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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2016.49.6.469

Evaluation of the CO2 Storage Capacity by the Measurement of the scCO2 Displacement Efficiency for the Sandstone and the Conglomerate in Janggi Basin  

Kim, Seyoon (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Jungtaek (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Lee, Minhee (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Wang, Sookyun (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.49, no.6, 2016 , pp. 469-477 More about this Journal
Abstract
To evaluate the $CO_2$ storage capacity for the reservoir rock, the laboratory scale technique to measure the amount of $scCO_2$, replacing pore water of the reservior rock after the $CO_2$ injection was developed in this study. Laboratory experiments were performed to measure the $scCO_2$ displacement efficiency of the conglomerate and the sandstone in Janggi basin, which are classified as available $CO_2$ storage rocks in Korea. The high pressurized stainless steel cell containing two different walls was designed and undisturbed rock cores acquired from the deep drilling site around Janggi basin were used for the experiments. From the lab experiments, the average $scCO_2$ displacement efficiency of the conglomerate and the sandstone in Janggi basin was measured at 31.2% and 14.4%, respectively, which can be used to evaluate the feasibility of the Janggi basin as a $scCO_2$ storage site in Korea. Assuming that the effective radius of the $CO_2$ storage formations is 250 m and the average thickness of the conglomerate and the sandstone formation under 800 m in depth is 50 m each (from data of the drilling profile and the geophysical survey), the $scCO_2$ storage capacity of the reservoir rocks around the probable $scCO_2$ injection site in Janggi basin was calculated at 264,592 metric ton, demonstrating that the conglomerate and the sandstone formations in Janggi basin have a great potential for use as a pilot scale test site for the $CO_2$ storage in Korea.
Keywords
supercritical $CO_2$; $CO_2$ storage; displacement efficiency; Janggi basin; storage capacity;
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