📢🌟 Excited to share our latest research (preprint) on developing a fast and efficient tool to predict CO2 leakage along faults in saline aquifers!
Scaling up Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is crucial for achieving Net Zero targets. During the initial phases of CCS development, it is necessary to evaluate hundreds, if not thousands, of potential storage sites, many of which may contain faults. For this we need to be fast and efficient so that we can target the most promising sites early on.
Our model tackles this challenge by combining a vertically integrated reservoir model with an upscaled fault leakage function. This approach facilitates the rapid screening of potential storage sites and enables selection of promising candidates and design targeted data acquisition campaigns.
For instance, our tool can estimate fault leakage outcomes for a 1000-year simulation of reservoir-caprock-fault storage complex with 110,000 grid cells in under 30 seconds on a standard laptop. This computational efficiency allows for rapid evaluation of multiple scenarios and assessment of subsurface uncertainty, expediting the early screening phase and accelerating CO2 storage project development in geologically complex settings.
Huge thanks to my co-authors Iain de Jonge-Anderson, Ikhwanul Hafizi Musa, Uisdean Nicholson, Chee Phuat Tan, Sebastian Geiger, and Florian Doster for their invaluable contributions to this work.
Want to learn more? Check out our preprint and feel free to connect with me or our team to discuss how this tool can benefit your CCS project!
Preprint link: https://lnkd.in/gp3vEgvj
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Principal / Sen. Consultant - American European Consulting Company (AECC)
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