We investigate the physics, chemistry, and techno-economics of CO2 storage underground

Our research includes exploring fundamental pore scale fluid dynamics, developing digital rocks analysis techniques, increasing the accuracy of field scale reservoir simulation, and evaluating the feasibility of scaling up CO2 storage to climate relevant scales.

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StrataTrapper Advanced Modelling of CO2 Migration and Trapping

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THMC4CCS: ThorougH experiMental and numerical investigation of Coupled processes for geologiC Carbon ‎Storage

Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship

ExpReCCS: Expansion of ResourCes for CO2 Storage on the Horda Platform

inFUSE Prosperity Partnership

Shell Digital Rocks Laboratory

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@article{agada:2017:10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.08.014,
author = {agada, S and jackson, S and kolster, C and mac, dowell N and williams, G and vosper, H and williams, J and krevor, SC},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.08.014},
journal = {International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control},
pages = {128--136},
title = {The impact of energy systems demands on pressure limited CO 2 storage in the Bunter Sandstone of the UK Southern North Sea},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.08.014},
volume = {65},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - National techno-economic pathways to reduce carbon emissions are required for the United Kingdom to meet its decarbonisation obligations as mandated by the Paris Agreement. Analysis using energy systems models indicate that carbon capture and storage is a key technology for the UK to achieve its mitigation targets at lowest cost. There is potential to significantly improve upon the representation of the CO2 storage systems used in these models, but sensitivities of a given reservoir system to future development pathways must be evaluated. To investigate this we generate a range of numerical simulations of CO2 injection into the Bunter Sandstone of the UK Southern North Sea, considered to be one of the most important regional aquifers for CO2 storage. The scenarios investigate the sensitivity of CO2 storage to characteristics of regional development including number of injection sites and target rates of CO2 injection. This enables an evaluation of the impact of a range of deployment possibilities reflecting the range of scenarios that may be explored in an energy system analysis. The results show that limitations in achieving target injection rates are encountered at rates greater than 2 MtCO2/year-site due to local pressure buildup. The areal location of injection sites has minimal impact on the results because the Bunter Sandstone model has good regional connectivity. Rather, the depth of the site is the most important factor controlling limits on CO2 injection due to the relationship between the limiting pressure and the lithostatic pressure gradient. The potential for model simplification is explored by comparison of reservoir simulation with analytical models of average reservoir pressure and near-site pressure. The numerical simulations match average pressure buildup estimated with the “closed-box” analytical model of Zhou et al. (2008) over a 50 year injection period. The pressure buildup at individual sites is estimated using the Mathias et al. (
AU  - agada,S
AU  - jackson,S
AU  - kolster,C
AU  - mac,dowell N
AU  - williams,G
AU  - vosper,H
AU  - williams,J
AU  - krevor,SC
DO  - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.08.014
EP  - 136
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1750-5836
SP  - 128
TI  - The impact of energy systems demands on pressure limited CO 2 storage in the Bunter Sandstone of the UK Southern North Sea
T2  - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.08.014
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/51017
VL  - 65
ER  -
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