Global Offshore Initiative

Program Overview

GCCC is pursuing various aspects of offshore carbon sequestration, including a global needs assessment and identifying synergies between an international community of parties interested in offshore storage.

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Fifth International Offshore Geologic CO₂ Storage Workshop
May 19–20, 2022

AGENDA

DAY 1 – Thursday 19th May

SESSION 1: Welcome & Scene Setting
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome Tim Dixon, IEAGHG, & Katherine Romanak, GCCC
09:10 - 09:20 Scene setting - COP26 outcomes in relation to offshore CCS Tim Dixon, IEAGHG

SESSION 2: International Project Roundup - CHAIR: Sue Hovorka & Katherine Romanak
09:20 – 09:25   Offshore basalt storage / Cascadia project   David Goldberg, Columbia University
09:25 – 09:30   Project Greensand, Denmark    Søren Reinhold Poulsen, EBN
09:30 – 09:35   Porthos, The Netherlands [video]   Bram Herfkens, Porthos
09:35 – 09:40   Petrobras' Pre-Salt CCS project update   Leonardo Ribeiro & Ana Paula Mussi, Petrobras
09:40 – 09:45   Deep C Store, Australia   Daein Cha, deepC Store Ltd
09:45 – 09:50   Pelican project, Australia [video] Nick Hoffman, CarbonNet Australia
09:50 – 09:55   Taiwan    Cheryl Yang, ITRI
09:55 – 10:00    Endurance field, East Coast Cluster (ECC), UK    Nicolas Bouffin, BP
10:10 – 10:05   Northern Lights, Norway   Cristel Lambton, Northern Lights
10:20 – 10:25   Liverpool Bay CCS, UK & Ravenna CCUS project, Italy Alessandro Aleandri, ENI
10:25 – 10:30   Aramis, The Netherlands    Owain Tucker, Shell
10:30 – 10:35   Polaris project, Norway Morten Sola, Horisont Energy
10:35 – 10:40   Ebro Offshore project, Spain [video]   Francisco Pángaro, Repsol
10:40 – 10:45   Gulf of Mexico, USA   Ryan Jones, Talos
10:45 – 10:50   CCS in the GoM    Ganesh Dasari, ExxonMobil
10:50 – 10:55   GoM (LA) Depleted Field CCS Development   Michael Hopkinson, Cox Oil
10:55 – 11:05   Discussion / Questions

SESSION 3: Technical Aspects of Depleted Fields - CHAIR: Alex Bump
12:30 – 12:45   Porthos project   Bram Herfkens, Porthos
12:45 – 13:00   Aramis project   Owain Tucker, Shell
13:00 – 13:15   Liverpool Bay [video]   Guglielmo Luigi Daniele Facchi, ENI
13:15 – 13:30   Greensand project   Søren Reinhold Poulsen
13:30 – 13:45   Gulf of Mexico depleted field   Alex Bump, GCCC
13:45 – 14:15   Discussion

SESSION 4: Containment & Pressure Management - CHAIR: Tip Meckel
14:30 – 14:45   Infrastructure reuse (GoM case study)   Darshan Sachde, Trimeric
14:45 – 15:00   Porthos P18 well   Frans Smits, EBN
15:00 – 15:15   Regulatory and social issues in re-use of wells (REX-CO₂ project)     Bill Carey, LANL
15:15 – 15:45   Discussion

SESSION 5: DISCUSSION SESSION – Regulations and Offshore CCS - CHAIR: Tim Dixon
16:00 – 16:10   CO₂ Storage: Licensing, Regulation and Business models in Norway   Eva Halland, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
16:10 – 16:20   UK regulator   Nick Richardson, North Sea Transition Authority
16:20 – 16:30   BSEE experiences    Lisa Grant, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
16:30 – 16:40   BOEM experiences   Mike Celata, BOEM
16:40 – 16:50   CCS in Louisiana   Corey Shircliff, Louisiana Office of Conservation
16:50 – 17:00   Offshore CCS & regulations in The Netherlands   Patricia Zegers-de Beyl, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
17:00 – 17:10   Summary / outcomes of regulators summit    Susan Hovorka, GCCC
17:10 – 17:45   DISCUSSION PANEL

