
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.
Explore the links below for presentations, posters, and publications.
Fourth International Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage Workshop February 11–12, 2020
Find all resources from the workshop, including presentation downloads, here:
www.beg.utexas.edu//gccc/4th-international-offshore-workshop-stem-ccs
Third International Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage Workshop May 3-4, 2018
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 CO2 Storage 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

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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.
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.
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
Session 4—Guided Activity
- Summary of needs including business models —Sue Hovorka and Philip Ringrose
Session 5—Recommendations and Next Steps
- CTCN Presentation and Recognition —Katherine Romanak
- CSLF Joint Task Force on Offshore CO2-EOR—Lars Ingolf Eide
Session 6—Posters
- Mid-Atlantic U.S. Offshore Carbon Storage Resource Assessment —Isis Fukai
- Southeast Offshore Storage Resource Assessment: Mid-Atlantic—E. Gilliland
- CarbonNet-Storage: ~ T2 Intraformational Seals CCUS Poster A FINAL v2.1 approved IF 20150402
- CarbonNet-Storage: ~ T2 Intraformational Seals CCUS Poster B FINAL v2.1 approved IF 20150402
- CarbonNet-Storage: Publications 2015, CarbonNet Southampton IEAGHG Network Poster A v1.1
- CarbonNet-Storage: Publications 2015, CarbonNet Southampton IEAGHG Network Poster B v1.1
- EGOM SOSRA poster-1
- Preliminary stratigraphy and depositional framework of Miocene in offshore Texas and Louisiana for CO2-EOR resource assessment—Iulia Olariu
- Regional Assessment of CO2-Solubility Trapping Potential: Case Study of the Coastal and Offshore Texas Miocene Interval—Changbing Yang

Last Updated: 2020