Assessing European capacity for geological storage of carbon dioxide-the EU GeoCapacity project

Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu EU GeoCapacity WP 2 European summary Thomas Vangkilde-Pedersen, GEUS GeoCapacity results and the future for geological storage of CO2 EU GeoCapacity open final conference Copenhagen 21-22 October 2009 Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Countries included in database www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Mapping of emission sources and infrastructure Stationary sources exceeding 100 kt CO2 / year Data sources: – annual reports for the EU ETS – national allocation plans – qualified estimations where data not available Existing pipelines Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide CO2 emission sources www.geocapacity.eu Annual emissions from large point sources >0.1Mt = 1.9Gt Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide CO2 emission sources www.geocapacity.eu Annual emission from large point sources >0.1Mt = 1.9Gt Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide CO2 emission source clusters www.geocapacity.eu Annual emission from large point sources >0.1Mt = 1.9Gt Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Database information www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Pipelines www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Screening for sedimentary basins www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Mapping of storage sites Initial screening for sedimentary formations 3 main types of storage considered – aquifers – hydrocarbon fields – unmineable coal seams Application of site selection criteria Storage capacity estimation methodology Collection of data for GIS and project DSS Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu CO2 storage options Oil- and gas reservoirs – Limited storage capacity, but well-known geology and proven capability to retain hydrocarbons – Possibility to use CO2 for enhanced oil/gas recovery (EOR/EGR) Aquifers (saline) – Large storage volumes, but relatively unknown geology and therefore uncertainties about reservoir integrity and properties Coal fields – Very limited storage capacity and injection rates, but possible to use CO2 for production of methane Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Aquifers www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Database information www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Hydrocarbon fields www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Coal fields www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide All data www.geocapacity.eu Annual emission from large point sources >0.1Mt = 1.9Gt Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Case studies Geological part • selected structures with potential for pilot / demonstration projects Economic part • utilisation of Decision Support System (DSS) – multi-source and multi-sink scenarios – stochastic approach in calculations to show uncertainties Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Geological case studies www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Economic case studies www.geocapacity.eu Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Top: Practical capacity with economic and regulatory barriers applied to effective capacity and with matching of sources and sinks: Case studies Middle: Effective capacity with technical/geological cut-off limits applied to theoretical capacity: site specific/regional estimates in GIS Bottom: Theoretical capacity including large uneconomic/unrealistic volumes: regional estimates without storage efficiency Techno-Economic Resource-Reserve pyramid Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Pan-European storage capacity estimates in database • Emissions from large point sources in database is 1.9 Gt CO2/year • Total European storage capacity in GeoCapacity database is 360 Gt CO2 • 326 Gt in deep saline aquifers • 32 Gt in hydrocarbon fields • 2 Gt in unmineable coal beds • Onshore storage capacity is 116 Gt CO2 • Offshore storage capacity is 244 Gt CO2 • Almost 200 Gt of this is optimistic capacity offshore Norway Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Conservative European storage capacity estimates • Emissions from large point sources in database is 1.9 Gt CO2/year • Total conservative European storage capacity is 117 Gt CO2 • 96 Gt in deep saline aquifers • 20 Gt in hydrocarbon fields • 1 Gt in unmineable coal beds • Corresponds to more than 62 years of storage of emissions from all large point sources in database • 25 % is storage capacity offshore Norway Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Conservative European storage capacity estimates Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu North West Europe Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu North East Europe Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Central East Europe Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu South West Europe Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu South East Europe Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide www.geocapacity.eu Main project achievements: • Established a CCS inventory of Europe on a GIS platform • (base for future CO2 storage atlas of Europe ?) • Contribution to guidelines for assessment of geological storage capacity, site selection criteria and methodology for ranking • Pioneering CCS work in many European countries and China Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Project website: www.geocapacity.eu http://www.geocapacity.eu