DAY 2 – Friday 20th May

SESSION 6: Technical Aspects of Saline Formations - CHAIR: Owain Tucker
09:00 – 09:15   Pressure management for improved CO2 storage capacity and security   Eric Mackay, Herriot Watt
09:15 – 09:30   Issues with produced water – impacts of brine, common best practices   Jerry Blackford, PML
09:30 – 09:45   Storage Capacity and Injectivity of US Gulf Coast and Implications for Houston CCS Project   Ganesh Dasari, ExxonMobil
09:45 – 10:15   DISCUSSION PANEL: Standardising capacity, what should we do next?   Lead: Owain Tucker, Shell
Panellists: Tip Meckel, GCCC, Ganesh Dasari, ExxonMobil

SESSION 7: Monitoring Offshore CCS - CHAIR: Katherine Romanak
10:30 – 10:45   STEMM-CCS – Summary of outcomes & legacy aspects    Chris Pearce, NOC
10:45 – 11:00   ACTOM, Act on Offshore Monitoring   Guttorm Alendal, University of Bergen
11:00 – 11:15   Requirements and strategy for environmental monitoring at Northern Lights Laurence Pinturier, Equinor
11:15 – 11:30   CO₂ injection and monitoring of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project Daiji Tanase, Japan CCS
11:30 – 11:45   Marine MM&V in a coastal setting, Gippsland, Australia   Jo Myers, CSIRO
11:45 – 12:15   DISCUSSION PANEL: How much data is needed?   Lead: Katherine Romanak, GCCC
Panellists: Jerry Blackford, PML, Guttorm Alendal, Uni. of Bergen, Daiji Tanase, Japan CCS, Tony Knap, Texas A&M

SESSION 8: Shipping & Shore Infrastructure - CHAIR: Darshan Sachde
12:25 – 12:40   Marine transport   Steve Burthom, Shell
12:40 – 12:55   Port Of Corpus Christi   Jeff Pollack, Port of Corpus Christi Authority
12:55 – 13:05   Discussion

SESSION 9: Closing
13:05 – 13:30 Summary & Recommendations Sue Hovorka, Katherine Romanak, Tim Dixon

Fourth International Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage Workshop
February 11–12, 2020

group photo of the 4th international workshop

11-12 February 2020

Find a recap of the event on the IEAGHG blog.

STEMM-CCS Open Science Meeting

Find presentations on the STEMM-CCS website here.

Download the IEAGHG official meeting report of the workshop here.

Session 1 - Value Chains for Offshore: Chair – Lars Ingolf Eide

Emerging hydrogen value chains for Norway – Steinar Eikaas, Statoil
Emerging hydrogen value chains for Japan – KHI/Ryozo Tanaka, RITE
USA 45 Q and how it should accelerate potential CCUS projects – Brian Hill, SSEB

Welcome and Scene-setting: How to ‘Learn from our learnings’ – Tim Dixon, IEAGHG, and Katherine Romanak, BEG

Session 2 - Infrastructure: Chair – Paulo Negrais Seabra

New subsea systems for CO₂ storage/EOR– making it cheaper and more efficient - Pål Nøkleby, Aker Solutions
Technical considerations in re-use of pipelines platforms – Steve Murphy, ACORN / Pale Blue Dot
New technology for handling legacy well integrity issues – Malin Torsæter, SINTEF

Session 3 - Monitoring Offshore CO₂ Storage/EOR: Chair – Katherine Romanak

Handling microseismic background – Volker Oye, NORSAR, Norway
STEMM-CCS project updates on seafloor/environmental monitoring – Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, University of Bergen
UK AUV update on seafloor/environmental monitoring – Graham Brown, Sonardyne
Update on leakage detection – Keisuke Uchimoto, RITE
Update on shallow seismic (p-cable) at Tomakomai – Tip Meckel, BEG
Geophysical monitoring offshore – Philip Ringrose, Statoil

