The CO2 pilot at Lacq: an integrated oxycombustion CO2 capture and geological storage project in the South West of France

Aimard, Nicolas; Lescanne, Marc; Mouronval, Gérard; Prebende, Claude

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“…The relevance of CO 2 -EOR has also become more widely recognized, with information from the long history of this activity becoming more widely accessible. Examples of storage projects developed during this decade for which detailed and publically accessible M&V results are available include K12-B (van der Meer et al, 2009K12-B (van der Meer et al, , 2005, Ketzin (Martens et al, 2013;Würdemann et al, 2010), Lacq (Aimard et al, 2007;Prinet et al, 2013) and Snøhvit from Europe, In Salah Mathieson et al, 2010;Ringrose et al, 2013) from Africa, Nagaoka (Kikuta et al, 2005) from Japan, Otway (Cook, 2014;Jenkins et al, 2012) from Australia and a number of US projects: Frio Test (Hovorka et al, 2006), Mountaineer, Cranfield (Hovorka et al, 2013c), Illinois Basin, Decatur (Finley, 2014b), Bell Creek, Michigan pinnacle reefs and other R&D projects under the US Regional Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnership program. In Canada, Aquistore has just begun operations (Worth et al, 2014).…”

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The state of the art in monitoring and verification—Ten years on

Jenkins

Chadwick

Hovorka

2015

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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a b s t r a c tIn the ten years since publication of the IPCC Special Report on CCS, there has been considerable progress in monitoring and verification (M&V). Numerous injection projects, ranging from small injection pilots to much larger longer-term commercial operations, have been successfully monitored to the satisfaction of regulatory agencies, and technologies have been adapted and implemented to demonstrate containment, conformance, and no environmental impact. In this review we consider M&V chiefly from the perspective of its ability to satisfy stakeholders that these three key requirements are being met. From selected project examples, we show how this was done, and reflect particularly on the nature of the verification process. It is clear that deep-focussed monitoring will deliver the primary requirement to demonstrate conformance and containment and to provide early warning of any deviations from predicted storage behaviour. Progress in seismic imaging, especially offshore, and the remarkable results with InSAR from In Salah are highlights of the past decade. A wide range of shallow monitoring techniques has been tested at many sites, focussing especially on the monitoring of soil gas and groundwater. Quantification of any detected emissions would be required in some jurisdictions to satisfy carbon mitigation targets in the event of leakage to surface: however, given the likely high security of foreseeable storage sites, we suggest that shallow monitoring should focus mainly on assuring against environmental impacts. This reflects the low risk profile of well selected and well operated storage sites and recognizes the over-arching need for monitoring to be directed to specific, measureable risks. In particular, regulatory compliance might usefully involve clearer articulation of leakage scenarios, with this specificity making it possible to demonstrate "no leakage" in a more objective way than is currently the case. We also consider the monitoring issues for CO 2 -EOR, and argue that there are few technical problems in providing assurance that EOR sites are successfully sequestering CO 2 ; the issues lie largely in linking existing oil and gas regulations to new greenhouse gas policy. We foresee that, overall, monitoring technologies will continue to benefit from synergies with oil and gas operations, but that the distinctive regulatory and certification environments for CCS may pose new questions. Overall, while there is clearly scope for technical improvements, more clearly posed requirements, and better communication of monitoring results, we reiterate that this has been a decade of significant achievement that leaves monitoring and verification well placed to serve the wider CCS enterprise.Crown

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The state of the art in monitoring and verification—Ten years on

Jenkins

Chadwick

Hovorka

2015

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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“…In Germany, Ketzin became a major European CO 2 storage test site in 2008, injecting 60kt CO 2 at about 650m depth into a shallow saline formation [12]. Since 2010, the TOTAL Lacq Project has injected 75kt of CO 2 from oxyfuel combustion 4,500m into an onshore depleted natural gas field [13]. A key objective of these many test projects is to perform research experiments and develop the necessary expertise for commercial upscaling.…”

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“…An overview of the location of active and proposed projects is given in Figure 3 [10]. A wide range of numerous small CCS pilot and demonstration projects of < 100 ktpa have been implemented globally over the past 10+ years [11][12] [13]. These include the Otway Project in Victoria (Australia) where a total of 70kt CO 2 has been injected at a depth of 2000m into the Waarre-C Formation, a sandstone depleted gas reservoir [11].…”

