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CSLF Storage and Monitoring Projects Interactive Workshop

Al Khobar, Saudia Arabia
March 1-2, 2011

Al Khobar, Saudia Arabia March 1-2, 2011 Group Picture

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted the CSLF Storage and Monitoring Projects Interactive Workshop and PIRT Meeting from March 1-2, 2011 in Al Khobar and Shaybah, Saudi Arabia. CSLF experts from around the globe shared their experience in implementing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The workshop was sponsored by the Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources and Saudi Aramco and included a tour of Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah Gas-Oil Separation Plant.

CSLF Recognized Projects featured:

  • CO2 Field Lab Project
  • CO2CRC Otway Project
  • CO2 Store Project / Sleipner and Snøvit Projects
  • Fort Nelson Carbon Capture and Storage Project
  • Geologic CO2 Storage Assurance at In Salah, Algeria
  • IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project
  • Ketzin Test Site Project (formerly CO2 Sink Project)
  • Lacq CO2 Capture and Storage Project
  • Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships
  • SECARB Early Test at Cranfield Project
  • Zama Acid Gas EOR, CO2 Sequestration, and Monitoring Project

Plenary Session

  John Panek, Deputy Director, CSLF Secretariat

Workshop Introduction and Background (pdf 276 KB)
John Panek, Deputy Director, CSLF Secretariat

Mohammed Y. Al-Qahtani, Executive Director, Petroleum Engineering and Development, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Welcoming and Keynote Address
Mohammed Y. Al-Qahtani, Executive Director, Petroleum Engineering and Development, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia


Session 1: CO2 Storage Capacity Methodologies and Standards
This session identified and described capacity assessment methodologies used by CSLF-recognized projects, including limits, constraints, and advantages of these technologies.

Session 1: CO2 Storage Capacity Methodologies and Standards Group Picture

(L-R) Susan Hovorka, Ed Steadman, Session Co-Chairs: Pierre Le Thiez (France); Ali Al-Meshari (Saudi Arabia), Steve Whittaker, Iain Wright

 

  Susan Hovorka, Program Manager, United States Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (pdf 3.38 MB)
Susan Hovorka, Program Manager, United States
Ed Steadman, Senior Research Advisor, Energy & Environment Research Center, United States Fort Nelson Carbon Capture and Storage Project (pdf 2.68 MB)
Ed Steadman, Senior Research Advisor, Energy & Environment Research Center, United States
Steve Whittaker, Senior Project Manager, Petroleum Technology Research Center, Canada IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project (pdf 2.80 MB)
Steve Whittaker, Senior Project Manager, Petroleum Technology Research Center, Canada
Iain Wright, CO2 Project Manager, BP Alternative Energy, United Kingdom Geologic CO2 Storage Assurance at In Salah, Algeria (pdf 2.65 MB)
Iain Wright, CO2 Project Manager, BP Alternative Energy, United Kingdom


Session 2: Behavior of Sequestered CO2 under Different Regimes of CO2 Purity, Pressure, Temperature
This session explored the reactivity and migration characteristics of CO2 under varying conditions in differing sequestration applications.

Session 2: Behavior of Sequestered CO2 under Different Regimes of CO2 Purity, Pressure, Temperature Group Picture

(L-R) John Harju, Axel Liebscher, Session Co-Chairs: Clinton Foster (Australia); Tony Surridge (South Africa), Susan Hovorka, Hubert Fabriol

 

  John Harju, Associate Director for Research, Energy & Environmental Research Center, United States Zama Acid Gas EOR, CO2 Sequestration, and Monitoring Project (pdf 4.23 MB)
John Harju, Associate Director for Research, Energy & Environmental Research Center, United States
Axel Liebscher, Project Manager, GFZ Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany Ketzin Test Site Project (formerly CO2 Sink Project)(pdf 1.53 MB)
Axel Liebscher, Project Manager, GFZ Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Susan Hovorka, Program Manager, Gulf Coast Carbon Center, United States SECARB Early Test at Cranfield Project (pdf 5.92 MB)
Susan Hovorka, Program Manager, Gulf Coast Carbon Center, United States
Hubert Fabriol, Senior Geophysicist, BRGM, France CO2 Field Lab Project (pdf 2.44 MB)
Hubert Fabriol, Senior Geophysicist, BRGM, France


Session 3: CO2 Monitoring Experiences and Recommended Paths Forward
This session presented descriptions of monitoring practices and provided experience-based recommendations in monitoring CO2.

Session 3: CO2 Monitoring Experiences and Recommended Paths Forward Group Picture

(L-R) Clinton Foster, Steve Whittaker, Session Co-Chairs: Trygve Riis (Norway); José Miguel González Santaló (Mexico), Philip Ringrose, Marc Lescanne, Iain Wright

 

  Clinton Foster, Chief, Petroleum and Marine Division, Geoscience Australia CO2CRC Otway Project (pdf 2.23 MB)
Peter Cook, Chief Executive, CO2CRC, Australia
(presented by Clinton Foster, Chief, Petroleum and Marine Division, Geoscience Australia)
Steve Whittaker, Senior Project Manager, Petroleum Technology Research Center, Canada IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project (pdf 3.36 MB) Steve Whittaker, Senior Project Manager, Petroleum Technology Research Center, Canada
Philip Ringrose, Project Leader: CO2 Storage, Statoil, Norway CO2 Store Project / Sleipner and Snøvit Projects (pdf 3.45 MB)
Philip Ringrose, Project Leader: CO2 Storage, Statoil, Norway
Marc Lescanne, CO2 Geological Storage Integrity Leader, Total, France Lacq CO2 Capture and Storage Project (pdf 2.79 MB)
Marc Lescanne, CO2 Geological Storage Integrity Leader, Total, France
Iain Wright, CO2 Project Manager, BP Alternative Energy, United Kingdom Geologic CO2 Storage Assurance at In Salah, Algeria (pdf 2.83 MB)
Iain Wright, CO2 Project Manager, BP Alternative Energy, United Kingdom