Sketch-Based Geological Modelling and Flow Diagnostics for Geothermal and Heat Storage Applications

Production of subsurface heat from geothermal sources and subsurface storage of heat (and cool) are important for energy transition. Doublets for geothermal and warm- and cold wells for aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) depend on circulation of fluids and heat. Estimating the potential and feasibility of such systems requires a careful...

Fast Assessment of the Impact of Multi-Scale Geological Heterogeneities on Flow Behaviour in Complex Carbonate Reservoirs

We discuss the application of the new open-source Rapid Reservoir Modelling software (RRM) to create a suite of 3D reservoir models of a complex carbonate formation where each model is increasingly more refined such that progressively more small-scale geological structures are preserved.<br/><br/>Using flow diagnostics we then calculate key...

Fast Screening Assessments of the Impact of Sedimentological Heterogeneity on CO2 Migration and Storage

We use a method combining experimental design, sketch-based reservoir modelling, and flow diagnostics to rapidly screen the impact of sedimentological heterogeneities on CO2 migration and storage by stratigraphic trapping. Experimental design allows efficient exploration of a wide parameter space, sketch-based modelling enables rapid...

Monitoring Co2 Injection into Basaltic Reservoir Formations at the HellisheiÐi Geothermal Site in Iceland: Laboratory Experiments

In the ACT Consortium funded project SUCCEED, researchers study the potential for monitoring the process of (re-)injecting produced and captured CO2 into the Hellisheiði geothermal field for the aid of enhancing geothermal deployment as well as permanently storing CO2 through mineralization. The Hellisheiði site provides an excellent opportunity...

Examples of Seismic Shallow Subsurface Characterisation and Deep Electromagnetic Monitoring

Difficulties in detecting and characterising shallow objects close the surface with seismic shear waves are often problematic because of dominant surface waves. By sequencing a specific combination of two data driven processing steps followed by diffraction tomography can overcome these problems. Small scattering objects become visible in the...