Being smart with data
On the fringe of the EAGE GET Conference in Rotterdam, I meet with May Zhang, who is representing Carbon Guardian in the start-up zone. We previously met at the Annual…
Carbon Capture & Storage
Are the problems around the Gorgon CO2 storage project proof that CCS does not work?
“The world’s largest CCS project, the one that underpins CCS as a climate solution, as advocated by the oil and gas companies. But as the graph shows from the data…
How a sandbox model caused an epiphany
“I think I watched it about 50 times,” Sean tells me when we meet online on a rainy morning. He refers to a video published by the FluidFlower research team…
An under-communicated factor for CCS
Ola Eiken. Photography: Ola Eiken private archive. “We did not want the same unexpected situation like we had at Ekofisk,” recalls Ola Eiken, CEO of Quad Geometrics. He refers to…
New study on global CO2 storage capacity met with fierce criticism
“Oh no! I’d better call the Porthos office to stop construction (of our CO2 injection project)! Apparently, we are injecting in unviable depths!”, wrote Joop de Kok from EBN in…
Kasawari – gas production has commenced, but when does the CO2 storage project?
At industry events in South-East Asia, the Kasawari CO2 storage project has been a talking point for years. It should be the first large-scale CO2 storage project in the region,…
Understanding CO2 flow at Sleipner using stratigraphic continuity
The Sleipner project, located offshore Norway, marks one of the first large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives. Since 1996, more than 18.5 million tons of CO₂ have been injected…
Keeping geoscientists busy
Geoscientists can go too far in the relentless pursuit to de-risk all elements that could cause a CO2 store to leak. At least, that is my take based on listening…
Creating a source rock and storing it for good
“We started as a project when Swiss supermarket concern Migros wanted to find a solution to process its food waste in a carbon-neutral way,” says geologist Tim Baars from Recoal.…
The benefits of being an oil veteran when assessing depleted fields for carbon storage
“ In some ways, knowing the reservoir storage capacity of a CCS project is even more critical than knowing the size of the same reservoir prior to gas production,” said…
CCS – a roller coaster ride from an oil crisis to a climate change solution
Initially, at the time of the 1970s oil crisis, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) was proposed as a way of getting more oil out of the ground through enhanced oil…
Basalt as a CO2 storage reservoir
Harnessing a natural process, mineralization of CO2 is the process by which primary and secondary minerals such as Mg, Fe, and Ca present in basalts interact with CO2-enriched fluids to…