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Seal Capacity of Upper Ordovician Units in the Midwest Region: A Quantitative Approach Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure

Cristian Medina
Cristian Medina

Mercury injection capillary pressure analysis was performed on samples from the Upper Ordovician units in the Midwest region. This analysis provides information about porosity, permeability, pore size distribution, and capillary entry pressure, allowing quantification of the seal potential. The results show that the Upper Ordovician sequences can prevent upward migration of supercritical carbon dioxide injected below if the CO2 column is less than 1,500 meters. Other units like the Nolichucky Shale and Eau Claire Formation also have potential as seals.

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Mercury injection capillary pressure analysis reveals insightful information about porosity, permeability, pore size distribution, and capillary entry pressure of these samples. This information allows the quantification of the seal potential of the sequence under study. Type equation here.Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students The Seal Capacity Evaluation of the Upper Ordovician Units results in High Potential for Safe Geologic CO2 Storage in the Midwest Region. Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students INTRODUCTION The Midwests subsurface exhibits a series of potential reservoirs for geologic carbon sequestration opportunities. The Upper Ordovician contains many low- permeability units that could serve as regional caprocks to prevent the upward, density-driven migration of supercritical carbon dioxide injected into the units underlying them. These include the Maquoketa Group and equivalent units, which consist of thick and heterogeneous sequences of carbonates, silts, and clay-rich rock units. METHOD Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP). The samples are from a four-state region (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania). Seal Capacity of Upper Ordovician Units in the Midwest Region: A Quantitative Approach Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure. Cristian R. Medina1,2,*, Maria Mastalerz1, Richard Lahann1, and John Rupp3 *GeologistMedina@gmail.com Other units with similar sealing potential that were also evaluated include the Nolichucky Shale and Eau Claire Formation (Upper Cambrian), and the Cincinnati Group, Juniata Formation, Reedsville Shale, and Utica Shale (Upper Ordovician). = 駒2 駒2巨 = 2 諮 2 諮 諮 Theory 0 = 18.63 0 ; 20 = 18.93 20 + Capillary pressure curve indicating entry pressure (P0) and pressure at 20 % and 80 % of mercury saturation (P20 and P80, respectively). 1Indiana University Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Bloomington, Indiana 2Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3Indiana University ONeill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana Take a picture to download the poster (pdf)
Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students Assuming 20% of pore brine displacement by supercritical CO2, the Upper Ordovician sequences can prevent upward flow from a maximum CO2 column up to 1,500 m. Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students RESULTS: CO2-Gas Column Assuming 20% pore brine displacement by supercritical CO2, the Upper Ordovician sequences can prevent upward flow from a maximum CO2- column up to 1,500 m. Other units with similar sealing potential that were also evaluated include the Nolichucky Shale and Eau Claire Formation (Upper Cambrian), and the Cincinnati Group, Juniata Formation, Reedsville Shale, and Utica Shale (Upper Ordovician). DISCUSSION Local-scale evaluations at targeted injection sites should be performed to verify our results. Shale content from GR can be used to establish a relationship or correlation with MICO results (work in progress). Seal Capacity of Upper Ordovician Units in the Midwest Region: A Quantitative Approach Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure. Cristian R. Medina1,2,*, Maria Mastalerz1, Richard Lahann1, and John Rupp3 *GeologistMedina@gmail.com Calculated CO2-gas column (in meters) using P20 as value of capillary pressure.

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Seal Capacity of Upper Ordovician Units in the Midwest Region: A Quantitative Approach Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure

  • 1. Mercury injection capillary pressure analysis reveals insightful information about porosity, permeability, pore size distribution, and capillary entry pressure of these samples. This information allows the quantification of the seal potential of the sequence under study. Type equation here.Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students The Seal Capacity Evaluation of the Upper Ordovician Units results in High Potential for Safe Geologic CO2 Storage in the Midwest Region. Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students INTRODUCTION The Midwests subsurface exhibits a series of potential reservoirs for geologic carbon sequestration opportunities. The Upper Ordovician contains many low- permeability units that could serve as regional caprocks to prevent the upward, density-driven migration of supercritical carbon dioxide injected into the units underlying them. These include the Maquoketa Group and equivalent units, which consist of thick and heterogeneous sequences of carbonates, silts, and clay-rich rock units. METHOD Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP). The samples are from a four-state region (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania). Seal Capacity of Upper Ordovician Units in the Midwest Region: A Quantitative Approach Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure. Cristian R. Medina1,2,*, Maria Mastalerz1, Richard Lahann1, and John Rupp3 *GeologistMedina@gmail.com Other units with similar sealing potential that were also evaluated include the Nolichucky Shale and Eau Claire Formation (Upper Cambrian), and the Cincinnati Group, Juniata Formation, Reedsville Shale, and Utica Shale (Upper Ordovician). = 駒2 駒2巨 = 2 諮 2 諮 諮 Theory 0 = 18.63 0 ; 20 = 18.93 20 + Capillary pressure curve indicating entry pressure (P0) and pressure at 20 % and 80 % of mercury saturation (P20 and P80, respectively). 1Indiana University Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Bloomington, Indiana 2Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3Indiana University ONeill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana Take a picture to download the poster (pdf)
  • 2. Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students Assuming 20% of pore brine displacement by supercritical CO2, the Upper Ordovician sequences can prevent upward flow from a maximum CO2 column up to 1,500 m. Non-CognitivePredictorsof Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students RESULTS: CO2-Gas Column Assuming 20% pore brine displacement by supercritical CO2, the Upper Ordovician sequences can prevent upward flow from a maximum CO2- column up to 1,500 m. Other units with similar sealing potential that were also evaluated include the Nolichucky Shale and Eau Claire Formation (Upper Cambrian), and the Cincinnati Group, Juniata Formation, Reedsville Shale, and Utica Shale (Upper Ordovician). DISCUSSION Local-scale evaluations at targeted injection sites should be performed to verify our results. Shale content from GR can be used to establish a relationship or correlation with MICO results (work in progress). Seal Capacity of Upper Ordovician Units in the Midwest Region: A Quantitative Approach Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure. Cristian R. Medina1,2,*, Maria Mastalerz1, Richard Lahann1, and John Rupp3 *GeologistMedina@gmail.com Calculated CO2-gas column (in meters) using P20 as value of capillary pressure.