The ability of shale to prevent CO2 from passing through is highly related to a surface phenomenon called capillary entry pressure. Namely, in order for CO2 to invade shale pores and establish flow, a threshold capillary pressure must be overcome by CO2. Evaluating the threshold capillary pressure of shale has been of great interest by the oil and gas industry. Most studies relied on measuring the capillary entry “threshold’’ pressure of shale as CO2 flows through it, and converted it to what is referred to as sealing “sequestration’’ capacity. While many scientists and researcher have measured capillary entry pressure of shale as interacts with different non-wetting fluids such as CO2, their studies were done under ambient temperature which did not reflect in situ conditions. In this study, changes in capillary entry pressure of shale when interacting with CO2, under different temperatures (25°C to 250°C), have been investigated. The combined impact of temperature and petrophysical properties of shale (water content, water activity, permeability and porosity) on capillary entry pressure was also addressed. Results showed that capillary entry pressure of shale when interacting with CO2 was highly affected by temperature. Higher temperatures decreased capillary entry pressure of shale. We believe that pore dilation, where pore throat size expands due to the application of heat, may have caused this decrease in capillary entry pressure of shale. However, in some cases higher temperature activated clay swelling that may have caused an apparent decrease in pore throat radii of shale which translated into higher capillary entry pressure of shale. Results also showed that there exists no distinct relationship between petrophysical properties of shale and its measured capillary entry pressure when interacting with CO2 at different temperatures.
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CO2 Sequestration, Pore Dilation, Clay Swelling, Shale Sealing Capacity, Entrance Pressure
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abstract = {The ability of shale to prevent CO2 from passing through is highly related to a surface phenomenon called capillary entry pressure. Namely, in order for CO2 to invade shale pores and establish flow, a threshold capillary pressure must be overcome by CO2. Evaluating the threshold capillary pressure of shale has been of great interest by the oil and gas industry. Most studies relied on measuring the capillary entry “threshold’’ pressure of shale as CO2 flows through it, and converted it to what is referred to as sealing “sequestration’’ capacity. While many scientists and researcher have measured capillary entry pressure of shale as interacts with different non-wetting fluids such as CO2, their studies were done under ambient temperature which did not reflect in situ conditions. In this study, changes in capillary entry pressure of shale when interacting with CO2, under different temperatures (25°C to 250°C), have been investigated. The combined impact of temperature and petrophysical properties of shale (water content, water activity, permeability and porosity) on capillary entry pressure was also addressed. Results showed that capillary entry pressure of shale when interacting with CO2 was highly affected by temperature. Higher temperatures decreased capillary entry pressure of shale. We believe that pore dilation, where pore throat size expands due to the application of heat, may have caused this decrease in capillary entry pressure of shale. However, in some cases higher temperature activated clay swelling that may have caused an apparent decrease in pore throat radii of shale which translated into higher capillary entry pressure of shale. Results also showed that there exists no distinct relationship between petrophysical properties of shale and its measured capillary entry pressure when interacting with CO2 at different temperatures.},
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