Coal and surrounding formation characterization by

well-logging operations in an underground coal mine,

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CARBOLAB
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7-8 March 2011

Outline of presentation

Overview of CARBOLAB project

Characterisation
Ch t i ti phase
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Well-logging operations in mine

Future work

Concluding remarks

Acknowledgements

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 Overview of CARBOLAB

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What is CARBOLAB?

Improving the knowledge of carbon storage and enhanced

coalbed methane (ECBM) by in-situ underground tests

Start : 1 July 2009 End : 30 June 2013

Budget : 4.2 M€

Oviedo
CARBOLAB Objectives

Fill the gap between laboratory experiments and field

field-scale
scale CO2
injection pilot tests by studying in situ physical and chemical
processes

This scale of testing will enable:

 To acquire quality data by direct sampling
 To improve the models that simulate the chemico-physical effects
 To identify the critical parameters to be monitored during and after ECBM
operations.

The analytical means and modelling tools will be joined together

to form a technical platform.

Better understanding g of adsorption,

p , diffusion,, transport
p and coal
swelling by in situ observations, data acquisition and modelling
CARBOLAB Partners

Project developped under the RFCS (Research

Fund for Coal and Steel) programme :

HUNOSA, Hulleras del Norte, Coordinator, Spain

AITEMIN, Associacion para la Investigacion y

Desarrollo Industrial de los Recursos Naturales

BRGM Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et

BRGM,
Minières

INERIS, Institut National de ll’Environnement

Environnement
Industriel et des Risques

GIG, Glowny
y Instytut
y Gornictwa

Total
Work Packages CARBOLAB

WP0 : Project Coordination

 HUNOSA, AITEMIN

WP1 : Characterisation of the initial state of the site

 HUNOSA, AITEMIN, BRGM, INERIS, GIG, TOTAL

WP2 : Design and implementation of the underground test area

 HUNOSA,
HUNOSA AITEMIN,
AITEMIN BRGM,
BRGM INERIS,
INERIS GIG
GIG, TOTAL

WP3 : Laboratory tests

 INERIS, BRGM, AITEMIN, GIG

WP4 : Underground injection tests and monitoring

 HUNOSA, AITEMIN, BRGM, INERIS, GIG, TOTAL

WP5 : Modelling
 BRGM, INERIS, AITEMIN, TOTAL

WP6 : Long term safety

 GIG, HUNOSA, AITEMIN, BRGM, INERIS, TOTAL

WP7 : Result Dissemination

 HUNOSA, AITEMIN, BRGM, INERIS, GIG
CARBOLAB team

CARBOLAB team at Montsacro Pit during the kick-off meeting (30/09/09)

 WP1 : Characterisation phase

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WP1 : characterization

Montsacro Pit

Vertical seam

Level 9 @ -500m depth

WP1 : characterization

Medium Volatile Bituminous Coal

CO2 adsorption isotherms for coal samples collected

along the profiles of the galleries in the ninth level of the
mine.
WP1 : characterization

Characterisation borehole location

WP1 : characterization

Synthesis of existing data

 Geological data
Acquisition of new data
 Well-logging data
 Microstructural core analysis
 In situ stress measurement
 Rock and water geochemistry
 Coal permeability measurement
 Coal characterisation (design of petrographical analysis WP3)
 Well logging operations
Well-logging

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Well location

Geometry of the injection well (I1)

Logged borehole
~30 m (Az N250; Dip 60 )

Injection borehole location

Well-logging objectives

Coal seam geometry (mapping)

Coal and surrounding rock characterisation:

 continuous coring+additional logging information for a petrophysical evaluation

Geomechanical p
parameters from logs:
g
 mechanical properties of coal with full-wave sonic and density
 Characterisation of cleat system and natural fracturing with imagery log

For structural
F t t l analysis
l i : microstructural
i t t l core analysis
l i
combined with quantitative well-logging interpretation
Well logging tools

BHTV (Borehole Televiewer)

fractures and hole condition
Gamma-Gamma
Gamma Gamma log
 formation density
Full-Wave log
 P &S velocities
Gamma Ray log
 natural radioactivity
Neutron log
 porosity
OPTV (optical imagery)
 borehole walls
R iti it logs
Resitivity l
 formation resistivity
Probes and centralizers located in the by-pass.
Well-logging Operations

Pushing tool in PVC as

aluminium must be avoided in
coal mine

Operations occured in two shifts

as well-logging operations were
forbidden during blasting
operations
Raw composite log
Lithology
Image log/core analysis
correlation
Image log/core analysis
correlation
Microstructural core analysis

Sedimentary features : Az N10

and dip 80°

Tectonic features
 Open or partially open fractures
 Micro-faults
 Cemented gashes

Fractures initiated during local

extensive and/or strike slip
p
structural context.

Structural analysis issued from

core and well data will be
consolidated with in situ stress
measurement
In situ stress measurement

Objectives : assessing the local initial in situ stress

Stress analysis from overcoring data : borehole relief method

used for estimating the complete in-situ three-dimensional stress
tensor.
Glue Pilot hole

Valve
 Permeability tests

Geomechanical assessment (structural analysis and stress

analysis) will be integrated to understand permeability results

Permeability tests are carried out with

 2bboreholes
h l cross-cutting
tti formations
f ti
 2 boreholes in seam

P2

66 cm

P1
Future work

Well logging with PVC casing in in-seam borehole  obtain

more reliable in situ coal data

In situ stress measurement (overcorring)  to assess local

stress field

Design for monitoring  several methods

(geochemical/geophysical) will be used. Base line of these
methods will be integrated in the characterisation phase.

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Concluding remarks

CO2 storage into coal seam causes coupled physico-chemico-

mechanical effects not easy to address with lab test and/or full-
full
scale pilot.

CARBOLAB project = in situ laboratory could fill the gap

between those 2 scales

This project involves a detailed characterisation phase and an

i
important monitoring
i i program

Few preliminary results to be presented as the project is in its

first year
year.

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Acknowledgements

The CARBOLAB project is a team effort with contributions from

all the partners of the European Consortium:

HUNOSA, AITEMIN, INERIS, BRGM, GIG, TOTAL

The European Commission through the Research Fund for Coal

and Steel is thanked for funding and support of the CARBOLAB
project.