Acid-gas injection in the Alberta basin, Canada: a CO2-storage experience

Author:

Bachu Stefan1,Gunter William D.2

Affiliation:

1. Alberta Geological Survey 4999-98 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6B 2X3, Canada stefan.bachu@gov.ab.ca

2. Alberta Research Council 250 Karl Clark Road, Edmonton, AB, T6N 1E4, Canada

Abstract

AbstractOver the past decade, oil and gas producers in the Alberta basin have been faced with a growing challenge to reduce atmospheric emissions of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) that is produced from ‘sour’ hydrocarbon pools. Since surface desulphurization is uneconomic, increasingly operators are turning to acid-gas disposal by injection into deep geological formations. Acid gas, a mixture of hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide (H2S and CO2), is the by-product of ‘sweetening’ sour hydrocarbons. Although the purpose of the acid-gas injection operations is to dispose of H2S, significant quantities of CO2 are also being injected because it is uneconomical to separate the two gases. The acid-gas injection operations in the Alberta basin represent an analogue to geological sequestration of CO2. Large-scale injection of CO2 into depleted oil and gas reservoirs and into deep saline aquifers is one of the most promising methods of geological sequestration of CO2, and in this respect it is no different from acid-gas disposal operations. However, before implementation of greenhouse-gas geological sequestration, a series of questions need to be addressed; the most important ones relate to the short- and long-term fate of the injected CO2. Thus, the study of the acid-gas injection operations in Alberta provides the opportunity to learn about the safety of these operations and about the fate of the injected gases, and represents a unique opportunity to investigate the feasibility of CO2 geological sequestration.

Publisher

Geological Society of London

Subject

Geology,Ocean Engineering,Water Science and Technology

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