Webinar:NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre) CCS projects

Presentation 1:

CO2 Storage Simulation at Reservoir Scale (Tor Harald Sandve, PhD Applied Mathematics, Senior Researcher NORCE)

Summary of presentation:

Field scale simulations of CO2 storage give valuable input to decision makers during field the assessment, operation and the monitoring phase of the project. For robust decision, a large number of simulations are needed in order to map uncertainty, assimilate data and/or optimize the injection.  There is therefore a critical need for fast simulations tools that model the necessary physics in an efficient way. This presentation gives an introduction to the CO2 storage simulation capabilities in the open-source reservoir simulator OPM Flow.  

This includes field scale demonstration of CO2 injection on the Smeaheia and the Sleipner cases as well as presentation of a novel approach for efficient upscaling of convection driven dissolution.

BIO Tor Harald Sandve

Tor Harald Sandve is a senior researcher in NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre). He holds a PhD in applied mathematics and is one of the key developers of the OPM Flow reservoir simulator where he recently contributed a dedicated CO2 storage module. 

Presentation 2:

Near-Wellbore Effects during CO2 Injection (Jonas Solbakken, PhD Petroleum Technology, Senior Researcher NORCE)

Summary of presentation:

Critical to the efficient and safe implementation of geological carbon storage (GCS) is a detailed understanding of the flow and transport processes of CO₂ in boreholes and the coupling with the reservoir. Wellbores in general have been identified as the most likely conduit for CO₂ and brine leakage from GCS sites, especially those in sedimentary basins with historical hydrocarbon (oil and gas) production. On the other side, near-wellbore effects and phenomena, like salt precipitation, rock dissolution, Joule-Thomson cooling effect and hydrate formation can impair CO₂ injectivity and impede CO₂ injections at planned rates. Understanding and controlling the above-mentioned issues are important for handling CO₂ flow assurance problems and for maintaining proper CO₂ injectivity during the course of the injection period. Handling the coupled and combined CO₂ flow assurance aspects, which both affect well integrity and near-wellbore injectivity, is the main topic of this presentation and also a current research-focus at NORCE.

BIO Jonas Solbakken

Jonas Solbakken is a senior researcher in NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre).

Solbakken holds a PhD in petroleum technology. He has mostly been working on challenges involving porous media flow, including EOR methods (Enhanced Oil Recovery), underground CO₂ storage, and more recently on hydrogen safety & storage. Today, Solbakken is the center coordinator for HyValue, which is a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) on hydrogen and hydrogen-based value-chain research lead by NORCE in collaboration with many academic and industrial partners.  

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