Imperial College London
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ProfessorSevketDurucan

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Professor of Mining and Environmental Engineering
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7354s.durucan

 
 
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1.36Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Citation

BibTex format

@article{Santibanez:2019:10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.11.012,
author = {Santibanez, Borda E and Govindan, R and Elahi, N and Korre, A and Durucan, S},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.11.012},
journal = {International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control},
pages = {76--95},
title = {Maximising the dynamic CO2 storage capacity through the optimisation of CO2 injection and brine production rates},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.11.012},
volume = {80},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - CO2 storage capacity in saline aquifers can dramatically be reduced by pressure build up due to the CO2 injection process. In this paper, a novel optimisation strategy that maximises the CO2 storage capacity utilisation and net profits before tax is presented in a scenario of simultaneous CO2 injection and brine production to help control pressure build up and increase the effective storage capacity. The strategy is tested at the region surrounding the Forties and Nelson fields, assuming both as pure saline aquifer traps. The optimisation was performed considering constraints such that the CO2 plume distribution does not migrate outside the license boundaries, the fracture pressure is not reached within the reservoir, and the CO2 injection and brine production rates occur within feasible limits. The problem was first formulated analytically with the aid of surrogate models, and then optimised using the SIMPLEX and Generalized Reduced Gradient methods.Results for the Forties and Nelson fields show that by allowing five brine production wells producing up to 2.2 MMtonnes/year, the CO2 storage capacity increased between 112-145% compared to the case where no brine production is practiced.
AU  - Santibanez,Borda E
AU  - Govindan,R
AU  - Elahi,N
AU  - Korre,A
AU  - Durucan,S
DO  - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.11.012
EP  - 95
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1750-5836
SP  - 76
TI  - Maximising the dynamic CO2 storage capacity through the optimisation of CO2 injection and brine production rates
T2  - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.11.012
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175058361830118X
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65032
VL  - 80
ER  -
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