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CO2 Storage research Snapshots from SINTEF Petroleum Research
RCN Seminar on collaboration with the Illinois Basin – Decatur Project
Oslo, 2015-09-03
Technology for a better society
Presentations
• BIGCCS - Norwegian research centre on CCS, Grethe Tangen [email protected]
• ECCSEL - CCS research infrastructure, Maria Barrio [email protected]
• Well integrity, Malin Torsæter [email protected]
• Geo mechanics and storage integrity, Pierre Cerasi [email protected]
• Geophysics, Michael Jordan [email protected]
BIGCCS Facts and status
BIGCCS – key information
► Duration: 8 years
► Partners: 18
► Scientific staff: 60
► PhDs: 30
► Budget: 512 MNOK
Achievements
► Laboratory infrastructure established (ECCSEL, CO2 FieldLab,
CO2/Tiller Lab …)
► 31 new R&D projects initiated based on BIGCO2/BIGCCS activity: 9 CLIMIT KPN projects – added to BIGCCS – Premium projects
22 Offspring projects
► Significant scientific achievements
► 363 publications
► Commercial project opportunities identified
BIGCCS Industry partners
BIGCCS Research partners
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http://bigccs.no/
CO2 storage in BIGCCS Timeline in light of commercial storage projects in Norway
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1991/1992
Norwegian CO2 tax
and Sleipner decision
CO2 injection
at Sleipner
1996
Snøhvit
decision CO2 injection
at Snøhvit
2001 2008 1986
Innovative idea
by Erik Lindeberg
and Torleif Holt
CO2 as injection
gas for Norwegian
oil fields
First EU projects
(Joule,SACS,CO2 Store)
Power generation with CO2
capture and sequestration
- Research and development
needs SINTEF/NTNU/RCN
EOR by CO2 injection and
CO2 deposition in aquifers
Infrastructure for CO2
deposition (EOR&Aquifers)
KMB CO2 (BIGCO2)
BIGCO2
Phase II
More EU projects
(e.g. ECCO, CO2
Remove, SiteChar)
BIGCCS
BIGCCS
1 Add-on project
CO2 Field Lab
NORDICCS
CO2 Sentrallager
BIGCCS
2 Add-on projects
COMPLETE
Joint Drilling
EU-MiReCol
2009 2014
Bondevik
government
resigns
CO2 Storage (SP3)
Enabling large scale
CO2 storage and EOR
CO2 monitoring
technologies Well integrity
CO2 reservoir
containment
Direct and coordinate R&D
towards a common
ambition
Source: CO2CRC Source: CO2CRC Source: CO2CRC
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
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ECCSEL vision:
Enabling low to zero CO2 emissions from industry and power generation
Objectives of the ECCSEL initiative
Establish and operate a world class
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
distributed research infrastructure in
Europe
Integrate and upgrade existing
research facilities and supplement
with new ones
Enhance European science,
technology development, innovation
and education in the field of CCS
Enable spin-off activities and
generation of new business
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
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2008 2020 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Operational/Investment phase
FP7 pre project
granted
Implementation Upgrades and new builds PP1
ECCSEL on
ESFRI roadmap
Infrastructure investments (until 2030)
• 200+ MEUR (Funded by EU, member
states, funds, industry…)
Preparatory phase
PP2
H2020
implementation
granted
www.eccsel.org
Timeline
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
Lean organization:
4-6 employees
Annual budget ≈ 1 MEUR
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Location: NTNU/SINTEF Campus
Trondheim, Norway
www.eccsel.org
Headquarter
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
Fact sheets (web)
Organisation name
Installation name
Location (Google map)
Category, Science area
Short description
Pictures
Calendar (availability)
Open access, also for non-Europeans
www.eccsel.org
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
ECCSEL Membership Development Plan
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Preparatory Phase (2011-2014)
Norway (host)
• NTNU, SINTEF, RCN
France
• IFPEN, BRGM
The Netherlands
• TNO
Germany
• Universität Stuttgart
United Kingdom
• BGS
Switzerland
• ETH Zürich
Spain
• CIUDEN
Italy
• OGS, ENEA
Greece
• CERT, ISFTA
Poland
• PGI-NRI
Implementation (2015-2016)
• Norway
(Operations Centre)
• The Netherlands
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• Poland
• Italy
• Greece
• France
• Switzerland
(Observer)
Expansion
• Germany
• Czech Republic
• Other member states
• Bilateral agreements with
oversea states,
institutions, industry
www.eccsel.org
Expansion
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Ongoing CO2 well integrity work
• BIGCCS Task 3.5 – Well integrity
o International partner: GEUS
o Budget: 600 kNOK/year
• KPN Ensuring Well Integrity in CO2 Injection Wells
o National partner: SINTEF Energy Research
o International partner: Lawrence Livermore Nat Lab.
