oa Application of Geofluids Systems Analysis to Successful Geologic CO2 Storage

Traditionally pressure gradients and buoyancy forces play a central role in considering hydrocarbon migration and carbon sequestration, be it in the determination of flow directions for both hydrocarbons and CO2, or the determination of the height of breakthrough columns for CO2. This paper deals with the application of physically correct force fields (Hubbert, 1940, 1953) to subsurface flow. The methodology shown applies to both CO2 sequestration and hydrocarbon accumulations. Its consequences are shown on the CO2 sequestration as an example.