A new stratigraphic trap for CO2 in the UK North Sea: appraisal using legacy information

Wilkinson, Mark; Haszeldine, R. Stuart; Mackay, Eric; Smith, Kevin; Sargeant, Susanne. 2013 A new stratigraphic trap for CO2 in the UK North Sea: appraisal using legacy information. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 12. 310-322. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.09.013

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.09.013

Abstract/Summary

Using legacy information to search for geological CO2 storage within saline aquifers is likely to be a cost-effective technique for commercial CCS projects. Here, a potential storage site was discovered, away from hydrocarbon reservoirs, using public information. CO2 would be injected 15–40 km downdip from the margin of almost un-drilled regionally extensive Permian (Rotliegend) Sandstone saline aquifer. The CO2 would migrate buoyantly towards the aquifer margin under an evaporite top-seal, becoming partly trapped by residual saturation effects. Any remaining CO2 would be retained in the stratigraphic pinch-out trap at the edge of the aquifer. The lateral seal at the margin is most likely to be metamorphic basement – of presumed low permeability, inferred to be overlain by dolomite-anhydrite sediments. Using conservative assumptions, 170–690 Mt of CO2 could be stored along a 50 km long section of the 300 km margin of the reservoir. Preliminary modelling shows that 100% of the CO2 will be retained within the reservoir for at least 10,000 years. This demonstrates how small datasets, widely spread, can be adequate for a first stage investigation, and geological uncertainties can be identified for subsequent investigation.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.09.013
ISSN:	17505836
Date made live:	30 Sep 2013 14:17 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503367

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.09.013

ISSN:

17505836

Date made live:

30 Sep 2013 14:17 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503367