The talk will have a hybrid form: in-person at Imperial College, London and broadcasted ONLINE.
Link to the webinar will be provided via e-mails to registered attendees: first e-mail will be sent two days before the event and the second one just 2 hours before the event. Do not register too late!
Lecture Theatre 2.28
Agenda (UK time)
18:30-18:35 Introduction and Announcements
18:35-19:20 Smeaheia, identification and potential of the CO2 storage area.
A case study in the North Sea
19:20-19:35 Q&A
19:35-late Informal discussion and networking in a local pub
Presenters
Alex Clarke, Eliis
Alex Clarke is a Senior Geoscientist for Eliis and a developer of PaleoScan software. Alex holds 8 years’ experience in international exploration and appraisal operations, and has worked assets in West Africa, Latin America, and the UK North Sea. He is an experienced seismic interpreter, and has contributed to numerous high-quality projects at various stages of the exploration lifecycle. Alex holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Liverpool and an MSc in Integrated Petroleum Geosciences from the University of Aberdeen, and has been active in volunteering for scientific outreach programs through multiple forums.
Talk outline
Smeaheia, a large fault block located on the Horda Platform in the northern North Sea, is identified as a potential subsurface CO2storage site. In this talk, we will present the results of a study to identify and characterize this potential CO2 storage area.
The first part of the study involves a full stratigraphic analysis of the key subsurface intervals to help us better understand the lithology and paleoenvironment, revealing new geomorphological evidence for paleoenvironmental interpretation and detailing lateral facies variations.
The second part focuses on the various potential reservoir-and-seal pairs identified, and the different methods used to simulate CO2 storage scenarios with new software capabilities to assess the project's suitability.