Global Climate & Energy Project
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Results and Publications
Geologic Storage of CO2 in Coal BedsJanuary 2006 - August 2009
Investigators
Jerry M. Harris and Mark D. Zoback, Department of Geophysics; Anthony R. Kovscek, and Franklin M. Orr, Jr., Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
Annual Reports
Publications
- Chaturvedi, T, J.M. Schembre, and A. R. Kovscek, “Spontaneous Imbibition and Wettability Characteristics of Powder River Basin Coal,” International Journal of Coal Geology 77(1-2), 34-42 (2009).
- Ide, T., Pollard, D., and Orr, F.M., Fissure Formation and Subsurface Subsidence in a Coalbed Fire. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. (In press, 2009).
- Jessen, K., Tang, G.-Q. and A. R. Kovscek, "Laboratory and Simulation Investigation of Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery by Gas Injection," Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 73, No.s 2, pp. 141-159 (2008).
- Lin. W., G.-Q. Tang, and A. R. Kovscek, "Sorption-Induced Permeability Change of Coal During Gas-Injection Processes," SPE Reservoir Engineering and Evaluation, Vol. 11, No.s 4, pp. 792-802, doi:10.2118/109855-PA (2008).
- Lucier, A. and M. D. Zoback, "Assessing economic feasibility or regional deep saline aquifer CO2 injection and sequestration: A geomechanics-based workflow applied to the Rose Run Sandstone in Eastern Ohio, USA." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Controls, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 230-247(2008).
- Ross, H., E., M. D. Zoback, et al., "CO2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery in unmineable coalbeds of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Reservoir characterization and fluid flow simulations," International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Controls, (2008).Brown, S., G. Bussod, and P. Hagin. “AVO monitoring of CO2 sequestration: A benchtop-modeling study.” The Leading Edge, Vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 1576-1583, doi:10.1190/1.2821945 (2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.2821945
- Chiaramonte, L., M. Zoback, J. Friedmann, and V. Stamp. “Seal integrity and feasibility of CO2 sequestration in the Teapot Dome EOR pilot: Geomechanical site Characterization.” Environmental Geology, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 1667-1675 doi:10.1007/s00254-007-0948-7 (2007).
- Lin. W., G-Q. Tang, and A. R. Kovscek. “Sorption-induced permeability change of coal during gas-injection processes.” SPE Reservoir Engineering and Evaluation, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 792-802, doi:10.2118/109855-PA (2008).
- Jessen, K., G-Q. Tang, and A. R. Kovscek. “Laboratory and simulation Investigation of enhanced coalbed methane recovery by gas injection.” Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 792-802, doi:10.1007/s11242-007-9165-9 (2008).
- Xu, Chuntang, Estimation of effective compressibility and permeability of porous materials with differential acoustic resonance spectroscopy, PhD thesis, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, 2007.
- Spiteri, E.J., Juanes, R., Blunt, M.R., and Orr, F.M.,Jr: Impact of relative permeability hysteresis on geological CO2 storage, Water Resour. Res., 42, W12418, doi:10.1029/2005WR004806, 2006