Session 4 - Offshore CO₂Storage Resource Assessment: Chair – Mike Carpenter

Storage resource assessment for offshore CO₂-EOR in Norway – Eva Halland, Norway Petroleum Directorate
Update on US projects – Darin Damiani, US DOE
Approaches to evaluations, example from Gulf of Mexico – Tip Meckel, BEG
Updates on databases for CO₂ Storage – informal discussion
South Africa depleted fields and platform re-use – Noel Kamrajh, SANEDI on behalf of PetroSA

Session 5 - Project Updates: Chair – Phillip Ringrose

Update on Norwegian project under development – Mike Carpenter, Gassnova
Pre-salt development and CO₂ management – Paulo Negrais Seabra, formerly of Petrobras
Tomakomai – Jiro Tanaka, Japan CCS

Session 6 - Standards and Regulatory Frameworks: Chair – Tim Dixon

Tomakomai lessons learned in offshore CO₂ storage regulations – Ryozo Tanaka, Rite
ISO storage standard (ISO 27914), and certification framework – Jorg Aarnes, DNV

Discussion on London Protocol application to Norway and EOR – Ingvild Ombudstvedt, GCCSI and Tim Dixon, IEAGHG, Chaired by Ryozo Tanaka, RITE

Session 7 - Interactive Session - Brainstorming towards an international collaborative project: facilitated by Katherine Romanak, Tim Dixon

Comments on public funding and new funding mechanisms – Hans Olav Ibrekk, Norwegian MFA, and Egil Meisingset, Norwegian MPE
Workshop Conclusions and Recommendations – Lars Ingolf Eide, Tim Dixon, Katherine Romanak, Tip Meckel

Second International Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage Workshop
June 18-20, 2017

group photo 2017 — *Click photo to view larger.*

GCCC was delighted to host the Second International Offshore Geologic CO₂ Storage Workshop June 18–20, 2017 at the Center of Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship at Lamar University.

Workshop Agenda

Welcome—Susan Hovorka

Towards an International Collaboration on Offshore Storage—Katherine Romanak, Susan Hovorka, Tip Meckel, Tim Dixon

Session 1. How to find storage offshore—mapping and screening for good sites: Chair, Susan Hovorka

South Africa from zero to pilot project and offshore assessment—Noel Kamrajh, SANEDI
Australia CarbonNet Stage 3—Nick Hoffman, CarbonNet
CO₂-storage screening for Norway—Niels Peter Christensen, Gassnova
Deep Saline Formation storage screening in Petrel Australia—Owain Tucker, Shell
EASiTool for storage capacity estimates—Seyyed Hosseini, BEG

Session 2. Technical Deep-dive Monitoring—How much is needed, how much do regulators need, limits of Monitoring: Chair, Tim Dixon

Goldeneye monitoring for EU permit and cost reductions—Owain Tucker, Shell
ROAD monitoring for EU permit—Vincent Vandeweijer, TNO
Environmental regulations of subsea geological storage of CO₂ in Norway—Lars Ingolf Eide on behalf of Norwegian Environmental Directorate
Update on Developing Best Practices for offshore storage in the US—Melissa Batum, BOEM

Session 3. Technical Deep-dive Environmental and overburden monitoring: Chair, Katherine Romanak

Leak detection —Keisuke Uchimoto, RITE
GoM shallow overburden work—Tip Meckel, BEG
AUVs for environmental monitoring—Kim Swords, Sonardyne

Session 4. Changing the Game for CO₂—EOR Offshore: Chair, Paulo Negrais Seabra

CSLF CO₂-EOR Task Force update—Lars Ingolf Eide, RCN
North Sea technical and economic potential—Stuart Haszeldine, SCCCSl
Establishing CO-Utilization, Storage and Pipeline Systems for Oil Fields in Shallow and Deep Waters of the Gulf of Mexico—Vello Kuuskraa, ARI
US EOR learnings from onshore for offshore—Sue Hovorka, BEG

Session 5. Infrastructure developments: Chair, Tip Meckel

CO₂ Transport and Storage infrastructure development, challenges and possible way forward—Thomas Berly, IEA
Smart Technology for CO₂ handling subsea—Lars Ingolf Eide on behalf of Aker Solutions
Re-use of hydrocarbon wells—Gert-Jan Heerens, TNO

