Surface and Airborne Monitoring Technology for Detecting Geologic Leakage in a CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery Pilot, Anadarko Basin, Texas

Oklahoma State University (OSU) is conducting a three-year research and development project that will develop and demonstrate an integrated monitoring system that is capable of directly detecting and quantifying seepage of CO₂ and CH₄ into the soil and atmosphere. The approach employs in-ground and surface sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to collect data. OSU proposes to develop the CO₂ and CH₄ sensors and the UAV platform at OSU facilities. The integrated system will then be installed, tested, and optimized at a field site, the Farnsworth Unit (FWU), site of the Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration (SWP) Phase III field site.

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The Skywalker X8 platform will act as the UAV for sensor testing at the Farnsworth Site.

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Surface and Airborne Monitoring Technology for Detecting Geologic Leakage in a CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery Pilot, Anadarko Basin-Texas (Aug 2016)
Presented by Jack Pashin, Oklahoma State University, 2016 Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
Project Fact Sheet

Principal Investigator

Peter Clark

peter.clark@okstate.edu

Project Benefits

This project focuses on developing surface and airborne technologies for detecting possible CO₂ leakage from storage sites. Better CO₂ atmospheric (surface) monitoring methods allow project developers to more confidently and cost-effectively ensure that CO₂ is permanently stored and improved monitoring will contribute to better storage technology thus reducing CO₂ emissions to the atmosphere. Specifically, this project will develop new surface and airborne monitoring technologies utilizing infrared gas analyzers, and integrate them with ground-based sampling in order to improve accuracy while minimizing the number of sensors, thereby reducing labor and maintenance costs.

Project ID

FE0012173