CO₂ Storage: Geology for Engineers
This short course was designed for Engineers and Managers with limited or no previous geological knowledge. The aim was to provide an up-to-date introduction of the geological and geophysical aspects of CO₂ Storage.
Programme details:- Introduction: CCS and the energy company; basics of geology
- Disposal options: saline aquifers; depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs; unmineable coal beds
- Geology of reservoirs: clastics and carbonates; depositional environments; petrology
- Traps and faults: faults and fractures; basic trap geometry
- Geophysics of CO₂ detection: seismic; gravity
- Tracers of CO₂ migration: natural and artificial