About the BP Institute
The University of Cambridge BP Institute was established in 2000 by a generous endowment from BP, which has funded faculty positions, support staff and the Institute Building, in perpetuity. The Institute research focuses on fundamental problems in multiphase flow and is highly interdisciplinary, spanning six University Departments.Using seismic data to monitor CO2 injection into aquifers
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has been injected into aquifers in several locations in the world.
In order to predict the movement of CO2 in an aquifer, we need to know
the permeability of the porous rocks, which gives a measure of how easy it is to flow.
Dudfield, P. and Woods, A.W.
Earth and
Planetary Science Letters 368 (2013) 132-143
In this paper, we have investigated the use of seismic data to estimate the permeability of the rock. In a single layer of rock, there are two possible permeability values which can fit the same noisy seismic data. The same analysis can be extended to a multi layered system, e.g. Sleipner in the North Sea.