Due to international commitments on carbon capture and storage (CCS), an increase in CCS projects isexpected in the near future. Saline aquifers and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs with good seals and locatedin tectonically stable zones make an…
Due to international commitments on carbon capture and storage (CCS), an increase in CCS projects is expected in the near future. Saline aquifers and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs with good seals and located in tectonically stable zones make an…
Based on the hydrogeological survey and groundwater environmental investigation at an abandoned oil refinement factory, a site-specific groundwater flow and solute transport model was constructed to support the development of groundwater remediation…
Clay minerals present within the groundwater aquifers is found to influence the migration of hazardous solutes like radionuclides and petroleum hydrocarbons. The presence of clay minerals within the aquifers is observed to either enhance or retard…
The rapid advancements in the computational abilities of numerical simulations have attracted researchers to work on the area of reactive transport in porous media to improve the hydrocarbon production processes from mature reservoirs. In the…
We used a reactive transport model to investigate the cycling of geogenic arsenic (As) in a petroleum-contaminated aquifer. We simulated As mobilization and sequestration using surface complexation reactions with Fe(OH)3 during petroleum…
An understanding of fault seal is crucial for assessing the storage capacity and containment risks of CO2 storage sites, as it can significantly affect the projects on across-fault and along-fault migration/leakage risk, as well as reservoir pressure…
In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, there is a huge gap in the capacity of natural gas peak regulation. Due to the influence of fault development and complex structure in Jizhong Depression, the evaluation of fault sealing ability is the top…
CObinf2einf storage in saline aquifers offers a realistic means of achieving globally significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at the scale of billions of tonnes per year. We review insights into the processes involved using well-documented…
In this study, we evaluate offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities in the coastal region of China between Shanghai and Hainan. A plant-by-plant analysis of stationary CO2 emission and field-by-field evaluation of CO2 sinks are…
Maintaining well integrity is critical to the success of geologic carbon storage (GCS) and carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) operations. Wells that experience leakage because of integrity issues can potentially become a risk to the…
Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a solution for regions experiencing groundwater shortages, but is unexplored in wet regions such as Louisiana, which is experiencing aquifer overdrafting at alarming rates. Surface storage reservoirs are…
Qatars water resource has been largely overexploited, leading to the severe depletion of its aquifers and degradation of water quality due to saline intrusions. Qatar envisions employing regional aquifers to store water via forced injection of…
One of the most innovative and effective technologies developed in recent decades for reducing carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere is carbon capture and storage (CCS). It consists of capture, transport and injection of CO2 produced by energy…
Successful design and execution of CO2 sequestration in saline aquifers requires a comprehensive understanding of CO2 transport properties. CO2 diffusion coefficient affects CO2 dissolution behavior in water/brine and controls phenomena such as shape…
In a reservoir characterization study of the Hontomin deep saline aquifer, the impact of geological heterogeneities on reservoir storage capacity and the migration of the CO2 plume is explored. This work presents, for the first time, very long-term…
The gravity effects of the possible reservoir scenarios after primary exploitation are tested in this work. Starting from the exploitable volume after primary hydrocarbon production of the very small and deep Volve field in the North Sea, we model…
Subjected to the environmental influence of minewater drainage, a new method of minewater deep transfer and storage (MWDTS) was proposed and trialed in the eastern margin of Ordos basin, China. Based on the scientific issue, why, where, how, what and…
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been increasingly looking like a promising strategy to reduce CO2 emissions and meet the Paris agreements climate target. To ensure that CCS is safe and successful, an efficient monitoring program that will…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) geological storage (CGS) is an effective way for reducing greenhouse emissions. The injection of CO2 into the deep formation changes the pore pressure and effective stresses in the reservoir, thus leading to changes in…
Hydrogen is currently assessed as a future clean fuel in a hydrogen economy. However, one key problem with implementing a full-scale hydrogen economy is hydrogen storage (as hydrogen is highly compressible and volatile). One solution for this problem…
Geological storage of CO2 in saline aquifers and depleted oil and gas reservoirs can help mitigate CO2 emissions. However, CO2 leakage over a long storage period represents a potential concern. Therefore, it is critical to establish a good…
The storage of natural gas in geological structures such as depleted fields, aquifers and salt caverns plays an important role in a gas supply system as it balances the fluctuation of gas demand and price. Hydraulic loss due to fluid flow through gas…
High-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) is a cost-effective and suitable technology to store large amounts of energy. HT-ATES has been demonstrated to be an efficient and stable tool to buffer seasonal imbalances and significantly…
This article discusses the problem of creating a gas storage facility for mixed hydrogen with methane (underground hydrogen storage - UHS) in an aquifer. At the same time, hydrogen is the most expensive valuable substance in the mixture. It is…
