Storage Readiness Levels: communicating the maturity of site technical understanding, permitting and planning needed for storage operations using CO2

Akhurst, Maxine; Kirk, Karen; Neele, Filip; Grimstad, Alv-Arne; Bentham, Michelle; Bergmo, Per. 2021 Storage Readiness Levels: communicating the maturity of site technical understanding, permitting and planning needed for storage operations using CO2. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 110, 103402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103402

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103402

Abstract/Summary

A framework of Storage Readiness Levels (SRLs) is presented to communicate the entirety of technical appraisal, permitting and planning activities achieved at a potential CO2 storage site and what remains to be completed for CO2 storage operations. The schema, based on learning gained from the experience of researchers, regulators and industry from the 1990s, is described and assessed by application to 742 saline formation and hydrocarbon field sites, offshore the UK, Norway and The Netherlands. The framework is flexible to accommodate national differences in procedures and practise and the unique character of each site. It is applicable regardless of the time-scale of appraisal or scale of assessment. The framework is consistent with and extends the industry commercial project development classification to include categories for sites with a lesser level of data and evaluation. Application to the phases of appraisal of three sites illustrates that investigations may advance understanding by different pathways and rates. The standardised framework enables comparison of the experience of permitting and planning activities completed within different jurisdictions, the level of investment and the duration required to achieve permitted or permit-ready sites. It is intended that the framework of SRLs should be widely applied.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103402
ISSN:	17505836
Date made live:	12 Nov 2021 11:31 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531380

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103402

ISSN:

17505836

Date made live:

12 Nov 2021 11:31 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531380