Multiscale seal characterization in the North Sea Implications from clay sedimentology, well logs interpretation and seismic analyses
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Abstract
This PhD aims primarily to assess the long-term sealing capabilities of shaly seal rock units overlying potential adequate CO2 storage reservoirs. The motivation for the project has been that in order to reduce CO2 emissions and climate change. Geological Storage of CO2 should be evaluated as a possible major mitigation action. In this study, acoustic and petrophysical properties of ten exploration wells in the Egersund Basin area were utilized in order to investigate compaction. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analyses from selected wells and available total organic carbon (TOC) data were used to interpret the compaction processes and resulting rock properties. Uplift and erosion were also addressed. The petrophysical implications of source rock microfracturing of organic-rich shales as well as the effect of diagenesis on pore pressures in fine-grained rocks were studied. In addition, the pre-Zechstein structural grain and its influence on the development of the Egersund Basin area were addressed.List of papers
Paper 1: Kalani, M., Jahren, J., Mondol, N.H., Faleide, J.I., 2015. Compaction processes and rock properties in uplifted clay dominated units - the Egersund Basin, Norwegian North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 68, 596-613. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.015 |
Paper 2: Kalani, M., Jahren, J., Mondol, N.H., Faleide, J.I., 2015. Effect of diagenesis on pore pressures in fine-grained rocks in the Egersund Basin, Central North Sea. Norwegian Journal of Geology 95, 171–189. DOI: 10.17850/njg95-2-03. The article is included in the thesis. Also available in DUO at http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-52683 |
Paper 3: Kalani, M., Jahren, J., Mondol, N.H., Faleide, J.I., 2015. Petrophysical implications of source rock microfracturing. International Journal of Coal Geology 143, 43-67. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2015.03.009 |
Paper 4: Kalani, M., Faleide, J.I., Gabrielsen, R.H. Deep structural grain, basin evolution and magmatism of the Egersund Basin area, Norwegian central North Sea. Ready for submission. To be published. The paper is not available in DUO awaiting publishing. |