T10 CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers: Leakage Pathways, Risk Assessment, and Impact on Overlying Aquifers

Sunday, 31 October 2010
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 402

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  SIMPLIFIED MODELING TOOLS TO ESTIMATE CO2 AND BRINE LEAKAGE AND THE AREA OF REVIEW
  Benjamin Court, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ and Michael A. Celia, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ and Mark Dobossy, Apple Valley, MN and Jan M. Nordbotten, University of Bergen, Bergen, N/A and Thomas R. Elliot, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  179865 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  A QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS THE RISKS TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM CO2 LEAKAGE INTO GROUNDWATER
  Erica R. Siirila, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Alexis K. Navarre-Sitchler, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Reed M. Maxwell, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and John E. McCray, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  179970 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  ENHANCED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR CARBON SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
  Yifeng Wang, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Amy Cha-Tien Sun, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Teklu Hadgu, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Thomas Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Carlos Jove-Colon, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Jerry Mcneish, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
  177703 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL GEOLOGIC CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION SITES: TRAP VALIDATION CONCEPTS FROM THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
  J. Steve Davis, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX and Thomas P. Becker, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX and Peter Vrolijk, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX and Will B. Maze, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX
  176480 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  THE CHALLENGE OF PREDICTING GROUNDWATER QUALITY IMPACTS IN CO2 LEAKAGE SCENARIOS: RESULTS FROM FIELD, LABORATORY, AND MODELING STUDIES AT A NATURAL ANALOG SITE IN NEW MEXICO, USA
  Elizabeth H. Keating, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos, NM and J. Alexandra Hakala, National Energy Technology Lab; U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA and Hari Viswanathan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM and Rosemary Capo, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and Brian Stewart, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and James B. Gardiner, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and J. William Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM and Julianna Fessenden, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
  182006 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  SALINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES WITHIN/FROM A MIDWESTERN US INTRACRATONIC BASIN: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES IN CO2 SEQUESTRATION
  Samuel V. Panno, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Walton R. Kelly, University of Illinois, Champaign, N/A and Keith C. Hackley, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Zohreh Askari-Khorasgani, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Richard J. Rice, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Hue-Hwa Hwang, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Noel C. Krothe, Hydrogeology Inc, Bloomington, IN
  180091 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  MONITORING, VERIFICATION, AND ACCOUNTING OF GAS MICROSEEPAGE TO THE SURFACE IN A LARGE-SCALE CARBON DIOXIDE-EOR PROJECT
  Ronald W. Klusman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  176960 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  ACTIVE CO2 RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT: COMBINING BRINE EXTRACTION, DESALINATION, AND RESIDUAL-BRINE REINJECTION WITH CO2 STORAGE IN SALINE FORMATIONS
  Thomas A. Buscheck, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Yunwei Sun, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Yue Hao, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Thomas J. Wolery, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Roger D. Aines, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and William L. Bourcier, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and S. Julio Friedmann, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
  182204 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  HYDROGEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE CO2 LEAKAGE THROUGH THE SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSION OVERLYING THE REDWATER LEDUC REEF IN ALBERTA: PROOF OF HYDRAULIC SITE ISOLATION
  Dan Palombi, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures, Edmonton, AB and Stefan Bachu, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures, Edmonton, AB and James Brydie, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures, Edmonton, AB
  179863 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  GROUNDWATER QUALITY CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO CO2 LEAKAGE FROM DEEP GEOLOGICAL STORAGE
  Jens T. Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Liange Zheng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Nicolas Spycher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Charuleka Varadharajan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Peter S. Nico, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
  181898 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  POTENTIAL IMPACTS on FRESHWATER AQUIFERS OF CARBON DIOXIDE LEAKS FROM DEEP GEOSEQUESTRATION
  Mark G. Little, Washington, DC
  176990 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:35 AM
  GEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS OF CO2 WITH RESERVOIR FLUID AND ROCKS OF POWDER RIVER BASIN
  Yevhen Holubnyak, Energy and Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND and Steven B. Hawthorne, Energy and Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND and Blaise Mibeck, Energy and Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND and David J. Miller, Energy and Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND and Jordan Bremer, N/A and S.A. Smith, Energy & Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND and J.A. Sorensen, Energy & Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND and Edward M. Steadman, EERC, Grand Forks, ND and John A. Harju, Energy and Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND
  181804 (Technical Sessions)