VicGCS Report 5 - Reservoir Simulation of Carbon Dioxide Geological Storage in the Gippsland Basin
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Product description:Executive Summary The Gippsland Basin has been identified as a possible location for the large-scale geological storage of carbon dioxide from the emission sources in the nearby Latrobe Valley. This study forms part of the ongoing evaluation of the potential of the Gippsland Basin as a feasible storage site by GeoScience Victoria as part of the Victorian Geological Carbon Storage initiative. Numerical simulations are used to assess storage scenarios for carbon dioxide injection in the Gippsland Basin. Two possible sites are considered: the first at the southern margin of the basin, and the second in the onshore Lake Wellington Depression. Examples of possible long‐term distributions of CO2 are presented for each region. Detailed consideration of non‐structural trapping by way of residual trapping and dissolution into the resident formation water provides estimates of the proportion of injected CO2 that is effectively contained by these mechanisms. Several different injection strategies are also considered, and their effect on the volume contained by non‐structural trapping mechanisms elucidated. Download The downloadable version of this report is supplied in PDF format. Bibliographic Reference GREEN, C., MICHAEL, K. & PATERSON, L., 2012. Reservoir simulation of carbon dioxide geological storage in the Gippsland Basin. GeoScience Victoria VicGCS Report 5, Department of Primary Industries. | ||||||
