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Storage Appraisal - Appendix A6.1 - Security of Storage


Citation Raistrick, M., Polson, D., Bentham, M., Daniels, S. Jenkins, S. and Wilkinson, M. Storage Appraisal - Appendix A6.1 - Security of Storage, ETI, 2011. https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000752.
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Author(s) Raistrick, M., Polson, D., Bentham, M., Daniels, S. Jenkins, S. and Wilkinson, M.
Project partner(s) RPS Energy Ltd, Senergy (Lead Coordinator), British Geological Survey, Durham University, Herriot Watt University, Imperial College, University of Edinburgh, Element Energy, Geopressure Technology, Geospatial Research Ltd , Senergy - DB hosting
Publisher ETI
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000752
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Abstract This document is a supporting document to deliverable MS6.1 UK Storage Appraisal Final Report.

All the aquifer storage Units identified in Work Package 1 have been assessed under two technical categories of risk: containment and operational. The method adopted to evaluate risk is based on a ‘Features, Events and Processes’ approach similar to the methods used or recommended in other geological storage site evaluation projects. Containment risk refers to leakage from the storage Unit, while operational risk is concerned with the likelihood that injection operations will be disrupted due to subsurface conditions. Likelihood and confidence data were collected and interpreted for each storage Unit.

The highest frequency containment risk items in terms of impact on storage capacity include all faults, lateral migration and wells, and the risk of seal degradation. The latter reflects geological variability in seal quality across laterally extensive storage Units, while the former, partly the result of the conservative approach to fault risk assessment also shows that faults are a key feature at the majority of storage sites and consequently deserve immediate attention in site appraisal. Cost impact assessment using the same likelihood data leads to an elevation of lateral migration risks, with structural, depositional and dip magnitude controls the most important i.e. most frequent high risk items. Identification of the most common high risk items across the UKCS helps provide direction for future study to characterise the impact of the most important risk items.
Associated Project(s) ETI-CC1001: UK Storage Appraisal Project (UKSAP)
Associated Dataset(s)

UK Storage Appraisal Project

CO2 Stored Database

Associated Publication(s)

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ETI: Innovation Learnings - Carbon Capture and Storage

ETI Insights Report - Building the UK carbon capture and storage sector by 2030 - scenarios and actions

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Storage Appraisal - Appendix A3.1 - Storage Unit Characterisation

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A4.1 - Pressure Buildup During CO2 Injection into a Closed Brine Aquifer

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A4.2 - Well Penetrations and Production in Oil and Gas Fields

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A5.1 - Summary of Dynamic Modelling Scoping Studies

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A5.3 - Representative Structure Modelling of Dipping Open Saline Aquifers

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A5.4 - Storage Capacity in Large Open Aquifers Examplar : Base Case Simulation and Sensitivities to Top Surface and Heterogeneity

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A5.5 - Representative Structure Modelling of Aquifers with Identified Structure

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A5.6 - Exemplar Modelling and Dynamic Simulation of Bunter Sandstone Formation Closures in the Southern North Sea

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A5.7 - Dynamic Modelling of Pressure Cells Using Representative Structures

Storage Appraisal - Appendix A5.8 - Interjectivity Related Geomechanical Modelling of Large Open Aquifers

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Storage Appraisal - Appendix A8.1 - Technical Specification for the UKSAP WDG Application

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Storage Appraisal - UK Storage Appraisal Project - Final Report

Storage Appraisal - United Kingdom CO2 Storage Capacity Appraisal - Request for Proposal

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UK Storage Appraisal Project (UKSAP) Database Analysis Project - Request for Proposal