)