Keynote Presenter:

Underground Storage is Energy Security … is National Security
Scyller Borglum, WSP

Chairpersons: Jakob Heller, Ikon Science; Cenk Temizel, Saudi Aramco

This initial session focuses on site selection and the screening processes involved, including key factors for storage selection related to storage capacity. The benefits of a holistic site characterization for subsurface fluid storage will be discussed and compared to traditional approaches for oil and gas exploration, with emphasis on the overburden section. This session will also discuss the geological and reservoir fundamentals for storage hereunder, containment mechanisms and requirements, and risk factors associated with storage, including induced seismicity and wellbore integrity.

Presenters:

Site and Full-well Characterization: Heterogeneity Highlights and Headaches
Matt Flannery, Stratum Reservoir

From Steam Injection and Fracturing to CCUS: Canadian Lessons and Their Applications to Green Storage Technologies
Joel Loeffler, Ikon Science

Site Versus Storage Complex Characterization, Critical Insights for Subsurface Containment Reliability
Yosmel Sanchez-Hernandez, Fugro

Chairpersons: PK Pande, Energy Fuse Group; Valerie Wilson, AirMyne

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) project infrastructure and commercial aspects are paramount for moving projects to a final investment decision (FID) and implementation.  This session integrates elements of the CCS value chain, including capture, transport, wells/facilities, and subsurface with commercial/finance, regulatory, and stakeholder management aspects to effectively implement projects in 2025 and beyond.

Presenters:

Project Implementation - Expectations and Reality
Todd Bush, DeCarbonfuse

Transforming Power Generation - Concept to Capture
Brittany Chandler, Lascelles Spalding, and Staci Meyer, Entergy

Small-Scale, Near-Site CCS: A Catalyst for Scaling Up Carbon Capture Projects
Zach Liu,  Harvestone Carbon Solutions

Chairpersons: Seunghee Kim, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Denis Klemin, SLB; Willow Liu, MEDENG

This session focuses on products-reservoir interactions during various operations, such as underground gas, CO₂, hydrogen, compressed air, and thermal energy storage. These interactions include gas-brine-rock reactions, microbial interactions, pressure cycling effects, and consequent mechanical implications. This session also explores advanced characterization methods for subsurface storage.

Presenters:

Multi-scale Imaging of Reservoir Formations to Enhance Understanding of Flow and Reactivity
Lauren Beckingham, Auburn University

Impacts of Small-scale Heterogeneity on Large-scale Subsurface Flow
Dustin Crandall, National Energy Technology Laboratory

States of Saturation in CCS Projects - Implications for Storage Efficiency, Injectivity, and Containment
Rob Laronga, SLB

Chairpersons: Alberto Casero, bp; Valerie Wilson, AirMyne

Storage wells serve as a conduit for liquid and gaseous fluids for their periodical use or permanent sequestration, adding more stringent design requirements to address cyclical pressure loading, temperature transitions, zonal isolation, and corrosion. While the general approach to design, construction, and integrity is similar and derived from producers and injector wells, this session will focus on the special needs to ensure the safe and compliant operability of the storage well during its life cycle.

Presenters:

Drill Cuttings Re-Injection Well Completion: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Said Benelkadi, SLB

Frenemies: What We Have Learned about Cement-Salt Interaction over Decades and Implications for a Successful Integrity Design
Nicolas Bonnier, Geostock Group

Jim Cron, GeoStockSandia