Workshops

The World CCUS Conference features interactive one-day workshops designed to equip participants with new skills, fresh insights, and the knowledge essential for advancing their academic or professional profile. With a wide range of timely and relevant topics to choose from, you are sure to find a programme that meets your needs.

Workshop 1

CCS Site Monitoring Technologies

Workshop 2

Enabling CCS Deployment in Europe: Key Policy Levers and Requirements

Workshop 3

CO₂ Storage in in Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks: Innovations, Challenges and Future Directions

Workshop 4

Subsurface Engineering and Risk Management for CO₂ Storage

Workshop 5

Strengthening CO₂ transport coordination in CCUS: challenges, insights, and shared action

Workshop 6

From Core to Field: Managing SCAL Uncertainty for Improved CO₂ Storage Characterization

Workshop 1

CCS Site Monitoring Technologies

Date: 21 September 2026

Convenor:	Steve Hollingworth (Viridien)
Language:	English
Location:	TBC

09:10 - 09:35	Supporting environmental monitoring for large-scale implementation of offshore geological CO2 storage	G. Alendal (UiB)
09:35 - 10:00	A High-Resolution Deep Learning Model for CO2 Injection at the Otway Field Validation Site	C. Callas (SU)
10:00 - 10:25	Unravelling fault characterization challenges, insights from deep learning	A. Torabi (UiO)
10:25 - 10:45	Panel discussion-Session 1	all
11:00 - 11:25	Cooling the caprock: Understanding thermal effects to enhance CO₂ storage safety	B. Bohloli (NGI)
11:25 - 11:50	When Impurities Matter: How CO₂ Composition Shapes Carbonate Reservoir Reactivity	V. Yarushina (IFE)
11:50 - 12:15	Salt Precipitation during CO2 Storage in Saline Aquifers: Impacts on Well Injectivity and Containment	M. Nooraipour (UiO)
12:15 - 12:35	Panel discussion-Session 2	all
13:30 - 13:55	CO2 storage insights from seismic monitoring at Sleipner	P. Ringrose (NTNU
13:55 - 14:20	Combining AVA, 4D gravity, well-pressure and seafloor displacement data	M. Lien (NORCE)
13:55 - 14:20	13:55 - 14:20

Workshop Description

This workshop would highlight a range of key monitoring technologies that would include geophysical monitoring but also other complimentary methods which have been demonstrated to be reliable. The emphasis would be on case study examples, cutting edge tech and cost-effective data acquisition. From the joined-up perspectives of in-field ops companies, data service companies, operator companies and potentially a regulator or the DNV. Thought provoking knowledge sharing and engaging discussion would be encouraged.

Participant Profile

All geoscientist and managers and related parties (analysts, insurance, regulatory etc) interested in the latest tech options for monitoring CCS sites in a reliable and cost-effective way.

Workshop 2

Enabling CCS Deployment in Europe: Key Policy Levers and Requirements

Date: 21 September 2026

Convenor:	Katrin Stökle (Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH)
Language:	English
Location:	TBC

Workshop Description

This workshop translates CCS deployment challenges into practical, policy-relevant options and project requirements for European scale-up towards 2030-2050. The session is highly interactive and focuses on practical questions around enabling conditions: how to streamline permitting, how to make CCS projects financeable, and how to ensure reliable access to CO₂ transport and storage across borders. Participants will share perspectives, compare approaches, and identify a small set of actionable priorities that can and will be taken forward by different stakeholders and initiatives. The workshop will therefore conclude with a short, consolidated list of key takeaways and next steps.

Participant Profile

Policy makers
Regulators
Permitting authorities
Emitters
Transport operators
Storage operators
Banks / investors
NGOs

Workshop 3

CO₂ Storage in Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks: Innovations, Challenges and Future Directions

Date: 21 September 2026

Convenor:	Nazmul Haque Mondol (University of Oslo & NGI)
Language:	English
Location:	TBC

Workshop Description

Geological storage of CO₂ in mafic and ultramafic rocks is rapidly emerging as one of the most promising pathways for achieving durable, secure, and high-capacity carbon removal. These rock types—rich in divalent cations such as Mg and Ca—offer a unique opportunity for permanent CO₂ storage through mineral carbonation, turning gaseous CO₂ into stable carbonate minerals. Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in understanding reaction kinetics, reservoir characterisation, scaling challenges, and field demonstration projects. Yet, important scientific and engineering gaps remain before this approach can be deployed at scale.

Participant Profile

This workshop is relevant for a broad and multidisciplinary audience, including:

Academia & research institutions
Industry & technology developers
Government, policy & regulatory stakeholders
Non-governmental & international organisations
Cross-sector stakeholders

Workshop 4

Subsurface Engineering and Risk Management for CO₂ Storage

Date: 21 September 2026

Convenor:	Ahmed E. Radwan (Jagiellionian University)
Language:	English
Location:	TBC

Workshop Description

This workshop focuses on the subsurface engineering and risk management required for safe, long-term geological CO₂ storage. Core topics include reservoir characterisation, dynamic modelling, and assessing geomechanical risks like fault reactivation. It also covers monitoring technologies and the regulatory frameworks needed to ensure containment integrity and manage liability. The goal is to provide the scientific and technical basis for credible storage projects.

Participant Profile

This workshop is designed for subsurface geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and geomechanical specialists. It is equally critical for risk managers, regulators, and compliance professionals involved in the development, approval, and long-term stewardship of commercial-scale CO₂ storage projects.

Workshop 5

Strengthening CO₂ transport coordination in CCUS: challenges, insights, and shared action

Date: 21 September 2026

Convenors:	Ambre Bossez and Gaëlle Bureau (Carbon Limits)
Language:	English
Location:	TBC

Workshop Description

This suggested workshop will bring together stakeholders from across the CCUS value chain to address coordination and knowledge gaps related to CO₂ transport. It would begin by summarising the results and recommendations from the upcoming Carbon Limits–IEAGHG study, presenting the current state of CO₂ transport and the challenges that risk making it a bottleneck. It will highlight key insights on financial, regulatory, operational, and coordination barriers observed across regions. Then, participants will be invited to react to the findings, exchange perspectives, identify misalignments, and conclude the day with a collaborative exercise defining concrete, practical steps for moving forward.

Participant Profile

This workshop is suited for stakeholders involved in the planning, regulation, financing, or operation of CO₂ transport within CCUS value chains. Participants may include representatives from industry (emitters, transport operators, storage developers), policymakers and regulators, financial and legal experts, technology providers, researchers, and NGOs engaged in CCUS governance or industrial transition topics.

Workshop 6

From Core to Field: Managing SCAL Uncertainty for Improved CO₂Storage Characterization

Date: 21 September 2026

Convenor:	Muhammad Nur Ali Akbar (Rock Flow Dynamics)
Language:	English
Location:	TBC

Workshop Description

This hands-on workshop focuses on the practical application of Special Core Analysis (SCAL) for supercritical CO₂–brine systems in geological carbon storage projects, with a strong emphasis on core-to-field workflows. Participants will actively work through quality control of laboratory coreflood data and translate SCAL inputs directly into reservoir simulation models. The workshop explores how SCAL governs CO₂ trapping mechanisms, injectivity, plume migration, and storage capacity, and how uncertainty in relative permeability and hysteresis affects storage performance. Using reservoir simulation tools, participants will evaluate compositional and thermal effects, test SCAL uncertainty scenarios across different rock types, and assess their impact on plume evolution, trapping efficiency, storability, and injectivity.

Participant Profile

CCS experts, reservoir engineer, geoscientist, core analyst, petrophysicist for both students and industrial experts.