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CO (sub 2) sequestration monitoring and verification technologies applied at Krechba, Algeria
Allan Mathieson, John Midgley, Kevin Dodds, Iain Wright, Philip Ringrose and Nabil Saoul
CO (sub 2) sequestration monitoring and verification technologies applied at Krechba, Algeria (in CO2 sequestration, Colin Sayers (editor) and Tom Wilson (editor))
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (February 2010) 29 (2): 216-222
CO (sub 2) sequestration monitoring and verification technologies applied at Krechba, Algeria (in CO2 sequestration, Colin Sayers (editor) and Tom Wilson (editor))
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (February 2010) 29 (2): 216-222
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Africa
- Algeria
- aquifers
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
- Carboniferous
- clastic rocks
- gas storage
- geophysical methods
- geophysical surveys
- greenhouse gases
- ground water
- lithofacies
- monitoring
- natural gas
- North Africa
- oil and gas fields
- Paleozoic
- petroleum
- porosity
- reservoir properties
- sandstone
- sedimentary rocks
- seismic methods
- surveys
- technology
- In Salah Field
- Krechba Field
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
The In Salah project in Algeria is an industrial-scale CO (sub 2) storage project that has been in operation since 2004. CO (sub 2) from several gas fields, which have a CO (sub 2) content of 5-10%, is removed from the production stream to meet the sales gas-export specification of 0.3% CO (sub 2) . Rather than vent that separated CO (sub 2) to the atmosphere (as was normal industry practice for such gas plants), BP and its joint venture (JV) partner, Sonatrach, invested an incremental US$100 million in a project to compress, dehydrate, transport, and inject that CO (sub 2) into a deep saline formation downdip of the producing gas horizon. Statoil then joined the JV at production start-up in August 2004.
ISSN: 1070-485X
EISSN: 1938-3789
Serial Title: Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)
Serial Volume: 29
Serial Issue: 2
Title: CO (sub 2) sequestration monitoring and verification technologies applied at Krechba, Algeria
Title: CO2 sequestration
Author(s): Mathieson, AllanMidgley, JohnDodds, KevinWright, IainRingrose, PhilipSaoul, Nabil
Author(s): Sayers, Colineditor
Author(s): Wilson, Tomeditor
Affiliation: BP Alternative Energy,
United Kingdom
Affiliation: Consultant,
Houston, TX,
United States
Pages: 216-222
Published: 201002
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
References: 6
DOI:
10.1190/1.3304827
Accession Number: 2010-024694
Categories: Applied geophysicsEngineering geology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. geol. sketch map, 2 tables, sect.
N28°55'00" - N29°10'00", E02°04'60" - E02°19'60"
Secondary Affiliation: West Virginia University,
USA,
United StatesStatoil,
NOR,
Norway
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States. Reference includes data supplied by Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
Update Code: 201015