Description

Designed for you, if you are...

• A project manager overseeing a CCS development project and (geomechanics) deliverables
• A reservoir engineer, geologist, geophysicist, geomechanic or specialist responsible for or contributing to containment risk assessment of a CCS project
• A CCS project engineer
• An environmental risk assessor
• A regulatory compliance officer

How we build your confidence

• Classroom training with clear learning objectives for each module and descriptive hand-outs
• Examples, case studies and videos as appropriate for each module
• Discussions, quizzes and individual or group exercises for each module
• A structured Word template is provided as part of the training to kick-start the ISO certification process for your CCS project

The benefits from attending

• The regulatory requirements related to CO2 containment that are based on – or similar to – the ISO standard for CCS projects, such as EU Directive 2009/31/EC on CCS
• Detailed geological and geomechanical characterisation requirements covering geometrical aspects, initial conditions, and formation properties
• The geomechanical fundamentals of stress and strain (deformation), thermo-elasticity theory, formation failure mechanisms, and their modelling parameters
• Field data acquisition methods and rock mechanical experiments to constrain modelling parameters and their associated uncertainties
• Developing modelling scenarios (and work plan) underpinning the containment risk assessment, covering geological and geomechanical uncertainties as well as possible injection scenarios to mitigate containment and other project risks
• Detailed seal and well integrity evaluation requirements using geomechanical principles and risk assessment methodologies
• Detailed requirements on characterisation and assessment of fault stability and potential induced seismicity risks
• Application of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis techniques to establish safe operating limits for CCS projects
• How to produce detailed documented evidence covering subsurface characterisation and risk assessment results in compliance with ISO 27914:2017

Topics

• Methods to constrain the initial stress condition, thermo-linear-elasticity & failure parameters and their uncertainties
• Describing prior hydrocarbon production (if any), induced stress changes, deformation and potential damage done to the subsurface, and available field data for calibrating the geomechanical model
• Developing a modelling strategy addressing the ISO requirements for risk assessment and uncertainties
• Setting operational pressure and temperature limits as part of the containment risk assessment by evaluating seal integrity, fault reactivation & potential seismicity, and well deformation
• Specification of monitoring options and updating the risk assessment during injection
• Documenting the subsurface characterisation and containment risk assessment in compliance with ISO 27914:2017 (and EU CCS Directive)