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Global storage portfolio: a global assessment of the geological CO2 storage resource potential
1st March 2016
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
The primary purpose of the Institute’s Global Storage Portfolio is to collate and summarise published regional assessments of key nations. The Portfolio also summarises key data on a nation’s readiness to host a commercial, large-scale project. For this reason, only proven storage scenarios including deep saline formations (DSF), depleted/depleting oil and gas fields (DGOF) and enhanced oil recovery using CO2 (CO2-EOR) are considered. The analysis has found that:
- Substantial storage resources are present in most key regions of the world.
- Reliable methodologies to determine and classify regional storage resources are available and have been widely applied, although there is no formally recognised international standard.
- The level of resource assessment undertaken and the availability of characterisation data is highly variable across regions.
- The level of detail a regional resource assessment has progressed as well as the policy, legal and regulatory frameworks are key criteria that can be used to gauge the readiness of any given nation to deploy a CCS project.
The storage resources are grouped into five regions:
- Asia-Pacific (fourteen countries)
- Americas (five countries)
- Middle East (three countries)
- Europe and Russia (EU plus three countries)
- Africa (four countries).
The resulting portfolio will enable the reader to rapidly establish a snapshot of a country’s storage resource and potential to deploy a large-scale project.
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Applying carbon capture and storage to a Chinese steel plant
27th August 2015
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 capture, Engineering and project delivery
The Global CCS Institute presents a feasibility study report on applying carbon capture and storage (CCS) to a steel plant in China. Toshiba was commissioned to conduct the study through its business partner Tongfang Environment in collaboration with Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel of China. The study examined the application of CCS onto the Caofeidian steel plant.
The report covers the concept of capturing CO2 from a Chinese steel plant, transportation and potential storage in an oilfield for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
The study suggests that carbon capture in Chinese steel plants is a cost effective means of reducing carbon emissions compared with similar plants around the world.
This report is authored by Toshiba for the Global CCS Institute. Tony Zhang, Institute Senior Adviser for Carbon Capture, Asia-Pacific also provides an overview of the report in a new Insight available on the Global CCS Institute website.
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Situation report 2013/14: European large scale demonstration projects
19th November 2014
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Engineering and project delivery, Permitting, Policy law and regulation
This second edition of the European CCS Demonstration Project Network: Situation Report 2013/14 includes the findings related to the participating projects from both the knowledge sharing events, presentations, and the internal survey conducted via the Information and Experience Gathering (IEG) questionnaire. The report covers progress made by the projects in capture, transport, storage, regulatory development, public engagement and knowledge sharing within and beyond the Network.
Little has changed from previous reporting for the projects in terms of planning and following timelines. Almost all of them have experienced delays with various permits and with reaching a final investment decision (FID). In 2013, two projects, Porto Tolle and Compostilla received a negative FID. Ciuden, the academic partner of Compostilla project, remains however with collaborative status in the Network. The current timeline for the ROAD project suggests that they could be operating and injecting CO2 by 2017. For Don Valley project this is planned for 2018.
The Network is composed of one oxyfuel power project (former Compostilla), one IGCC power project which may also include gas oxyfuel technology (Don Valley), one post-combustion power project (ROAD) and a gas processing project (Sleipner). Sleipner is the only project currently in operation. All will capture over 1 million tonnes of CO2 per annum, at a capture rate of over 90%. SOx and NOx are quoted by the projects as the most common and expected impurities in the slip stream gas.
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Deploying carbon capture and storage ‘safely’: The scope for member states of the EU to adopt more stringent CO2 stream-purity criteria under EU law
1st April 2011
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Engineering and project delivery
In several European countries, recent initiatives to launch carbon capture and storage demonstration projects faced strong local opposition over perceived health, environmental, and property risks, putting policy makers under pressure to provide additional safety guarantees. One way to increase safety standards is to strengthen the criteria in Article 12 of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of CO2, which is based on the London Protocol and OSPAR Convention requirements on the purity of the captured CO2 stream. The German and the Dutch draft legislation implementing Directive 2009/31/EC both provide for the possibility to impose additional CO2 stream-purity requirements. The paper examines the scope for EU Member States to adopt stricter CO2 stream-purity criteria under EU law. Based on an analysis of the relevant case law of the European Court of Justice and the content of Directive 2009/31/EC, it concludes that the scope for EU Member States to adopt stricter CO2 stream-purity criteria under EU law is likely to be narrow. The room for non-EU parties to the London Protocol and OSPAR Convention to adopt such stricter requirements might likewise be limited.
