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The Groundwater and Storage interactions project arose out of a meeting on the shoulder of the Greenhouse Gas Technologies Conference in Amsterdam in 2010. It was decided to concentrate initially on the Australian Flagships projects. On 3 May 2011 Australian researchers and government agencies met and presented their work to date. In these slides, the Global CCS Institute presents on CO2 Storage and Groundwater Management – Work Program Modules

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CO2 Storage and Groundwater Management
WORK PROGRAM MODULES
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BACKGROUND
• At GHGT 10 September 2010
– 4 Thematic groups proposed
• Hub Development Challenges with Clinton Fndn
• Managing impacts of Storage on Groundwater
with IEAGHG
• Storage learning from EOR with IEAGHG
• Project Integration Challenges with CSLF
Technical
– Initial feedback at meeting was to refer
heavily to saline aquifer projects like Sleipner
In Salah and Otway

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MODULE 1 –AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIPS
Currently dispersed groundwater expertise, data and responsibilities
> Develop collaboration between key agencies and funding bodies
> Focus initially on Flagships-related storage

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CSIRO CO2CRC SURVEYS
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GROUNDWATER THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT
Priority driven thematic development:
> starting in Australia where groundwater impact is a known key storage
issue
Phase One: Australia
Collaboration including GA, CSIRO, CO2CRC and State
Surveys

Phase Two: Other Nations
Collaboration including GA and
CAGS +CSIRO +?

Phase Three: Global
Collaboration including
CO2GeoNet and NETL

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AUSTRALIA’S KEY STORAGE OPTIONS

Large resource –
utilisation for gas-
related storage –
other sources too
remote Large resource –
access dependent
on alignment of
storage with
groundwater
extraction

Moderate potential
resource – limited
occurrence of
conventional seals Large resource –
access dependent
on alignment of
storage with
petroleum
production

Source: Global CCS Institute; Carbon Storage Taskforce Report 5

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OBJECTIVE – GROUNDWATER CO2 INTERACTION

• To understand the potential impacts of CO2 storage on deep groundwater
resources especially for demonstration –scale projects
• To inform the proponents, regulators and prospective funders of the potential
impacts
•To identify where these impacts may create threats and opportunities and the
best way of understanding and managing these impacts
•To establish a collaborative network of agencies interested in groundwater
science and its interaction with geological carbon storage.
•To consider what other resources may benefit from a similar analysis

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AREA OF STUDY MODULE 1

• Focus on the Flagship regions
– Perth, Surat/Eromanga, Gippsland
– Build and collaborate on work already funded
– Collaborate with interested parties and “fill
the gaps”
– Learn from each area.
– Integrated study with a data set for multiple
users.

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To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute together with ANLEC R&D will hold a series of webinars throughout 2016 and 2017. Each webinar will highlight a specific ANLEC R&D research project and the relevant report found on the Institute’s website. This is the sixth webinar of the series and presented the results of chemical and mechanical changes that carbon dioxide (CO2) may have at a prospective storage complex in the Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia. Earth Sciences and Chemical Engineering researchers at the University of Queensland have been investigating the effects of supercritical CO2 injection on reservoir properties in the near wellbore region as a result of geochemical reactions since 2011. The near wellbore area is critical for CO2 injection into deep geological formations as most of the resistance to flow occurs in this region. Any changes to the permeability can have significant economic impact in terms of well utilisation efficiency and compression costs. In the far field, away from the well, the affected reservoir is much larger and changes to permeability through blocking or enhancement have relatively low impact. This webinar was presented by Prof Sue Golding and Dr Grant Dawson and will provide an overview of the findings of the research to assist understanding of the beneficial effects and commercial consequences of near wellbore injectivity enhancement as a result of geochemical reactions.

Laboratory-scale geochemical and geomechanical testing of near wellbore CO2 i...

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The third webinar in the public engagement, education and outreach for CCS Series digged deeper, perhaps multiple kilometres deeper, to explore successful methods for engaging the public on the often misunderstood topic of carbon (CO2) storage. Forget bad experiences of high school geology, we kick-started our 2017 webinar program with three ‘rock stars’ of CO2 storage communication – Dr Linda Stalker, Science Director of Australia’s National Geosequestration Laboratory, Lori Gauvreau, Communication and Engagement Specialist for Schlumberger Carbon Services, and Norm Sacuta, Communication Manager at the Petroleum Technology Research Centre who all joined Kirsty Anderson, the Institute’s Senior Advisor on Public Engagement, to discuss the challenges of communicating about CO2 storage. They shared tips, tools and some creative solutions for getting people engaged with this topic. This entire Webinar Series has been designed to hear directly from the experts and project practitioners researching and delivering public engagement, education and outreach best practice for carbon capture and storage. This third webinar was less focused on research and more on the real project problems and best practice solutions. It is a must for anyone interested in science communication/education and keen to access resources and ideas to make their own communications more engaging.

Webinar Series: Public engagement, education and outreach for CCS. Part 3: Ca...

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The potential for increased water use has often been noted as a challenge to the widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Early studies, that are widely referenced and cited in discussions of CCS, indicated that installation of a capture system would nearly double water consumption for thermal power generation, while more recent studies show different results. The Global CCS Institute has conducted a comprehensive review of data available in order to clarify messages around water consumption associated with installation of a capture system. Changes in water use estimates over time have been evaluated in terms of capture technology, cooling systems, and how the data are reported. Guido Magneschi, Institute’s Senior Advisor – Carbon Capture, and co-author of the study, presented the results of the review and illustrated the main conclusions.

Water use of thermal power plants equipped with CO2 capture systems

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