Carbon Storage
The potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS, also known as carbon sequestration) for the removal of large volumes of CO2 from power stations and factories prior to its release into the atmosphere, depends on suitable reservoir and trap that will maintain seal integrity over thousands of years. Not surprisingly then, a successful CSS strategy relies on many aspects of geoscience that have been developed over decades of hydrocarbon exploration and production – including fracture network characterisation, fault seal analysis, structural trap appraisal, and geomechanics.
Example Project 1: Carbon Storage
Client:
Energy Technologies Institute
The Setting:
£4m project to assess of the overall UK carbon dioxide storage capacity in offshore geological formations (joint project together with LR Senergy Ltd, BGS, Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage, Durham University, GeoPressure Technology Ltd, Imperial College London, RPS Energy and Element Energy Ltd).
The Value:
The UK’s first carbon dioxide storage appraisal database, enabling more informed decisions on the economics of CO2 storage opportunities.
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Example Project 2: Carbon Storage
Client: One North East and supporting energy companies.
The Setting:
Potential sites for CO2 storage, Northern Permian Basin, offshore UK.
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Peat Erosion
Example Project: Peat Erosion
Clients: Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Leeds University.
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2D ground penetrating radar data (see Vsemirnova et al. 2013).
Tree Canopy Analysis
Example Project: Tree Canopy Analysis
Client: Edinburgh, Newcastle, Northumbria and Durham Universities, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
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Lidar point cloud of stand of trees.
Alternative Geoenergy
Example Project: Alternative Geoenergy
The Partner: Geoenergy Durham
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Reference:
Charlotte Adams, Jon Gluyas, Theresa Jezierski. (See also Gluyas & Daniels 2010, Jones et al 2017).
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