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Document ID 102968-MS
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Title Critical Issues in CO2 Capture and Storage: Findings of the SPE Advanced
Authors S. Imbus, Chevron Energy Technology Co.; F.M. Orr, Stanford U.; V.A. Kuuskraa, Advanced Resources Intl. Inc.;
H. Kheshgi, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.; K. Bennaceur, Schlumberger; N. Gupta, Battelle Memorial
Inst.;
A. Rigg, CO2CRC; S. Hovorka, U. of Texas; and L. Myer and S. Benson, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Source SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 24-27 September 2006, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is emerging as a key technology for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Applied Technology Workshop (ATW) on CO2 Sequestration (Galveston
Island, Texas, Nov. 15-17, 2005) convened a diverse group of geoscience, engineering, economics and
stakeholder experts to review the status of CCS and to identify the remaining critical issues that still serve as
barriers to its acceptance and widespread deployment.
Site assessment can be improved with systematic, generally accepted approaches that identify and focus on
injection, capacity and containment risks. Reservoir simulation models can be adapted from oil and gas applications
but further experimental work and code development are needed to quantify the role of major CO2 trapping
mechanisms. Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery accompanying injection of CO2 is well established for CO2 EOR but
its efficacy in EGR and ECBM is unclear. Well integrity, a key vulnerability in CO2 storage, should be addressed
through modified well materials and construction approaches and cost effective remediation and intervention
techniques. Field management issues, including risk assessment and monitoring, would benefit from development
of accepted practices to apply through project lifecycle.
Overall, the Workshop participants concluded that implementation of CCS, in a timely manner, represents a
complex challenge that requires coordination of technical expertise, economic incentives, appropriate regulations
and public acceptance. Storage assessment tools are available and adequate, although in need of refinement and
standardization. Capture technology, however, requires more intense research aimed at new technologies and deep
cost reduction. Infrastructure and regulatory development needs to reflect expectations and incentives from
government bodies. Early implementation of CCS is expected to focus on the gas processing and other industries
that produce high purity CO2 with storage in local hydrocarbon reservoirs or saline aquifers. Deployment at a scale
required to substantially reduce CO2 atmospheric concentrations, however, would rely heavily on injection into
saline formations and take decades of investment to build the extensive infrastructure required to capture and
transport CO2 to injection sites.
The ATW gathering was a unique, timely opportunity to engage experts in an assessment of the status and best
path forward for CCS.
Introduction
Current and projected rates of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels may lead to changes in global climate with
significant impact. Whereas improved energy efficiency and renewable energy will play growing roles in this
century, fossil fuels will continue to meet the majority of energy needs for decades to come (IEA/OECD World
Energy Outlook 2004). Even with technical advances and changes in the energy mix and its efficient use, there is
an expanding gap over the present century between projected emissions and those emissions levels needed to
stabilize atmospheric CO2 to desired levels (Edmonds et al., 2004)1 .
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