MRCSP and Regional CCS Updates Annual MRCSP Partners Meeting - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Annual MRCSP Partners Meeting November 2, 2016

DOE/NETL Cooperative Agreement # DE-FC26-0NT42589

Neeraj Gupta - Battelle

MRCSP and Regional CCS Updates

The MRCSP is Assessing Viability of Geologic Carbon Sequestration

Objectives are to advance operational, monitoring, and modeling techniques needed to:

• Develop and validate reservoir models

useful for commercial scale applications

• Address public concerns such as leakage

and long-term storage security

• Address other topics such as cost

effectiveness and CCUS practicability

Primary goal: To execute a large-scale scale CO2 injection test to evaluate best practices and technologies required to implement carbon sequestration

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Historical Snapshot of MRCSP

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One of seven DOE-funded regional partnerships to develop infrastructure for wide-scale CO2 sequestration deployment.

Late-stage EOR reef Operational EOR reef Newly targeted reef

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MRCSP Region – Economic Drivers

• Population: 80.4 million (26% of the U.S. population)
• Gross Regional Product: $3.1 trillion (27% of the U.S. economy)
• 26.3% of all electricity generated in the US
• Significant % of electricity generated in the region is generated by coal

MI OH NY KY IN PA MD NJ WV

MRCSP Area and Field Sites

MRCSP Michigan Basin Test Site

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Large-scale test site leverages industrial EOR

• perations

Natural gas processing is the source of the CO2

Central Processing Facility

Late-stage Active

Main Test Bed

Active Pre EOR Active Active (new) Active (new) Active Active Active

EOR Facilities owned and

• perated by Core Energy

Injection Test Status – Accounting for CO2

6 269K MT 0.17K MT 269K MT 15K MT 42K MT 57K MT

• 18K MT

289K MT 271K MT 139K MT 139K MT 0K MT 74K MT 243K MT 317K MT 38K MT 124K MT 162K MT 67K MT 21K MT 88K MT Net CO2 in Reef CO2 Produced CO2 Injected

• 87K MT

154K MT 67K MT

Monitoring Period February 2013 – June 2016

54K MT 0K MT 54K MT

• Nine reefs in

Northern Michigan [Otsego County]

• All in various stages
• f EOR
• ~600K MT net

injection in nine reefs during monitoring period (Feb. ‘13 – Sept ‘16)

• EOR still ongoing,

with a new reef (CC- 16) being added

Injection Test Status – Cumulative Storage

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• Accounting for Associated storage over EOR lifetime

139,000 357,000 597,000 974,000 1,456,000 1,647,000

500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Net in Reef CO2 (MT)

Net in Reef CO2 (MT)

Total EOR Net In Reef CO2 (MT)

• >1.6 million metric tons of CO2 stored over the 20 Years lifetime of

EOR operations

Late-Stage Reef is the Main Test Bed for MRCSP Large-Scale Injection

Gas Producing Zone Oil Producing Zone Dover 33

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Monitoring Status – Late Stage Reef

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Currently in Post-Injection Data Analysis Stage

Activity Before Injection Early Injection Mid Injection Late Injection After Injection CO2 flow accounting X X X X Pressure and temperature X X X Complete PNC logging X X Underway Borehole gravity X Complete Fluid sampling X X Complete Vertical seismic profile X Complete Microseismic X X Complete InSAR (Satellite radar) X X X Complete Characterization Well Drilling Complete

Injection Test – Storage Capacity Limits

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• Pressure response in Late-Stage Reef

Late-Stage Reef – Characterization Well

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Variations in Reef Characteristics

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• # of compartments, compartmentalization
• Lithology – dolomite vs limestone, Anhydrite
• Availability of core, seismic, well log data
• Presence of salt plugging
• Production life-cycle stage

Regional Characterization – A Geologic Storage Mapping Collaboration

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State geological surveys are:

• Compiling/interpreting data
• Developing common

terminology for formations across state boundaries

• Creating maps

and other tools

MRCSP's geology team

Regional Assessment Status

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• Population growth has not been

accompanied by an increase in emissions from power plants.

• Declining market-share of coal.
• Increased availability of cheaper gas

has led to more power plants switching out of coal into natural gas.

• Impact of pending regulation and

policy remains uncertain

Emissions from Power plants in the MRCSP region

Regional Assessment

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• MRCSP 10-State team conducting regional studies

Cambro-Ordovician Storage Potential

Led by Indiana

East Coast Offshore and Onshore Storage Targets

Led by Rutgers

Silurian Pinnacle Reef Reservoirs

Led by W. Michigan University

CCUS Opportunities in Appalachian Basin

Led by Pennsylvania

Storage and Enhanced Gas Recovery for Organic Shale

Led by Kentucky Reservoirs for CO2-EOR, EGR, and other Commercial Uses Led by West Virginia

Ohio Coal Development Office Support to Evaluate CO2 Storage and EOR Potential in Ohio

