H019
Advancing Knowledge on Subsurface Fugitive Gas Migration from Geoenergy Development Activities Through the Critical Zone: Fundamental Science, Environmental Impacts, Monitoring and Modeling Methodologies
Session ID#: 76905
Session Description:
Geoenergy development activities, such as petroleum resource development and geologic carbon sequestration, may lead to unintended release of fugitive gases into the shallow subsurface in a process termed gas migration. Gas migration is a multidisciplinary phenomenon requiring understanding across the fields of petroleum geoscience, geology, hydrogeology, aqueous, gas and isotope geochemistry, microbiology, vadoze zone science and micro-meteorology to assess the risks it poses to the environment. In this session we invite multi-disciplinary and process-specific studies of gas migration including: comprehensive field studies, experimental releases and investigations of real leakage events, laboratory experiments, physical or biogeochemical processes, modeling analyses and modeling tool development, novel methods to monitor gas migration, assessments of impacts on groundwater, emissions to the atmosphere and effects on climate.
Index Terms:
1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1875 Vadose zone [HYDROLOGY]
3305 Climate change and variability [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Aaron Graham Cahill, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Conveners: Roger Daniel Beckie, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Bernhard Mayer, University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada and Mary Kang, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Primary Liaison: Aaron Graham Cahill, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Investigations into Geochemical Fingerprints of UK Carboniferous Coal Measures at the Glasgow UKGEOS Site, Scotland. (501386)
Rebecca Chambers1, Stuart Gilfillan1, Gareth Johnson2 and Adrian Boyce3, (1)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (2)University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, (3)Scottish Universities Environmental Research Center at the University of Glasgow, East Kilbride, United Kingdom
Investigating Methane Leaks Using Eddy Covariance and Footprint Analysis in an Injection Experiment (508207)
Chitra Chopra1, Thomas A Black2, Julia Soares1, Ulrich K. Mayer3, Olenka Forde4, Iain Hawthorne1, Zoran Nesic5, Aaron Graham Cahill1, Roger Daniel Beckie1, Rachhpal Jassal6 and Bethany Ladd3, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Soil Science, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (4)University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (5)University of British Columbia, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (6)University of British Columbia, Biometeorology and Soil Physics Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Optimal Sensor Network Design to Detect CO2 Leakage at a Geologic Storage Site Considering Three-Dimensional Aquifer Heterogeneity (513253)
Daeun An1, Jieun Park1, Eungyu Park1, Jina Jeong1, Kue-Young Kim2, Weon Shik Han3 and Seong-Taek Yun4, (1)Kyungpook National University, Department of Geology, Daegu, South Korea, (2)Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources, Daejeon, South Korea, (3)Yonsei University, Department of Earth System Science, Seoul, South Korea, (4)Korea University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & K-COSEM Research Center, Seoul, South Korea
Subsurface natural gas migration in heterogeneous Quaternary deposits of the Montney Resource play, northeastern British Columbia (NE BC), Canada: Insights provided by a controlled release experiment (518135)
Jessie Chao1, Aaron Graham Cahill1, Tim Cary2, Rachel M Lauer2 and Roger Daniel Beckie1, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Assessing the association between oil and gas well attributes and the occurrence for fugitive gas migration in British Columbia, Canada (519106)
Elyse Sandl, University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aaron Graham Cahill, Lyell Centre Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Roger Daniel Beckie, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Laurie A Welch, BC Oil and Gas Commission, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Hydrogen (H2) targeting in orogenic belts and foreland basins: the Pyrenean belt (SW France) as a case study (537223)
Nicolas Lefeuvre1, Laurent Truche2, Maxime Ducoux3, Guillaume Barré4, Frédéric Donzé2, Eric Gaucher5 and Sylvain Calassou6, (1)University Grenoble Alpes - CNRS - Total R&D, Grenoble, France, (2)University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, (3)Total SA, CSTJF, Pau, France, (4)E2S - UPPA - CNRS, Pau, France, (5)Total, Pau, France, (6)Total SA, R&D, Pau, France
