An integrated core-based analysis for the characterization of flow, transport and mineralogical parameters of the Heletz pilot CO2 storage site reservoir

摘要

Heltez, Israel is the location for an onshore deep saline CO2 storage pilot site. The 'Heletz sandstone' is the building unit of the deep saline reservoir. Based on core samples of sandstone and caprock taken from the newly drilled injection (H18A) and monitoring wells (H18B), this article examines and reports the petrophysical properties of the Heletz Formation reservoir important for the short and long term trapping of CO2. A suite of laboratory and pore-scale CT-based modeling techniques are employed to determine the flow and transport parameters used by the continuum-scale numerical simulators and the mineral composition necessary for the understanding of mineral trapping processes.