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A benchmark study on problems related to CO2 storage in geologic formations

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This paper summarises the results of a benchmark study that compares a number of mathematical and numerical models applied to specific problems in the context of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in geologic formations. The processes modelled comprise advective multi-phase flow, compositional effects due to dissolution of CO2 into the ambient brine and non-isothermal effects due to temperature gradients and the Joule–Thompson effect. The problems deal with leakage through a leaky well, methane recovery enhanced by CO2 injection and a reservoir-scale injection scenario into a heterogeneous formation. We give a description of the benchmark problems then briefly introduce the participating codes and finally present and discuss the results of the benchmark study.

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  1. Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Holger Class, Anozie Ebigbo, Rainer Helmig, Melanie Darcis & Bernd Flemisch

  2. Dept. of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Helge K. Dahle & Jan M. Nordbotten

  3. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Jan M. Nordbotten & Michael A. Celia

  4. BRGM, French Geological Survey, Paris, France

    Pascal Audigane

  5. Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies, CSIRO Petroleum, Kensington, Australia

    Jonathan Ennis-King

  6. Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Yaqing Fan

  7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Sarah E. Gasda

  8. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

    Min Jin

  9. Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften, und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover, Germany

    Stefanie Krug

  10. Schlumberger Carbon Services, Paris, France

    Diane Labregere

  11. E.ON Energy Research Centre, Institute of Applied Geophysics and Geothermal Energy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Ali Naderi Beni

  12. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    Rajesh J. Pawar

  13. BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orleans, France

    Adil Sbai

  14. Texas University, Austin, TX, USA

    Sunil G. Thomas

  15. Technology, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Division, IFP, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France

    Laurent Trenty

  16. Shell International Exploration and Production BV, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

    Lingli Wei

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Class, H., Ebigbo, A., Helmig, R. et al. A benchmark study on problems related to CO2 storage in geologic formations. Comput Geosci 13, 409–434 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10596-009-9146-x

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