NETL s Carbon Storage Program

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1 NETL s Carbon Storage Program ITRI Workshop on Carbon Storage October 31, 2014, Taiwan Charles E. Taylor, Ph.D. International Activity Manager National Energy Technology Laboratory

2 Carbon Storage Program Carbon Storage Program Overview Program Overview Core Storage Research and Development Technology Area Storage Infrastructure Technology Area Strategic Program Support Technology Area

3 Carbon Storage Program Drivers for Developing & Validating Technologies Overall objective of the DOE Carbon Storage program is to: Develop CCS technologies that address technical challenges and ensure costeffectiveness Validate safe/permanent storage Facilitate public, industry and international community awareness of R&D for storage Program Structure: Three integrated Technology Areas working together

4 Carbon Storage Program Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) The clean room for the manufacturing of the 300 C Fiber Optic Seismic Sensors (FOSS) Field deployment and testing of the 5 level 3C array prototype at an industrial well in California

5 Carbon Storage Program Funding and Statistics Currently, over 100 Active R&D Projects, combined ~26% cost share DOE Budget (Million $) Fiscal Year Carbon Sequestration (Storage and Pre-combustion) Carbon Storage

6 Core Storage Research and Development Research Focused on Technical Challenges Geologic Storage Technologies and Simulation and Risk Assessment Research Pathways Wellbore (construction and materials) Mitigation (wells and natural pathways) Fluid flow/reservoir pressure/water mgmt Geochemical (effects on formation, brine and microbial communities) Geomechanical (impacts on seals/reservoirs, basin-scale coupled models and microseismic Risk Assessment (integrationmonitoring/operations) Geologic Storage, Simulation, and Risk Assessment (GSRA)

7 Core Storage Research and Development Research Focused on Technical Challenges Geologic Storage Technologies and Simulation and Risk Assessment Research Challenges Understanding geomechanical impacts of injection; induced seismicity Technologies to ensure wellbore integrity and assess/effectively seal potential release pathways Development of risk assessment strategies Predicting CO 2 plume and brine pressure front movement, stabilization and impacts Geologic Storage, Simulation, and Risk Assessment (GSRA)

8 Core Storage Research and Development Research Focused on Technical Challenges Monitoring Verification and Accounting (MVA) and Assessment Research Pathways Atmospheric Monitoring Near-Surface Monitoring Subsurface Monitoring Intelligent Monitoring Systems Monitoring, Verification, Accounting, and Assessment (MVA) Research Challenges Detecting and quantifying potential leakage from wellbores, faults, and other migration pathways at the surface and near-surface Mapping the CO 2 plume (saturation) and pressure front in the reservoir, and detecting leakage out of the reservoir, in various depositional environments Integrated tools and systems for improved, long term monitoring

9 Core Storage Research and Development Validating Technologies in RCSP Field Projects Montana State University - CO 2 concentrations measured with the field rugged, pulsed Differential Absorption LIDAR with a 3.5 km radius University of North Dakota - Autonomous seismic sensors and impulsive source Oklahoma State Skywalker X8 Platform undergoing field testing Excelis, Inc. - LIDAR concept Intelligent Optical Systems - Distributed intrinsic fiber optic sensors for direct detection of dissolved CO 2 LBNL - U-tube sampler

10 Carbon Storage Program Storage Infrastructure

11 Assess CO 2 storage resource across the nation (onshore and offshore) Storage Infrastructure Research Challenges Validating cost-effective monitoring and storage technologies for all storage types and depositional environments for industry and regulators (onshore and offshore) Development of human capital and education for future CCS mass deployment Non-technical issues associated with large volume projects, including regulations, public perception, and industry s role

12 Storage Infrastructure Assessing and Validating CO 2 Storage Resources Developing Standard Assessment Methodologies, populating National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB) and publishing in the public domain regional resource estimates through a series of Atlases

13 Storage Infrastructure Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Seven Regional Partnerships 400+ distinct organizations, 43 states, 4 Canadian Provinces Characterization Phase ( ) BIG SKY PCOR Search of potential storage locations and CO 2 sources Found potential for 100s of years of storage WESTCARB MGSC MRCSP Validation Phase ( ) SWP SECARB 19 field projects in saline formations, depleted oil, unmineable coal seams, and basalt Phase II Validation Projects: Completed 19 Field Project s injection ~1.2 MMT Saline Formations (3,000 to 60,000 MT) Oil and Gas Reservoirs (50 to 500,000 MT) Unmineable Coal (200 to 18,000 MT) Basalt Formation (1,000 MT) Development Phase ( ) 8 large-scale field projects Commercial-scale understanding and validation

14 Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Development Phase Large-scale Field Projects Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership Kevin Dome Project Injection 2015 Plains CO 2 Reduction Partnership Fort Nelson Project Injection TBD Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Michigan Basin Project 244,200 metric tons Plains CO 2 Reduction Partnership Bell Creek Field Project 1,123,341 metric tons Southwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Farnsworth Unit Ochiltree Project 113,663 metric tons Injection volumes updated as of September 2014 Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Cranfield Project 5,023,325 metric tons Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium Illinois Basin Decatur Project 926,000 metric tons Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Citronelle Project 112,786 metric tons

