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Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Initial Screening and Down-Select


Citation James, A., Baines, S. and McCollough, S. Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Initial Screening and Down-Select, ETI, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000197.
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Author(s) James, A., Baines, S. and McCollough, S.
Project partner(s) Pale Blue Dot, Axis Well Technology, Costain
Publisher ETI
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000197
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Abstract This is the report for Work Package 3 (WP3) of the project. The objective of WP3 was to deliver a Select Inventory of 20 potential CO2 Storage sites from an Initial Inventory of over 500 sites. In addition a Reserve Inventory of 5 sites was identified as a potential backup. The Initial Inventory was developed primarily from the CO2Stored database. It was augmented with further hydrocarbon fields for which DECC hold production records. Whilst there were over 207 oil and gas fields in the DECC list which were not in CO2Stored, these are almost entirely small satellite fields which had little potential CO2 storage capacity to offer. Five fields of some significance were added to an Initial Inventory which totalled 579 sites.Twenty sites have been selected from 579 for further due diligence.

Key features of the Select Inventory are:
  • Significant overall capacity target of 6.8GT, 
  • Strong balance between saline formations and depleted hydrocarbon fields with good geographic diversity,
  • Strong compliance with IEAGHG screening guidelines and the Project BoD qualifications,
  • Proximal sites to 5/42 and Goldeneye,
  • Strong technical diversity of sites,
  • Deselection of sites with high risk high confidence containment issues.
Associated Project(s) ETI-CC1026: Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal
Associated Dataset(s)

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project - Site 5: Viking

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Level 2 Cost Estimate - Site 2: Forties 5 - South Site

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Level 2 Cost Estimate - Site 7: Bunter Closure 36 Minimum Viable Development

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Level 2 Cost Estimate - Site 7: Bunter Closure 36 Minimum Viable Development

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Level 2 Cost Estimate - Site 19: Hamilton Minimum Viable Development

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project - Site 19: Hamilton

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Level 2 Cost Estimate - Captain Subsea Option - MVD (No Goldeneye)

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project - Site 7: Bunter Closure 36

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project - Site 2: Forties 5 (North and South Combined)

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project - SITE 14: Captain Aquifer

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Level 2 Cost Estimate - SITE 5: Viking Minimum Viable Development

Associated Publication(s)

Achieving cost-effective CCS: the route forward

An ETI Perspective - Storage, storage, storage -key observations from our Strategic UK CO2 Storage Appraisal project

CCS sector development scenarios in the UK - Final report

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Data and Information Requirements

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Due Diligence and Portfolio Selection

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Progressing Development of the UK’s Strategic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resource - A Summary of Results from the Strategic UK CO2 Storage Appraisal Project

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Prospect Summary Sheets

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - Request for Proposal

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - UK CO2 Storage Site Screening and Selection Methodology

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - WP5 Report - Forties 5 Aquifer Storage Site Selection Study

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - WP5A - Bunter Storage Development Plan

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - WP5B - Forties 5 Site 1 Storage Development Plan

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - WP5C - Hamilton Storage Development Plan

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - WP5D - Captain X Site Storage Development Plan

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - WP5E - Viking A Storage Development Plan

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal - WP6 - CO2 Storage Development Build-out

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project

Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal Project - WP8 Addendum