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• Detailed geologic exploration and

analysis

• Using well and seismic data from

shale gas activity

3D Geologic Visualization of Oil & Gas Wells in Ohio Map of Major Oil Fields

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Formation Mt CO2 /km3 Pore Volume Total Prospective CO2 Storage Resource (Mt) ESaline Depositional Environment (CO2- SCREEN; IEAGHG, 2009) P10 P50 P90 P10 P50 P90 Theoretical Max. Esaline P50 (avg.) Beekmantown 5 18 43 652 2,137 5,227 97,207 2.20% Dolomite: Unspecified Rose Run 5 20 61 188 757 2,305 30,320 2.50% Clastics: Peritidal Upper Copper Ridge 5 18 42 436 1,462 3,498 66,236 2.21% Dolomite: Unspecified Copper Ridge B 5 18 42 205 674 1,634 30,776 2.19% Dolomite: Unspecified Lower Copper Ridge 5 17 42 1,090 3,561 8,637 163,846 2.17% Dolomite: Unspecified Kerbel Sandstone 6 22 63 134 505 1,464 18,610 2.71% Clastics: Delta Conasauga 5 17 42 393 1,321 3,194 29,480 4.48% Dolomite: Unspecified Rome 5 18 42 1,639 5,556 13,281 250,824 2.22% Dolomite: Unspecified Basal Sandstone 6 24 70 990 3,904 11,348 130,915 2.98% Clastics: Shallow Shelf

Calculation of Prospective Stacked CO2 Storage Resource

Regional Assessment In Eastern Ohio

Preliminary Data

17 Co-Funded by ODSA/OCDO Project D-13-22

Geologic Modeling – Upper Ohio Valley

Multiple Scales

• Regional structural model based on

geologic data, regional maps, and available seismic data

• Local scale assessments at sites of

interest

• Dynamic modeling of CO2

scenarios at local scale

• Analysis of image and

acoustic log data with core data for analysis of mechanical properties

• Static and dynamic modeling
• f geomechanical caprock

behavior

• Fracture analysis and

modeling of behavior

18 Co-Funded by ODSA/OCDO Project D-13-22

Ohio’s Oilfields of Interest

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Depleted Oil Fields

Original Oil in Place [MMbbls]

8,851

Cumulative Production [MMbbls]

1,274

CO2 Storage Capacity [MMt]

878

Co-Funded by ODSA/OCDO Project D-13-24, D-15-08

Related Projects Enable CCUS – Regionally and Globally

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Geologic storage support for FutureGen (closed) AEP Mountaineer geologic storage Mid-Atlantic U.S. Offshore CO2 Storage Assessment of wellbore integrity

World Bank Project in China, Mexico, South Africa

Geomechanical framework for fluid injection

MRCSP Outreach Program Goals

• 1. Continue to be a neutral and

credible source of scientific information on CCUS

• 2. Improve public understanding of

CCUS

• 3. Support the large-volume CO2

injection test

• 4. Support other MRCSP research

activities, including regional geologic characterization projects

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Outreach Status

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• Convening/participating in the Outreach Working Group
• Communicating results to a broad audience via site visits, fact

sheets, conference and meetings, and the website

• Topical highlights:
• CO2 accounting in closed reservoirs
• Performance Measures
• Numerical Modeling
• Monitoring-Modeling Loop
• Regional Storage Opportunities
• MRCSP website moved to a mobile friendly platform
• MRCSP to host IEAGHG Monitoring Workshop in June 2017

Technology transfer is a growing focus

www.mrcsp.org

Accomplishments

• >600,000 metric tons injected across all reefs (ongoing)
• Completed injection at main test bed
• Performed microseismic monitoring in final injection stage
• Post-injection PNC, microgravity, and VSP completed
• Characterization well drilling, coring, logging, testing completed
• Developed performance metrics to assess storage capacity
• Advancements in static and numeric modeling processes
• Collaborative team for regional assessments across ten states
• Technology transfer is focus of outreach

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However, many CCS Challenges Remain to be Addressed – Local, Regional, and Global

• Matching global storage capacity with commercial scale injectivity

– balancing large-scale testing with broader geologic exploration

• Effect of seismicity, pressure constraints, and stakeholder issues on

deployment – will we need to discount total capacity

• Validation of monitoring technology across geologic settings
• Regulatory, financial, stakeholder certainty
• Re-engaging industrial stakeholders for CCS – low oil/gas prices,

policy uncertainties, CO2 capture cost

• Sufficient representation in mitigation portfolio
• Development and retention of human capital
• Making RCSP’s a long-term resource for each region

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Acknowledgements

Battelle’s MRCSP Current Contributors – Mark Kelley, Srikanta Mishra, Matt Place, Lydia Cumming, Sanjay Mawalkar, Charlotte Sullivan, Priya Ravi Ganesh, Autumn Haagsma, Samin Raziperchikolaee, Amber Conner, Glen Larsen, Caitlin McNeil, Joel Main, Jacob Markiewicz, Isis Fukai, Ashwin Pasumarti, Jackie Gerst, Rod Osborne, and several others DOE/NETL – Agreement # DE-FC26-0NT42589, Andrea McNemar (PM) Core Energy, LLC – Bob Mannes, Rick Pardini, Allen Modroo, Bob Tipsword, Kim Sanders, Kathy Dungey, and several others Ohio Development Services Agency’s Ohio Coal Development Office MRCSP’s technical partners, sponsors, and host sites The MRCSP Region’s State Geology Survey and University team members

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Questions?

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Please visit www.mrcsp.org