Session 6. Panel discussion on US developments in offshore storage assessment: Chair, Lars Ingolf Eide

Mid-Atlantic Assessment—Neeraj Gupta, Battelle
Southeast Atlantic Offshore—Jack Pashin (Oklahoma State University) & Jim Knapp (University of South Carolina
Near-offshore storage on the inner shelf of the Gulf of Mexico—Tip Meckel, BEG
Deep ocean basalt formations mineral carbonation—Dave Goldberg, Columbia University

Posters

Use of high-resolution 3D marine seismic for characterization and monitoring of offshore CCS sites—Tip Meckel, Gulf Coast Carbon Center, The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
CO₂ Storage Potential of the MAFLA Shelf, Eastern Gulf of Mexico—Jack C. Pashin, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University
Public and stakeholder understandings of offshore CO₂ storage and implications for monitoring: The case of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project—Leslie Mabon, School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Scotland
Long Term Prediction of CO₂ flow Behavior by Field Scale Flow Simulation Model—Yutaka Tanaka, Daiji Tanase, Takayasu Honda, Japan CCS Co., Ltd.
Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Project in the Brillante Field, Sustainable EOR Project—Heron Gachuz Muro, Pemex Exploration & Production
Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project—Environmental Impact Assessment and Leakage detection—Jun Kita, Applied Biology Group, Marine Ecology Research Institute
CO₂ storage options and CCS development in The Netherlands—Filip Neele, TNO
Brazil Country Update—Paulo Negrais, Seabra Independent Consultant, formerly Petrobras
Use of natural and artificial tracers to detect and quantify CO2 leakages at the seafloor from marine CO2 storage sites—Anita Flohr, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, UK
Carbon Sequestration in the Southeastern United States: Past, Present, and Future —Camelia C. Knapp, School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment/Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, University of South Carolina
EASiTool: An Enhanced Analytical Simulation Tool for Storage Capacity Estimation—Seyyed Hosseini, Gulf Coast Carbon Center, The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
STEMM-CCS: Strategies for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage—STEMM-CSS Project, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
The CarbonNet Project—Nick Hoffman (CarbonNet), Nick Hardman-Mountford (SIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Hobart, Australia), Charles Jenkins (CSIRO, Black Mountain, Canberra, Australia), Peter J Rayner, Gary Gibson, and Mike Sandiford ( (School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia)
IEAGHG—Tim Dixon, IEAGHG
Storing CO2 in the Offshore since 1996—Gassnova

First International Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage Workshop
April 19-21, 2016

GCCC was delighted to host the first International Offshore Geologic CO₂ Storage Workshop April 19–21, 2016. Please see below for agenda and technical presentations.

Workshop Agenda

Workshop Report

Session 1—Welcome and Goals

Welcome—Scott Tinker
Goals and Expectations—Tim Dixon
Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum—Mark Ackiewicz

Session 2—Current State of Knowledge

Assessing Offshore Storage on Continental Shelves—Tip Meckel
Assessing CCS in Norway—Philip Ringrose
How to develop a pilot injection project offshore—Vincent Vandeweijer
How to reach an offshore injection phase—Ryozo Tanaka
How to do environmental monitoring offshore —Jun Kita
How to do EOR offshore—Paulo Seabra
Subsea well stream processing/ship transport options—Paal Helge Nøkleby and Filip Neele
How to meet international regulations covering offshore CCS—Tim Dixon

Session 3—Country Status

Country Status and Needs Assessment Reports and Discussions: Summary—Susan Hovorka
South Africa—Tony Surridge
China – Zhou Di
USA—Traci Rodosta
Nigeria—Felicia Mogo
Ghana—Joseph Essandoh-Yeddu
Korea—Sang Hoon Lee
Mexico—Jazmin Mota
Australia—Charles Jenkins
SE Asia and CCOP initiative—Tim Dixon on behalf of Simplicio Caluyong
Baltic BASREC project —Tim Dixon on behalf of Nicklas Nordback