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 name
Lithology
Depositional environment
CO2BRA sample name
Sample porosity
Sample perm. (mD)
1
Lower Mt. Simon
Sandstone
Marginal marine
Bandera Brown A
0.164
124
0.566
1.00
0.00
0.320
2
Cranfield
Sandstone
Deltaic complex fluvial
Castlegate
0.252
865
0.705
1.00
0.00
0.185
3
Broom Creek
Sandstone
Aeolian
Navajo
0.156
41
0.497
1.00
0.00
0.271
4
Middle Duperow
Carbonate, limestone
Shallow marine
Edwards Yellow
0.192
25
0.460
1.00
0.01
0.102
5
Bass Island
Carbonate, dolomite
Shallow marine/reef
Silurian
0.129
327
0.453
1.00
0.10
0.032
Where and are the residual water and scCO2 saturations and and are the maximum brine and scCO2 relative permeability values.