Dear Fellow Members of the DPS,
The next meeting of the Dutch Petrophysical Society will be held online on Thursday 3th June. The meeting will be conducted using GoToMeeting facilitated by the SPWLA, and features two presentations. The virtual doors open at 15:30 with the meeting commencing at 16:00. The theme of the meeting is Petrophysics and Geological Carbon Storage.
Talk 1 Carbon Capture and Storage in the Netherlands – The Porthos Project. Allard van der Molen, Geoscientist CO2 Storage, Energie Beheer Nederland BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
The Porthos project envisages the collection of CO2 captured by a number of large industrial emitters in the Rotterdam harbour area and the transportation of this CO2 to the depleted offshore P18 gas field where it will be stored permanently in Triassic reservoir sandstones. The project aims to store up to 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year, making it an essential element of our country’s objective to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 49% in 2030. The Porthos-project is a joint-venture between the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Gasunie and EBN and each company brings its own expertise to the project. EBN subsurface experts, in cooperation with P18 field operator TAQA, are currently planning the safe and permanent underground storage of the CO2. Various aspects of this work will be discussed in this afternoon’s presentation.
Biographical Details of the Speaker
Allard van der Molen joined EBN in April 2020 and is working as a geoscientist for the Porthos CCS project. Before that, he spent 15 years in Shell as an exploration geologist in different projects around the world. Prior to joining the E&P industry, he completed a PhD in TNO-NITG and Utrecht University on the Chalk Group of the Netherlands North Sea area.
Talk 2 Examining CO2 Interactions with Geologic Formations using Computed Tomography. Johnathan Moore, Principal Research Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, West Virginia, US.
Abstract
The evaluation of fluid flow in geologic porous media is an area of research that has experienced phenomenal advances in understanding over the past decades due to the high levels of interest in both energy extraction and carbon storage. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been an active institution in both these realms, with specific interest in the fundamental scientific questions surrounding the behavior of fluids at the pore and core scale. The Computed Tomography (CT) lab at NETL has been actively using non-destructive testing to evaluate the behavior and interactions of CO2 in potential reservoirs. The laboratory utilizes three CT scanners in addition to traditional core flooding instruments to evaluate interactions at scales ranging from the nanometer to centimeter length scale. Research has focused on CO2 with respect to relative permeability behavior, imbibition and drainage in both reactive and non-reactive formations, impacts to sealing formation integrity, and how CO2 interacts with the wellbore environment. Additionally, a wide range of carbon storage target formations have been CT scanned and analyzed with traditional core logging techniques. These data are made publicly available to provide the information needed to better assess risk and potential utility of targeted storage reservoirs.
Biographical Details of the Speaker
Johnathan Moore is a Research Geologist with Battelle at the Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Johnathan completed both his B.S. and M.S. at West Virginia University with an emphasis on inorganic geochemistry. During his time at NETL he has worked extensively with computed tomography (CT) scanners to provide novel ways of non- destructively characterizing reservoir rock undergoing complex processes. His current research interests include the geomechanics of rocks undergoing shear, unconventional reservoir geochemistry and the small-scale physics of reservoir flow