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Screening Criteria for Geologic CO2 Sequestration
Abstract |
Stratigraphic Column |
Site Selection
Coal Beds |
Oil Reservoirs |
Enhanced Oil Recovery |
Saline Aquifers |
Geologic Model
Oil Reservoir Screening Criteria
- Reservoir Temperature
- Maximum Sequestration Pressure
- Fracture Pressure
- Waterflood Injection Pressure (Regulated)
- Initial Discovery Pressure
- Oil Composition (API Gravity)
- Oil Viscosity
- Original Oil Bubble Point (Saturation) Pressure
- Current Oil In Place
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Volume
- CO2/Oil Displacement
- Miscible
- Immiscible
- Flood Type
- Pattern
- Gravity Stable
- CO2/Oil Displacement
| Temperature | ||
|---|---|---|
Criteria |
Condition |
Comment |
Pres<1,000 psia |
Immiscible |
|
1,000psia<Pres<1,200psia |
Miscible/Immiscible |
Either Possible PcCo2 = 1,073 psia |
Pres>1,200 psia |
Miscible Possible |
|
| Pressure | ||
Criteria |
Condition |
Comment |
Tres<86°F |
Immiscible |
|
86°F<Tres<90°F |
Miscible/Immiscible |
TCo2=87.8°F |
Tres>90°F |
Miscible Possible |
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Illinois State Geological Survey |
Indiana Geological Survey |
Kentucky Geological Survey
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