Abstract
Geological carbon storage (GCS) is gradually gaining acceptance as the technology of highest repute for the mitigation against greenhouse gas effect. This involves the injection and long-term or permanent storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in subsurface geological formations. The development of a robust 3D reservoir model then becomes necessary to understand the facies changes and the petrophysical properties distribution of candidate CO2 storage reservoirs. This study attempts the use of static modelling technique to investigate the depleted oil and gas reservoirs of ‘CRK’ field in the Niger Delta sedimentary Basin as a potential CO2 storage site. Using an integrated approach of 3D seismic and a suit of well logs from the study area, two reservoir sands (D10C0 and D6200) were mapped. 3D static modelling of discrete and continuous property distribution of the reservoirs revealed the reservoirs are composed majorly of clean sands with water saturation ranging from 8 to 75%. The average porosity and permeability values are between 20 to 29% and 250 to 890mD respectively. A theoretical storage capacity of 24.85Mt is estimated for the two reservoirs combined, while the median effective storage capacity is 6.22Mt. Comparison of the results obtained in the study with recommended standard values show the reservoirs are suitable for CO2 storage. The property models constructed can serve as primary input for dynamic simulation of the oilfield in future studies.
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