Upstream Renewables

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Project Risks and How to Manage Them

Marcel Bouts / Peter van den Bogert 4 days
In-House / On-Site
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This course aims at improving competencies of all surface and subsurface engineers — geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, petrophysicists, production technologists/engineers, well engineers, geomechanical specialists, facility engineers — in terms of understanding the CCS engineering issues faced by complex energy transition projects. It is also possible to benefit from an exclusive technical services arrangement from Petrogenium after the training. Participants can be from a diverse spectrum of both young and experienced engineers. The training includes both theoretical and practical hands-on sessions with case studies and exercises. The training can also be structured to address specific issues faced by a particular CCS project/operating company.

Understanding of CCS project risk management, enabling further optimization and troubleshooting:

  • CCS in an international context – organizations, research efforts, demo projects, findings
  • Site selection and site characterization – reservoir modelling methodology, model framing techniques, tools to assess the container
  • Storage capacity assessment – requirements (physics modelling) and uncertainties to assess CO2 storage capacity of a selected site
  • Injectivity assessment – design of new CO2 injection wells, well injectivity for CO2 & phase behaviour
  • Containment assessment – leakage along well paths, well integrity assessment, leakage through top seal, fault reactivation & induced seismicity
  • Measurement, Monitoring & Verification (MMV) – monitoring objectives, design of monitoring programmes, integrated risk assessment

Day 1 – CCS System & Project Maturation

Course overview and introductions; international context (organisations, research efforts, demo projects, findings); bring your own case (understand participants’ learning needs); CCS system overview; project maturation milestones and risk management; Introduction Case Study 1.

Day 2 – Site Selection & Characterisation

Discuss Case Study 1; reservoir modelling methodology; model framing for a CCS project; tools to assess the container; the size of the container; Introduction Case Study 2.

Day 3 – Injectivity Assessment

Discuss Case Study 2; design of new injection CO2 wells; well injectivity for CO2 & phase behaviour; containment assessment overview; Introduction Case Study 3.

Day 4 – Containment Assessment

Discuss Case Study 3; containment: leakage along well paths; well integrity assessment; leakage through the top seal; fault reactivation & induced seismicity; exercise: identify containment related risks & issues.

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