Arbuckle Saline Aquifer Modeling

Halliburton logs added Dec. 22, 2011

Weatherford Well Logs available on McCord 'A' 20H web page

Cross section of McCord Well prepared by Jason Rush; 1 MB Acrobat PDF image.

3rd Quarterly Report, July 2011 online. "The Bemis-Shutts' 3D seismic volumes have now been successfully merged, reprocessed, and depth-converted. Horizon interpretation is also complete. Decision Point 1 is associated with the completion of these subtasks. The Go/No Go decision is based upon whether or not features exist within the seismic volume that are indicative of Arbuckle paleokarst (official evaluation will be delivered to DOE Project Manager as a separate document)."

Prototyping and testing a new volumetric curvature tool for modeling reservoir compartments and leakage pathways in the Arbuckle saline aquifer: Reducing uncertainty in CO₂ storage and permanence

The study will evaluate the effectiveness of a new seismic tool to identify the presence, extent, and impact of paleokarst heterogeneity on CO₂ sequestration. The Arbuckle saline aquifer in southwestern KS is an ideal candidate for CO₂ sequestration because of thickness (600-1000 ft), supercritical depth (>3500 ft), stratigraphic isolation from freshwater aquifers, and very limited oil and gas production.