Rock and fluid analysis services in the laboratory and at the wellsite
Carbon capture and sequestration
A Complete CCS Solution
This strategic collaboration brings together Petricore’s advanced rock and fluid
analysis capabilities with GeoMark’s extensive geochemical and PVT expertise.
Together, we offer a complete CCS solution that includes routine and special core analysis,
digital rock analysis, and innovative monitoring techniques to ensure the safety and effectiveness of CCS projects.
Location Assessment Utilizing GeoMark’s RFDbase for global rock, fluid, pressure, and temperature data to inform CO2/brine/seal interaction models.
This invaluable information forms a crucial part of the screening and risk assessment phase for any CCS project and critical data inputs for subsurface models.
RFDbase also provides a data platform for the development of a proprietary subsurface database.
Storage Capacity & Rock-Fluid Interactions
Comprehensive petrophysical evaluations to identify potential CO2
reservoir targets and assess caprock integrity and wellbore stability.
This solution delivers organic and inorganic geochemistry,
routine and special core analysis and advanced techniques such as digital rock analysis.
Seal Assessment Detailed analysis of caprock integrity, including rock strength, stress, ductility, and mineral reaction risk.
Pre-and-post studies (matrix/brine/scCO2) (Pressure, temperature, salinity)
Caprock integrity
Monitoring CO2 Plume Monitoring – Movement
CO2 sequestration can effectively act as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), liberating less mobile hydrocarbons from the formation and driving them to monitoring wells for sampling and analysis.
- Mobility of shorter chained, less mobile hydrocarbons will be increased with pressure from CO2 injection.
- Regular sampling and analysis of hydrocarbons (plus water and gas) from monitoring wells can provide an indication of CO2 plume movement across a storage area.
CO2 Plume Monitoring - Formation/Seal Breakthrough
Baseline fluid families as defined by oil, gas and water analyses allow for the vertical fluid character (fingerprint) of each formation above, within and below the CO2 injection reservoir.
- Regular sampling and analysis of fluid samples from monitoring wells can provide critical information on potential reservoir breakthrough events if sudden fluid family shifts are observed in monitoring wells.
