Advancing CO2 Storage Monitoring via Cross-Borehole Apparent Resistivity Imaging Simulation
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing(2023)
Abstract
Conventional resistivity inversion methodologies encounter constraints in perpetual monitoring owing to the necessity for recurrent measurements. In response, this research leverages a 3-D finite element method to formulate an approximate geometry imaging of cross-borehole resistivity during forward modeling, circumventing the direct computation of Jacobian matrix equations in the electric field. This study meticulously explores the complex relationship among apparent resistivity (
$\rho _{a}$
), carbon dioxide (CO2) resistivity (
$\rho _{\text {CO2}}$
), and the volume of the CO2 storage area (
$V_{\mathrm {CO2}}$
). Remarkably, the impact of
$\rho _{\mathrm {CO2}}$
on
$\rho _{a}$
is found to be more pronounced than that of
$V_{\text {CO2}}$
, attributed to the repulsion effect emanating from the high-resistance storage area. A robust linear correlation between
$\rho _{a}$
and
$V_{\text {CO2}}$
is identified across various multihorizontal layer models, while the relationship between
$\rho _{a}$
and
$\rho _{\mathrm {CO2}}$
adheres to a rational function. The intricate correlation between
$\rho _{a}$
and CO2 concentration is dissected, offering a quantitative perspective for inferring the resistivity of the CO2 storage area. These findings are further validated through field formation models featuring salt caverns, highlighting the effectiveness of cross-borehole resistivity imaging for CO2 storage monitoring. Beyond enhancing our understanding of subsurface geological behavior, our study underscores the feasibility of using salt caverns for CO2 storage, presenting a pioneering approach towards navigating the monitoring of subsurface CO2 storage.
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Key words
storage monitoring,cross-borehole
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