01 - Wednesday, 3 September 2025 08:30 - 18:00 | Virtual and Burlington House, Piccadilly London W1J 0BG, UK
01 - Wednesday, 3 September 2025 | 08:30 - 18:00 | Virtual and Burlington House, Piccadilly London W1J 0BG, UK
Event summary
In the North Sea and beyond, first-of-a-kind carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects are reaching FID. To enable success for this nascent industry, we are actively seeking real world examples from recent appraisal and testing programmes, including the acquisition and impact of new data and insights gained through advanced modelling. What can we learn from the more established CO2 storage projects, and which uncertainties remain poorly understood?
As an industry it is also important to consider what we realistically need to know to safely inject and how to reduce appraisal timelines, as these impact the full life cycle costs of the projects to the operator and cost per ton to emitter. How do we determine pragmatic, risk-based approaches for appraisal of depleted field and saline aquifer stores, balancing the need to demonstrate containment against commercial reality?
We invite abstracts that address these questions considering the following themes:
Containment – How best to quantify and address leakage risk?
- Assessment and mitigation of legacy wells
- Predicting fault and seal behaviour under injection conditions
- Assessing lateral leakage pathways that may be overlooked/under-represented?
Injection – Are flow tests always required? What can we learn from injection testing?
- The value of injection vs. production tests and injection fluid type
- Flow assurance challenges in severely depleted fields
- Extrapolating to full field reservoir characterisation
Capacity – How does reservoir geology affect CO2 plumes and pressure over time?
- The impact of reservoir heterogeneities and faults on our ability to inject CO2
- How do pressure constraints limit injection capacity in a hydraulic unit?
- Should depleted field capacity be limited by the original field conditions?
The deadline for abstract submissions is: 8 June 2025.
Submit an abstract- Clare Glover, ExxonMobil
- Stuart Gilfillan, University of Edinburgh
- Elizabeth Mackie, ENI
- Graham Tarn-Dyson, Equinor
- Kirsty Simpson, NSTA
- James Preston, Shell
- Eleanor Rollet, Tetra Tech RPS
Contact:
The Energy Group of the Geological Society: energygroup@geolsoc.org.uk
The conference is currently in the call for abstract phase. Once this is completed, a programme will be published here.
To be confirmed in due course.
The conference is currently in the call for abstract phase. Once this is completed, registration will open.