Progress over perfection
The Norwegian continental shelf offers a wealth of opportunities for new industries alongside and after oil, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) has gained a solid foothold. Northern Lights has…
CCS
Using horizontal drilling technology to permanently store radioactive waste
“We get that question a lot,” says Rod Baltzer, CEO of Deep Isolation, when he calls in from Dallas. “But no, oil and gas wells cannot be easily converted to…
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…
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…
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.…
Finding the right store for CO2 can lead to very different outcomes
It happens quite regularly that people’s surname seem to be closely linked to the profession they operate in. This certainly applies to Alexander Bump from the University of Texas in…
3 million versus 100 k
Once large-scale CO2 injection projects will hopefully ramp up, monitoring injection will be an essential part of the workflow. And because the carbon storage business will never be a commercial…
Supporting the search for large scale carbon storage sites
The role of the seismic industry in delivering successful CCS scale-up The seismic industry has, for a long time, been involved in helping to support the development and successful operation…
Geomodelling for CCS, a bridge too far?
Traditionally, geomodels are built in a simplistic fashion, taking into account the inherent degree of uncertainty in the input data. Attempting to accurately depict an unseen geological object, often multiple…
Are outcrops the key to unlock the CCUS potential in the Middle East?
The Middle East region is under the spotlight of the carbon-neutral worldwide ambition. COP28 was a testimony of the effort put by the regional energy powerhouses. What if the success…
CCS in Scandinavia
Norway has led the way in carbon capture and storage (CCS) for many years, underpinned by its leading role in oil and gas production in the Norwegian, Barents and North…