A modular geoelectrical monitoring system as part of the surveillance concept in CO2 storage projects

The major task of a safety surveillance concept is to support the closed loop of reservoir management, i.e. to guarantee an iterative interaction between reservoir monitoring and numerical simulation. The presented research is based on the experience gained on the permanent geoelectrical monitoring at the Ketzin CO2 pilot storage site continuously operating since 2007. We have structured this experience in a modular monitoring workflow which offers well prepared links to actual process data, petrophysical data, and reservoir simulation. First results have been reached in major topics such as site-specific customization of technical tools, data acquisition and processing, and data evaluation. Structuring this approach in a modular manner allows the geoelectric monitoring at the Ketzin site to be efficiently scaled up and adapted to the fit-for-purpose requirements of future CCS demonstrations. (C) 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of SINTEF Energi AS