SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program - Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program - Society of Petroleum Engineers
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SNS Bunter Sandstone CO2 Storage<br />
Potential<br />
• A number <strong>of</strong> potentially<br />
suitable saline aquifers have<br />
been identified with<br />
cumulative capacity maybe<br />
10s billions tonnes<br />
• For example SNS Bunter<br />
sandstone<br />
– 29 closed structures<br />
– Good porosity (average 18.7%)<br />
and permeability<br />
– 650-9800 ft deep<br />
– Near to CO2 sources<br />
– Good seal (mudstones and<br />
evaporites) - gas bearing in<br />
places proves trap (or not!)<br />
– Some existing infrastructure<br />
– Cut by faults which may leak<br />
Material on SNS gas field and aquifer storage from: An assessment <strong>of</strong><br />
carbon sequestration potential in the UK – SNS case study, Michele<br />
Bentham, January 2006, Tyndall Centre
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