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A realistic technology and engineering assessment of algae biofuel production
1st October 2010
Topic(s): Biofuels / Bioenergy, Engineering and project delivery, Renewables
This Energy Biosciences Institute report assesses the economics of microalgae biofuels production through an analysis of five production scenarios. These scenarios, or cases, are based on technologies that currently exist or are expected to become available in the near-term, including raceway ponds for microalgae cultivation, bioflocculation for algae harvesting, and hexane for extraction of algae oil. Process flow diagrams, facility site layouts, and estimates for the capital and operations costs of each case were developed de novo. This report also reviews current and developing microalgae biofuel technologies for both oil and biogas production, provides an initial assessment of the US and California resource potential for microalgae biofuels, and recommends specific R&D efforts to advance the feasibility of large-scale algae biofuel production.
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In Salah CO2 Storage JIP: CO2 sequestration monitoring and verification technologies applied at Krechba, Algeria
1st September 2010
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
This paper presents information by the Joint Industry Project established to monitor CO2 storage at the In Salah geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) project in Algeria. This paper is limited to the first five years of monitoring. The authors describe their use of the Boston Square to compare diverse technologies, followed by a discussion of current JIP monitoring and verification technologies in use at Krechba. The report concludes with a summary of monitoring results to date.
Allan Mathieson, corresponing author:allan.mathieson@uk.bp.com
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Pore-scale modelling of CO2-brine flow properties at In Salah, Algeria
1st September 2010
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
This paper describes an integrated pore-scale modelling approach to reconstruct three reservoir rock samples from Krechba field at the In Salah geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) project in Algeria. Pore scale modelling is an important new tool that includes rock modelling, calculation of petrophysical properties, 2-phase fluid flow simulations and comparison of predicted results with laboratory data. This method of fast and reliable characterisation plays a critical role in CO2 storage modelling by shifting the saturation range for which the CO2 plume is mobile.
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In Salah Gas CO2 Storage JIP: surface gas and biological monitoring
1st September 2010
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
This paper presents information by the Joint Industry Project established to monitor CO2 storage at the In Salah geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) project in Algeria. The authors describe the methods for measurements and surveys, and explain the results for the 2009 monitoring program. Concluding remarks note that in spite of the environmental factors and scarcity of vegetation, plant diversity is relatively high, and that soil gas data did not indicate any CO2 leakage except possibly at KB-5.
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In Salah CO2 Storage JIP: hydromechanical simulations of surface uplift due to CO2 injection at In Salah
1st September 2010
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
This paper presents information by the Joint Industry Project established to monitor CO2 storage at the In Salah geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) project in Algeria. This study describes detailed simulations of the hydromechanical response in the vicinity of the KB-502 CO2 injector in an attempt to explain why the morphology of the observed surface deformation differed from that above the other injectors at the field.
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In Salah CO2 storage JIP: carbon dioxide plume extension around KB-502 well. New insights into reservoir behaviour at the In Salah storage site
1st September 2010
Topic(s): CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
This paper presents information by the Joint Industry Project established to monitor CO2 storage at the In Salah geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) project in Algeria. Satellite-based interferometry (InSAR) technology detected surface uplift over all three horizontal CO2 injection wells shortly after the start of CO2 injection. Imperial College London carried out simulations of CO2 injection aiming to gain a better understanding of the reservoir behaviour. The findings are reported in this paper.
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In Salah CO2 Storage JIP: site selection, management, field development plan and monitoring overview
1st September 2010
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
This paper presents information on the Joint Industry Project (JIP) established to monitor CO2 storage at the In Salah geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) project in Algeria. Site selection was guided by the standard oil-industry Capital Value Process (CVP). After four years of injection and monitoring, a Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA) was performed to update the development plan. Monitoring included satellite facilitated measurements of surface deformation, as well as conventional oilfield technologies.
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In Salah CO2 injection modelling: a preliminary approach to predict short term reservoir behaviour
1st September 2010
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery
This paper presents an approach developed by IFP Energies nouvelles in the scope of the CO2ReMoVe project to study short term CO2 migration into the Krechba reservoir of the In Salah geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) project in Algeria. The authors provide an overview of CO2 storage at In Salah, followed by the short term performance assessment approach for 3D flow modelling. A description of 3D geomechanical and fluid flow modelling is followed by the authors’ conclusions.
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