Public concerns regarding the potential environmental impacts induced by unconventional gas production operations have recently risen. Therefore, understanding the flow behaviour of stray gases and predicting their fate in the subsurface is crucial to assess the environmental safety of unconventional gas exploitation. In this work, a real-world case is presented to show the potential extent and effects of a hypothetical methane leakage into a shallow aquifer from a deep geothermal well. Multiphase flow and solute transport simulations were performed to assess the vulnerability of the aquifer.
Multiphase flow and solute transport modelling of a hypothetical methane leakage into a shallow aquifer / D’Aniello, Andrea; Fabbricino, Massimiliano; Ducci, Daniela; Pianese, Domenico. - (2019), pp. 155-157. (Intervento presentato al convegno Flowpath 2019, National Meeting on Hydrogeology tenutosi a Milano, Italia nel 12-14 Giugno 2019) [10.14672/55260121].
Multiphase flow and solute transport modelling of a hypothetical methane leakage into a shallow aquifer
Andrea D’Aniello
;Massimiliano Fabbricino;Daniela Ducci;Domenico Pianese
2019
Abstract
Public concerns regarding the potential environmental impacts induced by unconventional gas production operations have recently risen. Therefore, understanding the flow behaviour of stray gases and predicting their fate in the subsurface is crucial to assess the environmental safety of unconventional gas exploitation. In this work, a real-world case is presented to show the potential extent and effects of a hypothetical methane leakage into a shallow aquifer from a deep geothermal well. Multiphase flow and solute transport simulations were performed to assess the vulnerability of the aquifer.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
