Abstract
Compartmentalisation has presented significant technical challenges in the development of and production from Southern North Sea (SNS) gas fields hosting Permian (Rotliegend) reservoirs. One such field, the giant Indefatigable (Inde), has 12 distinct compartments with limited pressure communication, requiring 8 platforms and 70 production wells for development. With the explosion of prospective geological carbon storage projects around the SNS, it is likely that many compartmentalised fields will be of interest for use sequestration. However, given the present lack of value for stored carbon, storage sites need to be developed at minimal cost. As such, the impact of compartmentalisation on storage capacity and site development needs to be well understood to answer the key question: are any compartments sufficiently large to be valid as sites for carbon sequestration? In this study, Inde was evaluated for carbon storage using a traditional map-based volumetric approach, allowing the theoretical CO2 capacity of each faulted compartment to be calculated. The results show that only five compartments have capacities larger than 10 Mt CO2 (potentially allowing 1 Mt injection per year for 10 years). Based on theoretical capacity, the Inde compartments were ranked and a development plan of sequential filling-and-sealing was suggested.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 4th EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference and Exhibition, GET 2023 |
Publisher | European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789462824799 |
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Publication status | Published - Nov 2023 |
Event | 4th EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference and Exhibition, GET 2023 - Paris, France Duration: 14 Nov 2023 → 17 Nov 2023 |
Conference
Conference | 4th EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference and Exhibition, GET 2023 |
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Country/Territory | France |
City | Paris |
Period | 14/11/23 → 17/11/23 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is being conducted as part of a PhD undertaken in the GeoNetZero Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), funded by Neo Energy. Data access was obtained via the North Sea Transition Authority’s (NSTA) National Data Repository (https://www.ndr.nstauthority.co.uk and Open Data portal (https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/data-centre/nsta-open-data). We are grateful to SLB for