OG90
Course Contents
Module 1: Carbon Storage Principles and Site Screening
Key Topics
- Role of CCS in industrial decarbonisation strategies
- Geological storage options and project lifecycle stages
- Saline aquifers, depleted fields and CO₂-EOR storage
- Screening criteria for storage sites and basins
- Depth, temperature, pressure and CO₂ phase conditions
- Data requirements for early storage assessment
- Key technical, regulatory and stakeholder considerations
Module 2: Reservoir Characterisation and Storage Capacity
Key Topics
- Reservoir architecture, depositional setting and heterogeneity
- Porosity, permeability and net-to-gross evaluation
- Core, log, pressure and test data for storage assessment
- Static models for storage volume and property distribution
- Storage capacity concepts and uncertainty ranges
- Injectivity, pressure build-up and formation limits
- Reservoir connectivity, barriers and baffles to flow
Module 3: Seal Integrity, Trapping and Containment Risk
Key Topics
- Caprock properties, seal capacity and capillary entry pressure
- Structural, residual, solubility and mineral trapping
- Faults, fractures and leakage pathway assessment
- Legacy wells and well integrity risk screening
- Geomechanical effects of pressure increase and injection
- Groundwater protection and sensitive receptor assessment
- Containment risk register and mitigation planning
Module 4: CO₂ Flow Modelling and Injection Performance
Key Topics
- CO₂ phase behaviour and density changes in reservoirs
- Relative permeability, capillary pressure and wettability effects
- Plume migration, gravity override and pressure propagation
- Dynamic simulation inputs and model calibration
- Injection rate, well placement and pressure management
- Scenario analysis for uncertainty and operational flexibility
- Linking reservoir models with development planning
Module 5: Monitoring, Verification and Long-Term Assurance
Key Topics
- Monitoring, measurement and verification objectives
- Baseline data and monitoring plan design
- Time-lapse seismic, pressure and saturation monitoring
- Well-based surveillance, tracers and geochemical methods
- Detecting leakage indicators and abnormal behaviour
- Regulatory reporting, conformance and corrective actions
- Integrated case study: storage site evaluation and assurance