o Budget: 3 MNOK/year (3 year duration)
• Closing the gaps in CO2 well plugging
o National partner: SINTEF Materials and Chemistry
o International partner: Curistec, Université du Maine
o Budget: 3 MNOK/year (3 year duration)
• SINTEF add-on to COMPLETE: CO2 Post-injection Monitoring and Post-closure phase at the Ketzin pilot site
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Thermal cycling experiments
Testing of plugging materials
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Tailor-built set-ups for mimicking downhole conditions
Rig for studying hole cleaning and cuttings transport
Thermal cycling of downscaled well sections
cement casing
rock
Push-out tester of shear-bond strength between materials
Long-term exposure to various environments
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Combination of experiments, characterization and numerical work
We share microscopy labs with NTNU and have access to a variety of instruments for studying petroleum-related materials. We also have in-house software to ensure state-of-the-art data treatment. • SEM, FIB-SEM, medical CT, micro-CT,
profilometer
High Low
Shale-cement sample
Experimentally verified model for leakage through
microannuli in wells
Downscaled well sample Digitalization of cement defects
Insert into ABAQUS (heat transfer)
Insert into ABAQUS (stresses) CT scanning
Geomechanics activities
• Vital link between reservoir assessment at large scale and monitoring both of near-well area and whole reservoir integrity
• Combining rock mechanics and rock physics experties – Rock mechanics to predict risk of
integrity breach – Rock physics to calibrate necessary
input to 4D monitoring models
Addressing the micro-seismic risk
• Major obstacle in the public acceptance issue
• Combination of active and passive acoustics in triaxial tests – Both reservoir sandstone and
sealing caprock
– Stress paths designed to mimic specific features of investigated field
Targeting injectivity optimisation
• Identified as major gap in Tel-tek analysis for Gassnova
• Have run separate studies on temperature cycling and stress cycling
– Need to combine the two
– Have the equipment to look at formation damage mechanisms
Numerical modelling capacity
• Coupled flow-geomechanical analysis
• No need to predefine fracture path
• Thermal stresses included
• Fracture twisting included
• Multiple fracture generation
• Need more detailed fault structure description
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Geophysics Research Activities
Contact: Peder Eliasson, +47 47369732
Main activities:
Development and application of methods for advanced imaging/monitoring
• Extract more reliable information from geophysical data
Main focus:
High resolution imaging and quantification
• Development of high resolution (3D) imaging methods
• Integration of different geophysical methods (e.g., joint inversion)
• Integration of lab measurements and geophysical imaging
• Quantification of uncertainties
Figure: Joint inversion framework
TIGER
Figure: Ultrasonic core measurements
SINTEF Petroleum Research
Main methods and developments:
• Seismic wave propagation in complex media (TIGER)
• Seismic tomographic inversion methods
• Stereotomography
• FWI
• OptAVO
• Electro-magnetic, and potential field methods
• Joint Inversion
Examples of applications relevant for CO2 monitoring:
• CO2 monitoring (BIGCCS, CO2FieldLab)
• GSCO2 (Decatur): Basic research on pressure and saturation quantification from seismic data
• Analysis of uncertainties (UNICQUE)
• Joint inversion using FWI and ERT for CO2 monitoring at Ketzin (COMPLETE)
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Geophysics Research Activities
Figure: Application of FWI on Sleipner real data
Figure: Seismic modelling (source in well)
Figure: Analysis of spatial uncertainties
Contact: Peder Eliasson, +47 47369732
SINTEF Petroleum Research
Objectives: • Develop method for 4D analysis of
CO2 injection • Integrate FWI with CSEM to resolve
thin layers
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FWI and CSEM for monitoring of CO2 storage sites
Contacts: Anouar Romdhane (FWI), +47 45095746 Peder Eliasson (CSEM), +47 47369732
Figure: 3D view of two seismic sections from the time- migrated volume of 2008 (top). Model derived from FWI using 2008 data at f=39 Hz. (bottom)
SINTEF Petroleum Research
• Mature joint inversion as CO2 monitoring methodology using the unique data and controlled conditions from the Ketzin pilot site
• Develop CO2 monitoring technology that can be transferred to full scale CO2 storage sites
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CO2 monitoring technologies Joint inversion of FWI and ERT at Ketzin (COMPLETE)
SINTEF Petroleum Research
Objective:
• Incorporate uncertainty quantification in CO2 monitoring methods (e.g. FWI, CSEM)
• Uncertainties in velocity/resistivity models subsequently used to quantify and reduce uncertainties in CO2 saturation and spatial extent.
• Improve speed and accuracy of monitoring method
• by utilizing uncertainty information during inversion.
• by tailoring the monitoring method to the specific site,
using uncertainty as a quality measure.
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Uncertainty reduction in monitoring methods for improved accuracy of CO2 Quantity estimates (UNICQUE)
Contact: Peder Eliasson, +47 47369732
Figures: CO2 saturation and volume estimate from heavily constrained CSEM