15 Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Yielding Important Scientific Findings Collective variety of the RCSP field projects developing a broad spectrum of scientific results in various depositional environments Detailed Characterization critical basis for predictability of reservoir models and foundation for MVA activities to reduce project risk Geophysical Thresholds MGSC: 3D VSP 75,000 metric tons not successful plume definition likely due to channeling of flow in a thin layer, (but 475,000 metric tons appears successful); not very good signal to noise for surface seismic at Cranfield, depth a factor Microseismicity Distribution of events around an injection well, development and complexity of clusters away from the injection well at each 100K metric tons injected 9-Component 3D Seismic shows very good S/N in long offset shear wave data and may be able to separate rigidity and density in seismic response

16 Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Uniqueness of Site Specific MVA Technologies 9-C seismic Big Sky Pulsed Neutron Logging PCOR InSAR ACRs MRCSP ERT results SECARB Cranfield MBM SECARB Citronelle Westbay system MGSC

17 Strategic Program Support National Risk Assessment Partnership Leveraging DOE s competency in science-based prediction for engineered natural systems to build confidence in the business case for CO 2 storage. Building toolsets and the calibration & validation data to quantify Potential impacts related to release of CO 2 or brine from the storage reservoir Potential geomechanical impacts due to injection of CO 2 Technical Team Stakeholder Group Wade, LLC

18 Strategic Program Support Subsurface Engineering Intra-Agency Cross-cut Team Discovering, Characterizing and Predicting Subsurface Conditions Accessing Through Wells Engineering and Permeability Control Sustained Production and Sustainable Environment Monitoring Technologies Nuclear Waste Disposal Technical Team Identified Key R&D Targets Intelligent Wellbores Stress & Induced Seismicity Permeability Manipulation New Subsurface Signals Geothermal Energy Storage Subsurface Remediation CO 2 Storage Oil and Gas 18

19 Purpose Rapid searches for subsurface data Archive for data developed by DOE-FE programs Portal for data housed on other databases (NATCARB integrated with EDX) Secure platform for researchers to develop collaborative, datadriven products Strategic Program Support National Laboratory Network Current Functionality: Controlled access to: Datasets & tools Open access to: Portfolio information (e.g., publications) Upload/download large datasets Data storage for ongoing projects Data archiving for completed projects

20 Strategic Program Support Global Collaborations Leveraging International R&D International Demonstrations Sponsor multi-national R&D Internally through the National Laboratory Network North America, Canada Aquistore North America, Canada Fort Nelson North America, Canada Weyburn - Midale Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum International ministerial-level organization focused on improved CCS technologies North America, Canada Zama Oil Field Europe, Iceland Carbfix Africa, Algeria In Salah Gas Europe, North Sea, Norway Sleipner DOE Support to International CCS Projects 1 DOE is a lead support sponsor and U.S. scientists test multiple monitoring and simulation technologies. Bilateral Agreements (Specific Countries) DOE has MOUs with UK, Norway and China Europe, North Sea, Norway Snøhvit CO 2 Storage Europe, Germany CO2 SINK, Ketzin 2 Supporting the Plains CO 2 Reduction Partnership to conduct monitoring and reservoir modeling of CO 2 injection into pinnacle reefs. 3 Supporting Plains CO 2 Reduction Partnership to conduct monitoring and reservoir modeling studies. 4 Supporting Indiana University to perform reservoir simulations, and recently supported the Scripps Institute of Oceanography to conduct time-lapse gravity surveys. 5 Supporting the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to simulate geomechanical conditions of the reservoir and caprock. 6 Supported Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to deploy downhole monitoring technology based on thermal perturbation sensors. 7 Supporting Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - tracer methods to assess trapping mechanisms in basalts. 8 Supporting the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to test field and remote sensing monitoring technologies and modeling geomechanical and geochemical reservoir processes. 9 Supporting scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to test multiple monitoring technologies (depleted gas field and saline). 10 Supporting West Virginia University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to assess capacity for storage, and simulating hydrogeologic and geochemical reservoir conditions. 11 Supporting the Petroleum Technology Research Centre and Plains CO 2 Reduction Partnership to conduct site characterization monitoring, modeling, and public outreach efforts for CO 2 storage in a saline formation. Other Research Activities Partnerships US/China Clean Energy Research Center, work with IEAGHG R&D Programme, and participate on ISO/TC265 CCS Asia, China Ordos Basin Australia, Victoria Otway Basin

21 Find More Information on the Carbon Storage Program: NETL Office of Fossil Energy Traci D. Rodosta National Energy Technology Laboratory Mark Ackiewicz

22 Find more information at Charles Taylor International Activities Manager P.O. Box Pittsburgh, PA National Energy Technology Laboratory