Microseismic Monitoring and Geomechanical Modelling of CO2 - bris
Microseismic Monitoring and Geomechanical Modelling of CO2 - bris
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CHAPTER 5.<br />
GEOMECHANICAL SIMULATION OF CO 2 INJECTION<br />
Youngs Modulus (GPa)<br />
0 20 40 60 80 100<br />
0<br />
500<br />
1000<br />
Youngs Modulus (GPa)<br />
0 20 40 60 80 100<br />
0<br />
500<br />
1000<br />
Youngs Modulus (GPa)<br />
0 20 40 60 80 100<br />
0<br />
500<br />
1000<br />
Depth (m)<br />
1500<br />
2000<br />
Overburden<br />
Reservoir<br />
Depth (m)<br />
1500<br />
2000<br />
Overburden<br />
Reservoir<br />
Depth (m)<br />
1500<br />
2000<br />
Overburden<br />
Reservoir<br />
2500<br />
2500<br />
2500<br />
3000<br />
Ratio<br />
3500<br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
Ratio E /E res over<br />
3000<br />
Ratio<br />
3500<br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
Ratio E /E res over<br />
3000<br />
Ratio<br />
3500<br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
Ratio E /E res over<br />
(a) (b) (c)<br />
Figure 5.7: Young’s modulus as a function <strong>of</strong> depth for both the reservoir <strong>and</strong> overburden materials<br />
for (a) the stiff reservoir models, (b) the medium reservoir models <strong>and</strong> (c) the s<strong>of</strong>t reservoir models.<br />
The green lines mark the reservoir interval.<br />
Injection well<br />
4<br />
2 3<br />
z<br />
y<br />
1<br />
5<br />
x<br />
Reservoir<br />
Figure 5.8: Geometry <strong>of</strong> our rectangular reservoir models showing the location <strong>of</strong> cells used to<br />
compute Mohr circles. The red box depicted here corresponds to the full reservoir (not the quarterspot<br />
shown in Figure 5.5), which is surrounded by the over-, under- <strong>and</strong> sideburden. Injection<br />
occurs in the centre <strong>of</strong> the reservoir. Cell 1 is at the injection point, cell 2 is at the edge <strong>of</strong> the<br />
reservoir, cell 3 is in the corner <strong>of</strong> the reservoir, cell 4 is in the overburden <strong>and</strong> cell 5 is in the<br />
sideburden.<br />
pressure change, so the stress path parameters do not have meaning. However, I will consider stress<br />
changes in these cells as a function <strong>of</strong> pore pressure change in the centre <strong>of</strong> the reservoir.<br />
In Figure 5.9 I plot K 0 <strong>and</strong> γ 3 for each <strong>of</strong> the models. There are several things to note from this<br />
plot. Firstly, the results for the reservoirs with at least one small horizontal dimension, 1z:100x:5y<br />
<strong>and</strong> 1z:5x:5y, have very similar results. This suggests that it is the smallest lateral dimension that<br />
controls the style <strong>of</strong> deformation that the reservoir will experience. The results show that K 0 is much<br />
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