DEPLETED FIELDS WITH ACTIVE AQUIFERS Perfect CO 2 storage candidates? Dr Owain Tucker, Global deployment lead CCS & CCUS Dr Carol Thompson, Reservoir engineer, Peterhead CCS May 2015 1
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CONTENTS CCS and Shell s response Key challenges for progressing CCS Peterhead to Goldeneye Depleted aquifer connected fields
THE DOOR TO A 2 O (1Trillion Tonnes) WORLD IS CLOSING
CCS AND UNITED KINGDOM Prize for Britain Government Objective 32Billion /Annum Without CCS, the additional costs to run a decarbonised UK economy in 2050 will be 32Billion.... by the 2020 s, private sector electricity companies can take investment decisions to build CCS equipped fossil fuel electricity generation facilities without Government capital subsidy at an agreed contract for difference strike price that is competitive with the strike price for other low carbon generation technologies UK Energies Technology Institute 6
SHELL IS BUILDING EXPERIENCE IN CCS CONSTRUCTION OPERATING TCM Quest OPERATING Peterhead Boundary Dam Shell involvement in CCS Projects; Industrial scale projects in operation Industrial scale projects in construction Planned industrial scale project (FEED) Involvement through Shell Cansolv Technology Gorgon CONSTRUCTION 7
CERTAINTY A KEY CHALLENGE FOR PROGRESSING CCS + = Before committing significant capital to a clean power station, investors want certainty on CO 2 storage and on sustained injectivity Storage capacity Low Mid High Adapted from Gorecki 2009, and Allinson 2012 Before committing significant capital to storage appraisal, investors want certainty that the CO 2 will be delivered
PROPOSED PETERHEAD PROJECT AT A GLANCE World First the first full-scale CCS project on a gas-fired power station, Status proposal currently in Front End Engineering Design phase, seeking regulatory approvals and Government funding for capital and operating expenses Where capture at Peterhead Power Station; storage in depleted Goldeneye gas reservoir (100 KM offshore) Goldeneye Platform Impact 10 to15 million tonnes of CO 2 captured over a 10 to 15-year period (90% CO 2 capture from one turbine) Technology post-combustion capture using amines St Fergus Terminal Peterhead Power Station
PETERHEAD AT A GLANCE Peterhead Power Station Goldeneye Platform Project Technical Line-Up CONFIDENTIAL 10
MULTIPLE WELLS, 6 YEAR PRODUCTION TEST Proven seal 50 million year test All the appraisal and well data Performance since start of production 11
HISTORY-MATCHED SIMULATION MODEL 12
Million Tonnes CO2 STORAGE CAPACITY WITHIN THE ORIGINAL FIELD CAN BE ESTIMATED WITH VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE We know what we produced Modifications for Heterogeneity Relperm effects Mixing Dissolution Capillary trapping Storage capacity of Goldeneye for pure CO 2 50 45 40 10 35 30 25 47 9 1.7 0.6 1.3 6 20 15 34 10 5 0 CO2 space from Produced gas Heterogeneities "Residual Water Saturation" Mixing with reservoir gas CO2 Dissolution in brine Bouyancy filling Unit E Water leg extra capacity Combined Storage Capacity
GOLDENEYE AQUIFER EXTENT May 21, 2015 14
THE AQUIFER CONNECTION Before production 110 km
UNDERSTANDING HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY At the end of production. The subsequent pressure build up sees the connected volume Aquifer build-up 110 km 110 km Other technical work needed
Increasing technical and commercial maturity DEPLETED FIELDS WITH AQUIFERS ARE ATTRACTIVE STORES A depleted field can rapidly yield a high confidence volume It also provides a proven seal, and an estimate of injectivity QUEST today Commercial storage capacity Low Mid High The performance history can also derisk hydraulic connectivity in the aquifer Depleted field Contingent storage capacity Low Mid High FID There is still work to be done on other aspects related to rate of injection, plume migration, and containment Potential aquifer store Prospective storage capacity Low Mid High Discovery Depleted fields, with aquifers, have the potential to accelerate storage development and provide a number of low risk stores around the world. Adapted from: Illustrating the estimation of CO 2 storage capacity for a hypothetical injection site. Allinson et al. GHGT11, Nov 2012 and Guidelines for the Evaluation of Petroleum Reserves and Resources, SPE 2001
Q & A May 2015 19
Shell s CCS projects 1 slide Create a new slide on counterparty risk compare to oil and gas Show the reserves maturation framework So why do we like depleted fields - Show the production profile, injection performance - Show the build up - Show the movie slides with water breaking through - Show the volumetric waterfall - Show the pressure slide along the captain trough - Show potential for expansion
CERTAINTY A KEY CHALLENGE FOR CCS + = Before committing significant capital to a clean power station, investors want certainty on storage Storage capacity Low Mid High Adapted from Gorecki 2009, and Allinson 2012 Appraisal costs money and takes time so who pays and when?
CERTAINTY A KEY CHALLENGE FOR CCS Before committing significant capital to a clean power station, investors want certainty on storage + = Storage capacity Low Mid High Adapted from Gorecki 2009, and Allinson 2012 Appraisal costs money so who pays? Figure adapted from ZEP report on Transport & Storage business models, 2014 Cost Income Cost and exposure Capture Feasex & FEED Capex Opex Opex Decom Storage Exploration & appraisal Feasex & FEED Capex & baseline Opex Decom Monitoring Transfer & posttransfer monitoring -20y -10y 0 +10y +30y +50y +70y