Storing CO2 in geological formations is an important component of reducing greenhouse gases emissions. The Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) industry is now in its establishing phase, and if successful, massive storage volumes would be needed. It will…
During recent years reduction of carbon dioxide emission driving development of different technologies for CO2 capturing and utilization. Carbon dioxide injection in underground reservoirs is on of effective methods for storage or utilization as…
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has been widely investigated to decrease the greenhouse effect. Geological CO2 storage sites are targeted mainly on depleted petroleum reservoirs or deep saline aquifers. However, CO2 leakage might take…
Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is a time-shifting thermal energy storage technology where waste heat is stored in an aquifer for weeks or months until it may be used at the surface. It can reduce carbon emissions and HVAC costs.…
Estimating the ultimate storage capacity of deep saline aquifers is important to address the formation potential to store the envisioned large volumes of CO2. Injection data (i.e. injection rate, bottomhole pressure, and cumulative injected volume of…
Hydrogen storage in subsurface aquifers or depleted gas reservoirs represents a viable long-term energy storage solution. There is currently a scarcity of subsurface petrophysical data for the hydrogen system. In this work, we determine the…
An analysis of the influence of injection well location on CO2 storage efficiency was carried out for three wellknown geological structures (traps) in deep aquifers of the Lower Jurassic Polish Lowlands. Geological models of the structures were used…
In this paper, we review and analyze the salient features of the ongoing energy transition from a high to a low carbon economy. Our analysis shows that this transition will require decarbonizing the power, transport, and industry sectors, and the…
To mitigate global warming to temperatures no higher than 2 C or even less than 1.5 C, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is indispensable. This is especially true for China, which relies heavily on coal-fired power plants. In China, CCS could play an…
Making an accurate estimate of the CO2 storage capacity before the commencement of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project is crucial to the project design and feasibility investigation. We present herein a numerical modelling study on the CO2…
In this paper, we evaluate opportunities for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) within a study area of radius 1,000 km from Singapore. Results show that stationary CO2 emission from the study area is 391 Mtpa. There is mid CO2 storage resource of 0.5 Gt…
The Battelle Memorial Institute, Sandia National Laboratory, and Nova Northstar LLC, jointly carried out two projects, sponsored by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, assessing the roles of subsurface safety valves and tubing…
Underground natural gas storage is a cyclical technique that consists in the use of geological structures, such as depleted oil and gas reservoirs, aquifers, and salt domes, to store gas for future consumption as per demand. Although, underground gas…
As the use of hydrogen gas (H2) as a renewable energy carrier experiences a major boost, one of the key challenges for a constant supply is safe and cost-efficient storage of surplus H2 to bridge periods with low energy demand. For this purpose,…
To reduce effects from anthropogenically induced climate change renewable energy systems are being implemented at an accelerated rate, the UKs wind capacity alone is set to more than double by 2030. However, the intermittency associated with these…
In this paper, we evaluate decarbonization opportunities for the power and industry sectors in Thailand by carbon capture and storage (CCS). Stationary CO2 sources from the power sector include coal-fired, natural gas-fired and waste-to-energy power…
Storage of large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) within deep underground aquifers has great potential for long‐term mitigation of climate change. The U.S. Gulf Coast is an attractive target for CO2 storage because of the favorable formation…
To understand the impact of CO2-brine-rock interaction on formation properties and the differences between gas zone and water zone, dynamic and static experiments were conducted under gas reservoir conditions to imitate the process of CO2 injection…
Field-scale reservoir simulation of In-Situ Combustion (ISC) process has been a grey area worldwide, due to the complexities of reactions involved and availability of kinetic model that can cover every aspects of an ISC process properly i.e.…
During the 1991 Gulf War, oil wells in the oil fields of Kuwait were set aflame and destroyed. This resulted in severe crude oil pollution of the countries only fresh water aquifers. Here, for the first time the natural attenuation and biodegradation…
Following the large increase in unconventional hydrocarbon production in North America and elsewhere in the last 15 years, many jurisdictions have implemented groundwater monitoring programs to verify whether these subsurface industrial activities…
In subsurface anoxic environments, microbial communities generally produce methane as an end-product to consume organic compounds. This metabolic function is a source of biogenic methane in coastal natural gas aquifers, submarine mud volcanoes, and…
Unconventional natural gas resources including shale and tight gas reservoirs hold most of natural gas reserves around the world. However, these resources pose a great challenge in reserve estimation, modeling flow behavior, reservoir simulation,…
The simulation of the gas flow in tight sandstone reservoir is a very complicated process. Several mechanisms contributed to the natural gas production in tight sandstone reservoirs. One of the main mechanisms is the gas desorption from the rock…
When developing a high CO2 field, oil and gas companies must consider the best and most economical carbon capture and storage (CCS) plan. After considering the distance of the storage site and storage capacity, PETRONAS has identified 2 carbonate…