Workshop 1

Towards good practice for geophysical monitoring of CO2 storage Sunday, June 1st – Monday, June 2nd |

Convenors

  • Elodie Morgan (SpotLight)
  • Sara Minisini (Shell)
  • Didier Rappin (TotalEnergies)
  • Estelle Rebel (TotalEnergies)
  • Piero Basini (TotalEnergies)
  • Bastien Dupuy (SINTEF)
  • Michael Jordan (SINTEF)
  • Herve Chauris (Mines Paris)
  • Alexandre Kazantsev (Storengy)
  • Anne-Kari Furre (Equinor)
  • Jorg Herwanger (Sharp Reflection)

Description

This workshop addresses key monitoring challenges in CO2 storage at an industrial scale, including needs and requirements for Measurement Monitoring and Verification (MMV) plans, experiences and examples from field sites and different monitoring solutions.

Participants will hear from operators currently running/developing CO2 storage projects, from regulators sharing their thoughts on MMV requirements and feedback on licensing/permitting processes, and experts discussing state-of-the-art monitoring methods including adaptive and innovative technologies available to meet CO2 storage monitoring needs. Gain insights from industry leaders, regulators, and technology innovators advancing CO2 storage monitoring standards.

Sub-Topics that will be covered in the workshop:

Monitoring Requirements: Regulatory and operator needs for MMV, including updates from permitting rounds and site-specific challenges.

Field Experience: Lessons from historical projects and research, emphasizing the use of monitoring data for improved understanding of storage.

Existing Monitoring Solutions: Overview of Innovative and adaptive monitoring technologies that could meet MMV requirements with field trial and real case study.

Future Innovations: Exploration of emerging, lower-TRL solutions and challenges for large-scale and complex environments.

Participant Profile

This workshop is ideal for anyone involved in Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification (MMV) for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), or those seeking best practices in geophysical monitoring of CO2 storage. Whether you’re a regulator, operator, researcher, service provider, bank, insurance company, or public entity, you’ll gain valuable insights and practical knowledge on CO2 storage surveillance and risk management.

Workshop Programme

Sunday, June 1st (Part 1)

TimeActivity
09:30Welcome and start of the workshop
Session 1 part 1/2- Examples and experience from existing sites.
09:45Advancing CCS Projects with Effective Monitoring Strategies. - Roya Dehghan Niri (Equinor)
10:05Monitoring the Endurance CO2 store: a first-of-a-kind for the UK- Jon Tarasewicz (Northern Endurance Partnership)
10:20Northern Lights updated monitoring plan focusing on passive seismic monitoring - Matthieu Vinchon (Northern Lights)
10:35 Conveners - Panel discussion & votation
11:05 AM Coffe break
Session 1 part 2/2- Examples and experience from existing sites
11:30
11:45Geochemical challenges in Carbonate CO2 storages: Risk driven MMV and more - Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez Martinez (ADNOC)
12:00Porthos - EBN
12:15Conveners - Panel discussion & votation
12:45Lunch Break
Session 2 - Needs and requirements from regulation for monitoring
13:45Regulation and CO2 sequestration. The key importance of monitoring techniques.- Jean-Claude Lecomte (French Energy Ministery)
14:05Monitoring of carbon stores in the UKCS context – perspectives from the NSTA - Ian Barron (NSTA)
14:20Accommodating growth of CO2-storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf - Kristoffer Engenes (NOD)
14:35How to monitor and regulate pressure interactions? - Carsten M. Nielsen (GEUS)
14:50Conveners - Panel discussion & votation
15:20PM Coffe break
Session 3 part 1/3- Technologies for geophysical monitoring of CO2 storage sites addressing CCS challenges
15:50Multiphysics monitoring timeline and triggering conditions - Antony Price (TotalEnergies)
16:10Geomechanical aspects of carbon dioxide storage monitoring in Illinois Basin. - Nikita Bondarenko (ETH Zürich)
16:25Geophysical monitoring of shallow CO2 controlled release experiment: Otway project field case study - Konstantin Tertyshnikov (Curtin Centre for Exploration Geophysics)
16:40Conveners - Panel discussion & votation
17:10Conclusions of the workshop

Monday, June 2nd (Part 2)

TimeActivity
09:30Welcome by Co-Chairs
Session 3 part 2/3- Technologies for geophysical monitoring of CO2 storage sites addressing CCS challenges
09:45UK’s First CO₂ Injection in a Depleted Gas Field: Geophysical Insights from Project Poseidon - Henry Morris (Carbon Catalyst)
10:00MMV plan development and adopting solutions that effectively address critical, site-specific risks - Johnathon Osmond (DNV)
10:15Quest MMV learnings benefit future CCS projects - Marcella Dean (Shell)
10:30Conveners - Panel discussion & votation
11:00AM Coffe break
Session 3 part 3/3- Technologies for geophysical monitoring of CO2 storage sites addressing CCS challenges
11:30Cost-effective strategies for seismic monitoring of CO2 injectionSeismic time-lapse repeatabilityt- Tilmann Kluver (TGS)
11:45Evaluation of the 4D seismic signals from monitoring CO2 injection in the North Sea: An Update - Colin MacBeth (Heriott-Watt)
12:00Gravity and uplift monitoring of CO2 storage – technology and application to the Endurance project, North Sea - Ola Eiken (Quad Geometrics)
12:15Conveners - Panel discussion & votation
12:45Lunch Break
Session 4 - Future monitoring solutions
13:45Svelvik - Small scale field site with repeatable CO2 injections: examples from testing different monitoring technologies - Michael Jordan (SINTEF)
14:00Advancing Non-Invasive Monitoring for Well Integrity in CO₂ Storage: Insights from the LEGACY Project - Nicolas Barbosa (SINTEF)
14:15New technologies for cost efficient monitoring, a roadmap for CO2 monitoring -Tanya Herwanger (Shearwater Storage Solutions)
14:30Seismogenic Index model of seismicity induced by CO2 storage operations - Serge Shapiro (Freie Universitaet Berlin)
14:45CCS monitoring and detection using Surface deployed Distributed Acoustic Sensing (S-DAS) and ambient noise interferometry - Ran Bachrach (SLB)
15:00 Conveners - Panel discussion & votation
15:30Conclusions of the workshop