Workshop 16
CCS Monitoring Strategies: Technologies, Challenges, and Field Insights Friday, June 12h |
Convenors
- Elodie Morgan (Spotlight)
- Didier Rappin (TotalEnergies)
- Anne-Kari Furre (Equinor)
- Sara Minisini (Shell Global Solutions International B.V.)
- Bruce Webb (ENI)
- Gianluca dell’Elce (ENI)
Description
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is expanding globally, and effective monitoring is key to its success. This workshop will address challenges in tracking CO₂ plume migration, pressure fronts, and operability, while exploring strategies for conformance and containment monitoring. Real-world injection cases (pilots, CCUS-EOR, operational sites) will be featured alongside research studies to share global best practices. Sessions will cover detectability in depleted gas fields, saline aquifers, and carbonate reservoirs, and assess the complexity, benefits, limitations, and costs of geophysical monitoring in crowded environments. Core question: how can we design monitoring plans that demonstrate safe, efficient CO₂ storage using geophysical technologies to their full potential?
Sub-Topics that will be covered in the workshop:
- Pressure front monitoring,
- Depleted reservoir,
- Saline aquifer,
- Carbonate reservoir,
- Onshore and offshore challenges,
- Detectability,
- Key learnings
- Promising research to develop CCS
Participant Profile
This workshop is designed for geoscientists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, CCS project developers, monitoring specialists, and researchers involved in carbon storage. It will also benefit regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders seeking to understand the technical and operational aspects of CO₂ monitoring and storage assurance.
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Workshop Programme
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| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | Welcome to Workshop - Benjamin Emmel and Nicolas Barbosa (SINTEF Industry) |
| 09:10 | Hydrogen energy futures–foraging or farming? - Ali Hassanpouryouzband (University of Edinburgh) |
| 09:50 | Geomechanical Challenges and Multiphase Flow Dynamics in Underground Hydrogen Storage – Milad Naderloo (Delft University of Technology) |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 | Feasibility of hydrogen storage in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs - examples from Norway – Mohammad Masoudi (SINTEF Industry) |
| 11:10 | HyStorage - Updates from a research pilot on hydrogen storage in porous media - Christian Kosack (Uniper) |
| 11:35 | Session 1 Panel Discussion (all speakers) |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | The Role of Geophysics in Natural Hydrogen Resources - Nazmul Mondol (NGI / University of Oslo) |
| 13:40 | Characterization of the H2 system geological structures and migration pathways using passive seismic interferometry: combining tomography and monitoring approaches - Kaoutar Khazraj (Geolinks) |
| 14:05 | Underground hydrogen storage performance, using CO2 as a cushion gas within a realistic aquifer – Sabrine Ben Rhouma (BRGM - French Geological Survey) |
| 14:30 | Session 2 Panel discussion (all speakers) |
| 15:00 | End of Workshop |
