Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration (지구물리와물리탐사)

Korean Society of Earth and Exploration Geophysicists (한국지구물리·물리탐사학회)
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Estimation of $CO_2$ saturation from time-lapse $CO_2$ well logging in an onshore aquifer, Nagaoka, Japan

일본 Nagaoka 육상 대수층에서 시간차 $CO_2$ 물리검층으로부터 $CO_2$ 포화도의 추정

  • Xue, Ziqiu (Research Institute of innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)) ;
  • Tanase, Daiji (Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA)) ;
  • Watanabe, Jiro (Geophysical Surveying Co., Ltd.)
  • 설 자구 (지구환경산업기술연구기구) ;
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  • Published : 2006.02.28
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Abstract

The first Japanese pilot-scale $CO_2$ sequestration project has been undertaken in an onshore saline aquifer, near Nagaoka in Niigata prefecture, and time-lapse well logs were carried out in observation wells to detect the arrival of injected $CO_2$ and to evaluate $CO_2$ saturation in the reservoir. $CO_2$ was injected into a thin permeable zone at the depth of 1110m at a rate of 20-40 tonnes per day. The total amount of injected $CO_2$ was 10400 tonnes, during the injection period from July 2003 to January 2005. The pilot-scale demonstration allowed an improved understanding of the $CO_2$ movement in a porous sandstone reservoir, by conducting time-lapse geophysical well logs at three observation wells. Comparison between neutron well logging before and after the insertion of fibreglass casing in observation well OB-2 showed good agreement within the target formation, and the higher concentration of shale volume in the reservoir results in a bigger difference between the two well logging results. $CO_2$ breakthrough was identified by induction, sonic, and neutron logs. By sonic logging, we confirmed P-wave velocity reduction that agreed fairly well with a laboratory measurement on drilled core samples from the Nagaoka site. We successfully matched the history changes of sonic P-wave velocity and estimated $CO_2$ saturation a(ter breakthrough in two observation wells out of three. The sonic-velocity history matching result suggested that the sweep efficiency was about 40%. Small effects of $CO_2$ saturation on resistivity resulted in small changes in induction logs when the reservoir was partially saturated. We also found that $CO_2$ saturation in the $CO_2$-bearing zone responded to suspension of $CO_2$ injection.

일본 최초의 파일럿 규모의 $CO_2$ 지중저장 프로젝트가 Niikgata 현 Nagaoka 시 근처 육상 염수 대수층에서 착수되었고 시간차 물리검층이, 주입된 $CO_2$의 도착과 저류층내의 $CO_2$ 포화도를 평가하기 위해 관측정들에서 실시되었다. $CO_2$는 20-40톤/일 의 속도로 1,110m 심도에 위치한 얇은 투수층에 주입되었다. 2003년 7월에서 2005년 1월까지 주입된 $CO_2$의 총량은 10,400 톤이다. 파일럿 규모의 시험은 3 개의 관측정들에서 시간차 물리검층을 수행함으로써 다공성 사암 저류층 내에서의 $CO_2$ 유동에 대한 이해를 높였다. 관측정 OB-2 에서 fiberglass 케이싱을 넣기 전과 넣은 후의 중성자 검층의 비교는 대상층 내에서 좋은 일치를 보였고 저류층 내에서 셰일 부피의 농도가 높을수록 두 물리검층 결과들 사이의 차이도 커졌다. 확인가능한 $CO_2$ 는 전자유도검층, 음파검층, 중성자검층에 의해 발견되었다. 음파검층으로부터 P 파 속도의 감소가 Nagaoka 현장에서 채취한 코아 시료에 대한 실험실 측정과 매우 잘 일치함을 확인하였다 세 개의 관측정 중 두 개에서 $CO_2$ 가 확인된 후, 음파 검층의 P파 속도와 추정된 $CO_2$ 포화도의 변화 추이를 성공적으로 맞출 수 있었다. 음파 속도의 시간변화 부합 결과는 sweep 효율성이 약 40%였음을 제시한다. 전기비저항에 대한 $CO_2$ 의 작은 영향으로 인하여 저류층이 부분적으로 포화되었을 때 전자유도검층에서는 작은 변화를 보여준다. 또한 $CO_2$ 부존층에서 $CO_2$의 포화도는 $CO_2$ 주입의 일시 중지 시에도 반응함을 발견하였다.

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