Room no 14, 1st Floor, VMCC Building, IIT Bombay
Introduction to the course:
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is considered to be a potentially effective technology for the reduction of CO2 emissions from large stationary sources such as power generation units or chemical processing plants. Widespread adoption of CCUS technology is needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the rise in global temperature to below 2°C. The process of CCUS involves: (a) capturing CO2 before it is emitted into the atmosphere, (b) compressing and transporting the CO2 to a geologic storage site, and (c) injecting it into the site for long-term sequestration. The geologic storage site could be a deep saline formation for pure storage or a depleted oil or gas field for CO2-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and associated storage. The subsurface operations part of CCUS also provides a mechanism for CO2 sources to monetize their emissions through tax credits or emissions trading and/or revenue from incremental oil production due to EOR operations.
The feasibility evaluation of CCUS projects and their performance assessment relies heavily on standard petroleum reservoir engineering principles used for oil and gas reservoir management. This 2-day course will provide a hands-on introduction to various reservoir engineering concepts that are relevant for CO2 utilization for EOR in depleted oil fields as well as CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers.
By the end of this course, participants will gain knowhow on the following topics:
- Carbon Capture technologies – Chemical and Physical routes for capturing CO2
- Different ways of utilization of Carbon Dioxide in the current Indian Scenario
- Different ways for the transport of Carbon Dioxide
- Life-cycle and techno-economic assessments in CCUS
- Describe the fundamental principles of CO2-EOR
- Different ways by which CO2 can be stored
- Role of reservoir geomechanics in CCS projects
- An overview of legal, regulatory, and engagement dimensions of implementation of CCUS
Targeted Audience/ Pre-requisite:
This course is suitable for professionals in the oil and gas industry looking to broaden their E&P background for decarbonization projects such as CCUS. It is also appropriate for M.Sc., MTech, and PhD students, as well as other researchers working in the area of CCUS who may not have a reservoir engineering background.
(Note: This training course is exclusively for nominated employees of the PSU members of CoE-OGE)
Course Schedule:
Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) - Fundamentals & Applications