Drilling an Array of Monitoring Wells for a CCS Experiment: Lessons From Otway Stage 3

12 Pages Posted: 29 Mar 2021 Last revised: 31 Mar 2021

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Charles Jenkins

CSIRO; CO2CRC Ltd

Paul Barraclough

CO2CRC Ltd

Mohammad Bagheri

CO2CRC Ltd

Julia Correa

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

Tess Dance

CSIRO

Jonathan Ennis-King

CSIRO

Barry Freifeld

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

Stanislav Glubokovskikh

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

Chris Green

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - CSIRO Energy

James Gunning

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - CSIRO Energy

Boris Gurevich

Curtin University

Roman Isaenkov

Curtin University

Samuel Jackson

CSIRO

Roman Pevzner

Curtin University

Ludovic Ricard

CSIRO Energy

Konstantin Tertyshnikov

Curtin University

Andy Wilkins

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - CSIRO Energy

Todd Wood

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

Sinem Yavuz

Curtin University, Exploration Geophysics; CO2CRC

Alexey Yurikov

Curtin University

Date Written: February 1, 2021

Abstract

The CO2CRC Otway Stage 3 project is developing low-impact methods for near-continuous monitoring of storage sites. This paper reports on the design, drilling, instrumenting, and early results from an array of an injector and five monitoring wells, spread over a km2. Highlights include the deployment and use of distributed acoustic sensors on casing, and baseline injections and interpretation of pressure tomography.

Keywords: CO2 storage; monitoring; DAS; VSP,pressure tomography; earth tides

Suggested Citation

Jenkins, Charles and Jenkins, Charles and Barraclough, Paul and Bagheri, Mohammad and Correa, Julia and Dance, Tess and Ennis-King, Jonathan and Freifeld, Barry and Glubokovskikh, Stanislav and Green, Chris and Gunning, James and Gurevich, Boris and Isaenkov, Roman and Jackson, Samuel and Pevzner, Roman and Ricard, Ludovic and Tertyshnikov, Konstantin and Wilkins, Andy and Wood, Todd and Yavuz, Sinem and Yurikov, Alexey, Drilling an Array of Monitoring Wells for a CCS Experiment: Lessons From Otway Stage 3 (February 1, 2021). Proceedings of the 15th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference 15-18 March 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3814479 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3814479

Charles Jenkins (Contact Author)

CO2CRC Ltd ( email )

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CSIRO ( email )

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Paul Barraclough

CO2CRC Ltd

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Mohammad Bagheri

CO2CRC Ltd

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Julia Correa

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) ( email )

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Tess Dance

CSIRO ( email )

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Jonathan Ennis-King

CSIRO

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Barry Freifeld

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

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Stanislav Glubokovskikh

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) ( email )

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Chris Green

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - CSIRO Energy

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James Gunning

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - CSIRO Energy ( email )

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Boris Gurevich

Curtin University

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Bentley
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Australia

Roman Isaenkov

Curtin University

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Bentley
Perth, WA WA 6102
Australia

Samuel Jackson

CSIRO ( email )

Research Way
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia

Roman Pevzner

Curtin University ( email )

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Perth, WA WA 6845
Australia

Ludovic Ricard

CSIRO Energy ( email )

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Kensington, Western Australia 6151
Australia

Konstantin Tertyshnikov

Curtin University

Kent Street
Bentley
Perth, WA WA 6102
Australia

Andy Wilkins

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - CSIRO Energy

10 Murray Dwyer Circuit
Mayfield West, New South Wales 2304
Australia

Todd Wood

University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

1 Cyclotron Road
Berkeley, CA 94720
United States

Sinem Yavuz

Curtin University, Exploration Geophysics ( email )

ARRC/CSIRO Building, 26 Dick Perry Avenue
Perth, WA 6845
Australia

CO2CRC ( email )

11 – 15 Argyle Place South
Carlton, VIC 3053
Australia

Alexey Yurikov

Curtin University ( email )

Kent Street
Bentley
Perth, WA WA 6102
Australia

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