Technical progress in CCUS is moving fast, and so is the complexity of real-world implementation. These four presentations from the EAGE’s E-Lectures library showcase practical solutions to key challenges in CO2 storage site characterisation, monitoring, and full-chain CCS development. Each case offers field-tested methods that can inform and enhance your own project work, whether in site screening, risk assessment, or infrastructure planning.
1. Tracking CO2 Plumes via Time-lapse Pressure Tomography
Presenter: James Gunning
Adjoint-based inversion of pressure tomography data tracks plume migration and legacy gas remobilisation. A low-impact approach to monitoring with strong correlation to seismic results.
2. Carbon Capture and Storage Plan for the Decarbonization of the Asturias Industrial Hub
Presenter: Mahdi Bakhtbidar
Source-to-sink assessment for an industrial-scale CCS hub, using scenario testing and sensitivity analysis to select the Iglesias-UT structure. Integrates public data and petrophysical interpretation to guide site selection.
3. Monitoring CO2 Plumes With Mini Streamers, is There Potential?
Presenter: Mark Thompson
Field trial of XHR mini-streamers enhances CO2 plume detectability. Offers insights into designing seismic monitoring to meet regulatory requirements for conformance and containment.
4. AI Seismic Interpretation of Vintage Seismic Data With Implications for CCS Site Characterisation
Presenter: Ryan Williams
Seismic interpretation accelerated with AI for fault and horizon extraction in Bunter Sandstone mounds. Supports identification of aquifer compartmentalisation and efficient reservoir/seal mapping, while keeping the interpreter in control.
In the photo: A CO2 extraction installation underground storage in Alkmaar, The Netherlands
