Zero-Offset VSP Monitoring of CO_2 Storage:Impedance Inversion and Wedge Modelling at the Ketzin Pilot Site

摘要

At the CO_2 storage pilot site near the town of Ketzin (35 km west of Berlin,Germany) the sandstone reservoir at 630 m-650mdepth is thin and heterogeneous.The time-lapse analysis of zero-offset VSP measurements shows that CO_2-induced amplitude changes can be observed on near-well corridor stacks. Further, we investigate whether CO_2-induced amplitude changes in the monitoring data can be used to derive geometrical and petrophysical parameters governing the migration of CO_2 within a brine saturated sandstone aquifer. 2D seismic-elastic modelling is done to test the processing workflow and to perform a wedge modelling study for estimation of the vertical expansion of the CO_2 plume. When using the NRMS error as a measure for the similarity between the modelled and recorded repeat traces, the best match is achieved for a plume thickness of 6-7m within the reservoir sandstone of 8 m thickness. With band limited impedance inversion a velocity reduction at the top of the reservoir of 30%, influenced by casing reverberations as well as CO_2 injection, is found. The relation of seismic amplitude to CO_2 saturated layer thickness and CO_2-induced changes in P-wave velocities are important parameters for the quantification of the injected CO_2 volume.