Research Article

Numerical Simulations of Carbon Dioxide Storage Efficiency in Heterogeneous Reservoir Models

Table 1

Formation and CO2BRA sample names corresponding to similar lithology and depositional environments and CO2BRA sample porosity, permeability (mD), and parameters of relative permeability curves.

Formation nameLithologyDepositional environmentCO2BRA sample nameSample porositySample perm. (mD)

1Lower Mt. SimonSandstoneMarginal marineBandera Brown A0.1641240.5661.000.000.320
2CranfieldSandstoneDeltaic complex fluvialCastlegate0.2528650.7051.000.000.185
3Broom CreekSandstoneAeolianNavajo0.156410.4971.000.000.271
4Middle DuperowCarbonate, limestoneShallow marineEdwards Yellow0.192250.4601.000.010.102
5Bass IslandCarbonate, dolomiteShallow marine/reefSilurian0.1293270.4531.000.100.032

Where and are the residual water and scCO2 saturations and and are the maximum brine and scCO2 relative permeability values.