Inverse modelling of hydraulic testing to revise the static reservoir model of the Stuttgart Formation at the Ketzin pilot site

Pilot-scale CO2 storage has been performed at the Ketzin pilot site in Germany from 2007 to 2013 with about 67 kt of CO2 injected into the Upper Triassic Stuttgart Formation, focussing on efficient monitoring and long-term prediction strategies. We employed inverse modelling to revise the latest static geological reservoir model, considering bottomhole well pressures observed during hydraulic testing. Simulation results exhibit very good agreement with the observations, providing one reasonable permeability realization for the Ketzin pilot site near-well area. Furthermore, an existing hypothesis on the presence of a low-thickness sandstone channel between two wells is supported by our findings.