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COMPUTING HARDWARE
FCMG CHAIR REACTIVE FLOW SIMULATION
email: eric.mackay@pet.hw.ac.uk web: http://www.pet.hw.ac.uk/staff/pages/mackay_e.cfm
TEACHING • 172 MSc students taught
Reservoir Simulation on campus
• Use of iPads for simple interactive individual data entry (pre-processing) during class
Eric Mackay, Ken Sorbie, Mike Singleton, Lorraine Boak, Robin Shields, Oscar Vazquez, Oleg Ishkov, Cyril Okocha, Scott Shaw, Alexander Graham, Will Thomas, Ivan Davis, Alan Beteta, Wendy McEwan, Kat McIver, Nazia Farooqui, Yisheng Hu, Paul McKenzie, Tharwat Fawzy, Gamal Alusta, Gillian Pickup, Min Jin, Peter Olden, Seyed Mohamed Shariatipour and Usman Bagudu
CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE
RESEARCH Taken delivery of cluster: •Head node - 24 processors, 192GB RAM, 1.5TB local disk •10 compute nodes - each 24 processors, 192GB RAM, 146GB local disk •12TB disk array
HIGHLIGHTS • Pore Network Modelling of CO2 migration at pore scale • Launch of CCS projects:
• “CO2 MultiStore” sponsored by the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, The Crown Estate and Shell
• “Reservoir Simulation of CO2 Injection in the Forties Aquifer” in collaboration with University of Durham, sponsored by The Crown Estate
• “Modelling of CO2-EOR” sponsored by the Scottish Government, 2Co and Nexen
• “CO2 CNS Hub Review” in collaboration with Element Energy, sponsored by Scottish Enterprise
• Chapter in CCS book on injection routes, gas migration, and potential effects (in press)
• Publication of major report on CO2-EOR projects worldwide and opportunities for CO2-EOR in the North Sea for Scottish Enterprise
KEY OUTPUTS 2012/13 RESERVOIR GEOCHEMISTRY
HIGHLIGHTS • Evidence of reservoir geochemical reactions from 55,000 lines of 5-12 ion
produced water data supplied by operating companies from 21 fields worldwide • Network modelling of pore scale blocking during scale deposition • Industry funded evaluation of geochemical reactions in a HP/HT/HS field in GoM • Industry funded project to use Pore Network Modelling of low salinity waterflooding to interpret
coreflood data and inform reservoir simulation calculations • Modelling impact of CO2-WAG on geochemical reactions around injectors, mid field and producers • Visit to UFPE Recife to establish joint BG Group funded PhD studentships for Brazilian nationals,
including topic Reactive Transport Simulation for Oilfield Scaling in Carbonate Reservoirs with Leonardo Guimarães
completion
in situ in reservoir
production string
surface facilities
Impact of oilfield scale throughout brine lifecycle
Siri: under deposit corrosion in water injection line during
seawater/PWRI injection
HIGHLIGHTS • $3.6 million new industry/govt income • Relaunched the FAST JIP (22 companies) • 16 associated research staff • 8 PhD students supervised/co-supervised
(2 of which completed)
• 12 MSc projects supervised/co-supervised • 1 book chapter • 4 peer reviewed publications (+3 in press) • 12 conference papers (+2 upcoming)
Gamal Alusta (returning to Libya)
Tharwat Hassane (BP, Egypt))
Gas injection at Single Point
CO2 EOR
UFPE
Base Rate = 0.0004 PV/day; Rmean = 50.5 µm Rate Rate*2000 Rate*8000 Rate*16000 Rate*50000 Rate*250000
σ 2 = 30
σ 2 = 817
Base Rate = 0.0004 PV/day; Rmean = 50.5 µm Rate Rate*100 Rate*2000 Rate*8000 Rate*16000 Rate*50000 Rate*250000
σ 2 = 30
σ 2 = 817
Gas injection at Face
Effect of Injection Rate for Different Pore Size Distributions
Site ASite B
CO2Injection
Calcite Dolomite
Delta Porosity pH
CO2WAG
Calcite Dolomite
Delta Porosity pH
pHduringCO2WAG
Injector
Producer
Middle