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Time-lapse Geophysical Monitoring of $CO_2$ Sequestration  

Kim, Hee-Joon (Department of Environmental Exploration Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Choi, Ji-Hyang (Department of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
Han, Nu-Ree (Department of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
Nam, Myung-Jin (Department of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
Song, Yoon-Ho (Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Lee, Tae-Jong (Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Suh, Jung-Hee (Department of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.8, no.4, 2005 , pp. 280-286 More about this Journal
Abstract
Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) is one of the most effective strategies far long-term removal of greenhouse gas from atmosphere. This paper reviews three projects for the $CO_2$ sequestration in geological formation. A unique $CO_2$ injection into a marine aquifer has been successfully monitored with repeated surface seismic measurements in the North Sea Sleipner West field. The seismic images reveal the extent and internal shape of the $CO_2$ bubble. Massive miscible $CO_2$ has been injected into a complex fractured carbonate reservoir at the Weyburn oil filed. High-resolution time-lapse P-wave data were successfully obtained to map the features of $CO_2$ movements within the two thin zones of different lithology. From the time-lapse crosswell EM imaging at the Lost Hills oil field in central California, U.S.A., the replacement of brine with $CO_2$ has been confirmed through a decrease of conductivity. The conductivity image was successfully compared with induction logs observed in the two wells.
Keywords
$CO_2$ sequestration; aquifer; reservoir; monitoring; crosswell; time-lapse;
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