Design and Deployment of an Integrated Instrumentation System in a Monitoring Well at the Penn West CO2-EOR Pilot, Alberta, Canada
Publication: 7th FMGM 2007: Field Measurements in Geomechanics
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This paper provides an overview of the Penn West CO2-EOR Pilot Monitoring Project initiated in Western Canada in early March, 2005. Monitoring the Penn West CO2-EOR Pilot Project presents an opportunity to apply, develop, and enhance our knowledge of the CO2-EOR storage processes and especially to develop monitoring technologies that will make this technology to mitigating greenhouse effects predictable, environmentally friendly, sound and robust. In particular the paper will focus on the completion of a dedicated observation well within the pilot area containing a geophone string, multiple pressure and temperature sensors and two downhole fluid recovery systems (FRS) — all cemented in place at 1600 m depth. These tools represent an opportunity for both short- and long-term monitoring by vertical seismic profiling (VSP), passive seismic, pressure, temperature, and geochemical monitoring. Synthesis of this information will provide the basis for recommendations regarding the deployment of downhole technology in observation wells used for the monitoring and verification of CO2 movement. This paper concludes with a discussion of these aspects of the project and will provide valuable insight for the many current projects and the professional community considering the deployment of sophisticated multi-instrument strings in field demonstration projects of CO2 storage.
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© 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Earthquake engineering
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Equipment and machinery
- Geotechnical engineering
- Groundwater
- Instrumentation
- Integrated systems
- Measurement (by type)
- Observation wells
- Project management
- Seismic effects
- Seismic tests
- Systems engineering
- Systems management
- Temperature effects
- Temperature measurement
- Tests (by type)
- Waste management
- Waste sites
- Waste storage
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Wells (water)
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