March 2025
Screening for carbon capture and storage (CCS) options in saline aquifers is a multifaceted task, with assessment of the reservoir and seal being the main subsurface features to consider during the initial screening. Understanding these factors early on will contribute to more informed subsurface decision making when looking to progress projects to the next phase. Neftex® models, technologies, and databases can contribute to this, whether through generating common chance maps of the fairway, identifying applicable analogue models or providing collated and standardized datasets from one easy to access resource. This ultimately leads to a more efficient roadmap to better understanding subsurface uncertainty, allowing users to identify risk and potential operational challenges early in their saline aquifer operations.
In this edition of Subsurface Insights, we look to further develop subsurface predictions for carbon storage projects by considering a series of additional factors that can help make more informed decisions on where might be best to continue a CCS project, with reference to subsurface learnings from recent and historical CCS operations.
