TY - JOUR
T1 - CO 2 sequestration by mineral trapping in natural analogues in the Yinggehai Basin, South China Sea
AU - Liu, Rui
AU - Heinemann, Niklas
AU - Liu, Jianzhang
AU - Zhu, Weilin
AU - Wilkinson, Mark
AU - Xie, Yuhong
AU - Wang, Zhenfeng
AU - Wen, Tao
AU - Hao, Fang
AU - Haszeldine, R. Stuart
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Mineral trapping of CO 2 by precipitation of carbonate minerals is seen as the most permanent and secure mechanism of CO 2 storage. We have investigated mineral trapping in CO 2 -rich siliciclastic reservoirs of the Upper Miocene age in the Yinggehai Basin (South China Sea) and used nearby CO 2 -poor reservoirs of similar age as benchmarks for the analysis. Within the reservoir, the CO 2 has triggered the reaction from calcite plus chlorite to ankerite plus kaolinite, which traps 5 mol of CO 2 per mole of chlorite. Geochemical modelling shows that the total amount of permanently trapped CO 2 is approximately one half of the CO 2 in the newly formed ankerite. Caprock mineralogy shows that CO 2 leakage has occurred and CO 2 has migrated into the shale-rich caprock, but without loss of caprock integrity.
AB - Mineral trapping of CO 2 by precipitation of carbonate minerals is seen as the most permanent and secure mechanism of CO 2 storage. We have investigated mineral trapping in CO 2 -rich siliciclastic reservoirs of the Upper Miocene age in the Yinggehai Basin (South China Sea) and used nearby CO 2 -poor reservoirs of similar age as benchmarks for the analysis. Within the reservoir, the CO 2 has triggered the reaction from calcite plus chlorite to ankerite plus kaolinite, which traps 5 mol of CO 2 per mole of chlorite. Geochemical modelling shows that the total amount of permanently trapped CO 2 is approximately one half of the CO 2 in the newly formed ankerite. Caprock mineralogy shows that CO 2 leakage has occurred and CO 2 has migrated into the shale-rich caprock, but without loss of caprock integrity.
KW - CO geological storage
KW - Mineral trapping
KW - Reservoir overpressure
KW - Yinggehai basin
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.03.018
DO - 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.03.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063430989
SN - 0264-8172
VL - 104
SP - 190
EP - 199
JO - Marine and Petroleum Geology
JF - Marine and Petroleum Geology
ER -