#SPENL One-day workshop: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the North Sea, 15th May 2024.
The workshop is designed to offer a comprehensive exploration of technical, regulatory, and operational facets specific to CCS projects in the region. The key workshop objectives include providing a detailed understanding of the ongoing technical work within the North Sea, examining the convergence and divergence between industry and university research in CCS, and dissecting integrated models used in the regulatory and operational realms. The workshop emphasizes comparing simpler regulatory models with the more complex models preferred by operators, focusing on their alignment with permitting processes and monitoring requirements.
Highlighting operational strategies, the workshop showcases integrated models like EBN's inhouse (CALYSTO). Insights from industry partners on Measurements, Monitoring, and Verification (MMV) processes underscore their significance within the permitting landscape. Further topics encompass storage performance assessment, containment risk analysis, and the characterization of storage sites, emphasizing the integrity analysis of wells and cap rocks.
The workshop narrows its scope to depleted gas fields and aquifers as primary storage reservoirs. Additionally, a dedicated focus on ensuring well integrity for CCS wells will be explored, considering their unique operational and regulatory demands. Overall, this workshop seeks to foster collaboration, address technical gaps, and propel advancements in Carbon Capture and Storage practices within the North Sea, thereby contributing to sustainable energy solutions and regulatory compliance in the region.
Draft Programme
Key note speaker - Aramis project Update
Session 1 Pressure limitations for saline aquifer storage
• Guidelines and regulations for aquifer CCS storage
• Leanings from technical challenges, such as Geomechanical issues
Session 2 Measurement, Monitoring and Verification (MMV)
• Key Monitoring, Measurement and Verification principles for CO2 Storage projects
• Shell K14 Detailed Monitoring Plan
Session 3 Modelling aspects
• Fully integrated CO2 system model from emitter to reservoir
• Near wellbore modelling including transient behaviour
Session 4 Flow Assurance and Well Integrity
• Challenges with CCS Well Integrity
• CO2 Injection risks and how to mitigate them
Breakout sessions & Social drinks
Registration will open soon. Stay tuned for updates on the program.
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