Identification of CO2 migration and leakage detection using gas tracer (SF6) in shallow subsurface (537669)
Jeongwoo Kim1, Seong-Chun Jun2, Jong-Hwa Yi1, JeongYong Cheon1 and Seong-Taek Yun3, (1)GeoGreen21, Seoul, South Korea, (2)GeoGreen21 Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea, (3)Korea University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & K-COSEM Research Center, Seoul, South Korea
Microbial community response to fugitive natural gas in ground water (543773)
Niko Finke1, Rachel Simister1, Jenifer Spence1, Jessie Chao2, Aaron Graham Cahill3,4, Roger Daniel Beckie3, Steven James Hallam1 and Sean Crowe1,3, (1)University of British Columbia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (4)Lyell Centre Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Four-region process modeling of offshore CO2 well blowouts (554741)
Curtis M Oldenburg1, Lehua Pan1, Yingqi Zhang1 and Quanlin Zhou2, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Fugitive gas migration and effluxes at oil and gas sites (561248)
Olenka N Forde1, Ulrich K. Mayer2, Aaron Graham Cahill1, Roger Daniel Beckie1 and Bernhard Mayer3, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada
Controlled CO2 release test facilities for environmental monitoring techniques of CCS in K-COSEM site, Korea (563903)
JeongYong Cheon1, Jong-Hwa Yi1, Seong-Chun Jun1 and Seong-Taek Yun2, (1)GeoGreen21 Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea, (2)Korea University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & K-COSEM Research Center, Seoul, South Korea
Assessing gas and fluid migration into aquifers near the Elk Hills, North Coles Levee, Orcutt, and Oxnard oil fields, California (Invited) (572632)
Justin T Kulongoski1, Andrew G Hunt2, Robert Anders1, Celia Rosecrans3, John G Warden1, Peter B McMahon4 and Matthew K Landon1, (1)USGS California Water Science Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO, United States, (3)USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO, United States
Prediction and Understanding of Dynamics of Naturally & Artificially Released CO2 into a Vadose Zone using a Numerical Simulator (576092)
Do Hyun Seo, Yonsei University, Department of Earth System Science, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Weon Shik Han, Yonsei University, Department of Earth System Science, Seoul, South Korea, Eungyu Park, Kyungpook National University, Department of Geology, Daegu, South Korea, Yun-Yeong Oh, Korea University, K-COSEM Research Center & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Hyun-Jun Kim, Korea University, BK21 Plus Eco-Leader Education Center, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, Seong-Chun Jun, GeoGreen21 Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea, Seong-Taek Yun, Korea University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & K-COSEM Research Center, Seoul, South Korea and Gayoung Yoo, Kyung Hee University, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yongin, South Korea
Tracing the Fate of Injected CO2 using Noble Gas Isotopes. (576962)
Rebecca L Tyne, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Peter H Barry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Michael Lawson, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Spring, TX, United States and Chris J Ballentine, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
High-resolution, intermediate-scale laboratory investigation of gas migration: Gas dynamics and dissolution (580859)
Cole J.C. Van De Ven, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and Kevin Mumford, Queen's University, Department of Civil Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada
Establishment of baseline natural gas concentrations and assessment of gas migration pathways using multi-level groundwater monitoring systems in the Liard Basin, Canada (587990)
Nathan Glas1, Beth L Parker2, Amanda A Pierce1 and Colby Steelman3, (1)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (2)University of Guelph, School of Engineering, Guelph, ON, Canada, (3)University of Guelph, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
A Toolbox for the Accurate Detection of the Sources of Fugitive Methane Associated with Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources (600207)
Bernhard Mayer1, Pauline Humez2, Florian Osselin1, Michael Nightingale2, Veith Becker3, Sarah Saad3, Melissa MacDonald3, Jaime Cesar3 and Wolfram Kloppmann4, (1)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (4)BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orléans, France
Using noble gases to trace the migration of hydrocarbons into shallow aquifers: separating signal from noise with inverse modelling techniques (606170)
Rūta Karolytė1, Peter H Barry2, Justin T Kulongoski3, Rebecca L Tyne1 and Chris J Ballentine4, (1)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
