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Simulation of Cement Reactivity with CO 2 in the Wellbore Environment J. William Carey, Peter Lichtner, and Chuan Lu Los Alamos National Laboratory 2007.

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1 Simulation of Cement Reactivity with CO 2 in the Wellbore Environment J. William Carey, Peter Lichtner, and Chuan Lu Los Alamos National Laboratory 2007 Wellbore Integrity Network Workshop (Santa Fe) Acknowledgements: DOE’s National Energy and Technology Laboratory (04FE04-07) LA-UR-06-0636

2 Motivation: Model the long-term integrity of wellbore cement exposed to CO 2 Determine mode of CO 2 interaction with cement Develop model of changes in effective cement permeability as function of CO 2 reaction Need initial conditions of interfaces (width, porosity, effective permeability) Need initial drive (diffusion, buoyancy, capillary, gradient) Calculate changes in interface permeability Ultimately, couple with geomechanics Casing Shale Grout-Casing Interface Hydrated Cement Grout-Shale Interface Matrix Diffusion Interface Flow Fracture Flow How does the two-phase system affect reaction rates? Will CO 2 penetrate cement primarily by diffusion, pressure-driven flow, or capillary pressure? LA-UR-06-0636

3 Effect of Two-Phase Behavior on CO 2 Reactivity with Cement 1-D Calculations Role of capillary pressure properties of cement, shale, and reservoir rocks Comparison with no-flow (diffusion) results 2-D Calculations Problem set-up and boundary conditions Preliminary results for flow-only case LA-UR-06-0636

4 00.05 meters0.25 Formation Cement 38% C-S-H (x SiO2 =0.36, Ca/Si = 1.78) 15% portlandite 14% monosulfate 3% hydrogarnet 30% porosity 20% illite 7% quartz 1% kaolinite 1% calcite 1% dolomite 70% porosity 1-D diffusion of CO 2 -saturated brine into cement 25 o C and 179 bars P(CO 2 ) Variables: Porosity, tortuosity, reaction rates, and solid solution model [Carey & Lichtner (2007) American Ceramic Society] LA-UR-06-0636

5 1-D Diffusion of CO 2 -Saturated Brine LA-UR-06-0636

6 Two-Phase Simulation of Cement-CO 2 Reaction 1-D (geometry and mineralogy as before) Use parallel version of FLOTRAN (PFLOTRAN) Parameters: –As before (reaction rates, porosity, tortuosity) –Without solid solution model –Need permeability and relative permeability (capillary pressure relations) Horizontal geometry (as at SACROC) –CO 2 interaction by diffusion and capillary pressure Scoping calculations LA-UR-06-0636

7 Capillary Pressure Relations (Bennion and Bachu, 2006, SE 99325 Savage and Janssen, 1997, ACI Mat. J.) LA-UR-06-0636

8 Initial Conditions T = 50 C; P = 200 bars Cement: saturated with 1.6 M NaCl brine Formation: 50% saturated with brine/CO 2 Perm (mD)alphamΦτ Cement0.10.00230.420.40.005 Shale0.10.010.90.20.5 Reservoir100100.50.20.5 Ψ = (S -1/m – 1) (m-1) / α LA-UR-06-0636

9 Cement: Reservoir (Flow Only) LA-UR-06-0636

10 Cement: Reservoir (Flow Only) LA-UR-06-0636

11 Cement: Shale (Flow Only) LA-UR-06-0636

12 Cement: Shale (Flow Only) LA-UR-06-0636

13 No Contrast: Cement-like Properties LA-UR-06-0636

14 No Contrast: Cement-like Properties LA-UR-06-0636

15 Cement: Reservoir (1 year) LA-UR-06-0636

16 Cement: Reservoir (30 years) LA-UR-06-0636

17 Cement: Cement-like (1 year) LA-UR-06-0636

18 Cement: Cement-like (30 years) LA-UR-06-0636

19 2-D, Two-Phase Wellbore Problem Narrow, high permeability zone at cement- caprock interface Cement and caprock have similar capillary pressure functions Buoyancy driven CO 2 movement (no pressure gradient) Minimum CO 2 plume thickness required to overcome capillary barrier Constant pressure along top and bottom boundaries (hydrostatic-like pressure gradient) LA-UR-06-0636

20 CO 2 saturation at 0.05 years LA-UR-06-0636

21 CO 2 saturation at 0.2 year LA-UR-06-0636

22 Dissolved CO 2 at 0.2 year LA-UR-06-0636

23 Conclusions Capillary pressure-driven drainage of cement can result in more rapid CO 2 penetration into cement Supercritical CO 2 along interfaces or other high porosity (low capillary pressure) contacts has low capillary driving force Capillary driven flow of CO 2 into high-quality cement unlikely High water/cement ratio promotes low capillary pressure properties and may allow capillary sorption of supercritical CO 2 2-D simulations allow investigation of interface flow dynamics; relative importance of drive by pressure gradient versus buoyant flow unclear LA-UR-06-0636

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