Title
GHGT-11 - Experiences with a permanently installed seismic monitoring array at the CO2 storage site at Ketzin (Germany): A status overview
Author
Arts, R.J.
Zhang, X.
Verdel, A.R.
Santonico, D.
Meekes, J.A.C.
Noorlandt, R.P.
Paap, B.F.
Vandeweijer, V.P.
Publication year
2013
Abstract
Since July 2008, CO2 is injected into a saline aquifer near the town of Ketzin in Germany. For monitoring the CO2-migration close to the injection well, TNO installed a fixed 2D seismic array of 120 meters length in 2009, with 3-component geophones at the surface, 4-component receivers at 50 meters depth and a central vertical array of 4-component receivers. This specific test acquisition set-up was and is being used both for the recording of high-quality active time-lapse seismic data as well as for continuous passive seismic data recording. The latter gave rise to the identification of a large number of surface noise related events and some very weak events possibly originating from the deeper subsurface. The active seismic data acquisition consisted of a conventional repeat survey after 2 years using an accelerated weight drop source, as well as a test with a prototype semi-permanent source located at the site during a period of 3 weeks in which CO2 injection was stopped. In both cases subtle changes at the reservoir level have been observed, though the limitations of the experimental lay-out make it difficult to come up with firm conclusions in terms of CO2 induced pressure and saturation changes. Further analysis of the data is ongoing work.
Subject
Earth & Environment
SGE - Sustainable Geo Energy
EELS - Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences
Geological Survey Netherlands
Geosciences
Energy / Geological Survey Netherlands
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.301
TNO identifier
477508
Source
Energy Procedia, 37, 4015-4023
Document type
article