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Lessons Learned from Waste Water Disposal in Kansas: Applications for CO2 Geological Storage

Yevhen Holubnyak, Lynn Watney, and Tandis S. Bidgoli


Outline• Current state of seismicity and waste disposal in

Sothern Kansas• Waste disposal targets? Arbuckle group

properties• Modeling and observations



Seismic and Waste Disposal Trends in Sothern Kansas

Slight reduction in seismic activity following state restriction order on injection volumes and other factors

Well count


Earthquakes and geology in

south-central KS and north-central OK

• Brine injection in Oklahoma in 2014 was ~2 billion barrels

• Earthquakes are larger and more numerous in Oklahoma.

M >3.5 magnitude

M >3.5 magnitude


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50

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Sep-14 Dec-14 Apr-15 Jul-15 Oct-15 Jan-16

ismpkansas

USGS withoutismpkansas

All sources

March 19th

- Order to reduce injection in Harper and Sumner Co.


Kansas Earthquakes as

Reported by NEIC• First report on July 26, 2015

of new USGS temporary array “ismpkans” in Harper & Sumner counties

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/Ozark/Software/KS_Earthquake_2DPlot/applet.html

July 26, 2015 NEIC catalog begins reporting ofevents from ismpkanstemporary array

March 19th - Order to reduce

injection in Harper and Sumner Co.

2 earthquakes over 3.0 since mid Nov. 2015

Vance radar just after4.7 earthquake

November 19, 2015


What Do We Know About Arbuckle?• ~1000 ft thick carbonate• ~5-7% porosity• ~200 mD permeability• Under-pressured (location dependent)• Basement conditions? Faults?• Waste disposal target for over 30 years


Common Analogs• What is the capacity?• Empty Volume = 37M ft3 =

6.6M bbls• If Ø = 5-7 %• VolumeØ = ~450K bbls• If efficiency = 50 %• Volumee = ~ 225K bbls• High volume wells used to

deliver up to 30K bbls/day• Therefore

It would take up to 7-15 days to fill up this volume (without considering existing water)

• It would take 111-222 “ES units” to accommodate 50M bbls injected in 2014

• Translates into 3.9-7.8M ft2

• Harper Co. Area = 22.4B ft2

• “Plunging” system?

Empire State BuildingArbuckle Porosity Model

Arbuckle Permeability Model

1,25

0 ft

V=37M ft3

NS 187 ft

blog.recursiveprocess.com

http://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2011/03/29/toilet-paper-tubes-and-the-empire-state-building-wcydwt/


East African Rift is a Modern analog to the Midcontinent Rift System Both large graben systems

"Albertine Rift, East African Rift (artificial rendering)" by Christoph Hormann -http://earth.imagico.de/view.php?site=rift2a

Illies, 1981

MRS arkosic and greywackesediments

Bouguer Gravity -- with rift and sub-elements, terrain boundary through Kansas (Kruger, 1999)

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/2004/Gerhard/fig3.html

http://earth.imagico.de/view.php?site=rift2a


Basement geology from sample rock types in the area of the induced seismicity thick arkosic sediment fill indicative of the Midcontinent Rift System (MRS)

Gabbro/diabase

Arkose/siliciclastics

M. Killian, KGS


Small Scale CO2 Injection Project• Very limited data on Arbuckle group existed• Several wells drilled, cored, logged, etc.• Well tests performed• 3D and Seismic



Ø Kv KhGr

Scheffer, 2012

Index map, Kansas

Horizontal Permeability, md

Isotope ratios used to confirm vertical separation of Arbuckle units




Workflow for reservoir simulation and geomechanical analysis


Model Area• 18 wells for

property analysis • 4 complete

penetrations with log data

• 103 SWD wells with yearly injection data

Sumner county

Harper county

Top Arbuckle structure

KGS #1-32KGS #1-28


Modeled Delta Pressure for Harper and

Sumner Counties in South Kansas


Delta Pressure at a Basement Fault


Downhole Pressure

Monitoring

• ~ 30 psi increase since 2011

• 16 psi pressure spikes


Summary• Arbuckle/basement interface?• Injection management strategies• Production strategies and water cut

improvements• Produced water treatment?


Acknowledgements• Bittersweet Energy – Tom Hansen with Paul Gerlach and Larry Nicholson; Dennis

Hedke, Martin Dubois and SW Kansas CO2-EOR industry consortium, John Youle, George Tsoflias and students at KU, Gene Williams, and KGS staff supporting the acquisition of data, stratigraphic correlation, regional mapping, and interpretations for the DOE-CO2 project

• Dana Wreath, Berexco, LLC for access and participation in drilling and testing at Wellington and Cutter fields and small scale field test at Wellington

• Rick Miller and Shelby Petrie, Wellington seismometer array, high resolution seismic

• Justin Rubinstein, USGS• Induced Seismicity Task Force -- Rex Buchanan, Chair


Acknowledgements & DisclaimerAcknowledgements• The work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under

Grant DE-FE0002056 and DE-FE0006821, W.L. Watney and Jason Rush, Joint PIs. Project is managed and administered by the Kansas Geological Survey/KUCR at the University of Kansas and funded by DOE/NETL and cost-sharing partners.

Disclaimer• This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither

the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

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