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Portfolio Analysis of Carbon Sequestration Technologies and Barriers to Adoption: General Methodology and Application to Geological Storage

Young-Lorenz

Lumley

2013

Energy Procedia

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“…That's why the communication and general public acceptance are very important in CO 2 storage context. A variety of promising techniques have been identified and many have been incorporated into monitoring approaches deployed at existing pilot sites such as Weyburn (Whittaker, 2004), Frio (Hovorka et al, 2006) and Rousse (Aimard et al, 2009).…”

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A Geochemical Approach for Monitoring a CO₂Pilot Site: Rousse, France. A Major gases, CO₂-Carbon Isotopes and Noble Gases Combined Approach

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Billiot

Rouchon

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Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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fr -joelle.hy-billiot@total.com -virgile.rouchon@ifpen.fr -gerard.mouronval@total.com -marc.lescanne@total.com veronique.lachet@ifpen.fr -nicolas.aimard@total.com * Corresponding authorRésumé -Une méthode géochimique pour la surveillance d'un site pilote de stockage de CO 2 : Rousse, France. Approche combinant les gaz majeurs, l'isotopie du carbone du CO 2 et les gaz rares -Ce papier présente la caractérisation géochimique des différents gaz, naturels et anthropogéniques, impliqués dans un pilote de stockage de CO 2 en champ de gaz naturel appauvri (Rousse, France). Dans ce pilote, le CO 2 est produit par oxycombustion d'un gaz naturel transformé en gaz domestique à l'usine de Lacq. Ce CO 2 est transporté dans un pipeline de 30 km de longueur jusqu'au réservoir de gaz appauvri de Rousse. Les gaz produits à Rousse avant injection de CO 2 , le gaz commercial de Lacq et le CO 2 résultant de l'oxycombustion ont été échantillonnés, ainsi que les gaz situés dans un puits de surveillance (à une profondeur de 45 m) et les gaz du sol situés au voisinage de Rousse. Pour tous ces échantillons, la composition en gaz majeurs, la signature isotopique du carbone ainsi que l'abondance et signature isotopique des gaz rares ont été déterminées. Les compositions gazeuses du gaz naturel de Rousse sont comparables à celle du gaz domestique de Lacq avec le méthane comme composé principal et la fraction C 2 -C 5 et CO 2 comme gaz résiduels. Les gaz des sols reflètent typiquement des mélanges entre l'air (pôle pur) et le CO 2 d'origine biogénique (avec des teneurs maximales de l'ordre de 9-10 %), tandis que les gaz présents dans le puits de monitoring reflètent typiquement la composition de l'air sans excès de CO 2 . Le gaz de Rousse et le gaz domestique du site de Lacq ont une composition isotopique δ 13 C CH 4 égale à -41,0 ‰ et -43,0 ‰ respectivement. Le CO 2 injecté sur Rousse a une composition isotopique δ 13 C CO 2 égale à -40,0 ‰ à la sortie de la chambre d'oxycombustion, tandis que la composition isotopique δ 13 C CO 2 des gaz des sols est comprise entre -15 et -25 ‰. Le gaz naturel de Rousse et le gaz domestique du site de Lacq sont tous les deux enrichis en hélium, appauvris en néon, argon et krypton par rapport aux valeurs de l'air (standard naturel). Le procédé de combustion produit un CO 2 enrichi en hélium, hérité du gaz domestique de Lacq, et une composition en néon, argon et krypton reflétant celle de l'oxygène produit par l'unité de séparation d'air. En effet, le néon est appauvri relativement à l'air, tandis que le krypton est enrichi de 10 fois, résultant de la séparation cryogénique des gaz rares au sein de l'unité de séparation d'air. Les gaz rares des échantillons de sols ont une composition équivalente à celle de l'air. À partir de ces résultats, les compositions des pôles purs impliqués dans le site pilote de stockage de CO 2 montrent que les compositions en gaz rares produits par le procédé d'oxycombustion sont suffisamment

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The CO2 pilot at Lacq: an integrated oxycombustion CO2 capture and geological storage project in the South West of France

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The state of the art in monitoring and verification—Ten years on

The state of the art in monitoring and verification—Ten years on

Portfolio Analysis of Carbon Sequestration Technologies and Barriers to Adoption: General Methodology and Application to Geological Storage

A Geochemical Approach for Monitoring a CO₂Pilot Site: Rousse, France. A Major gases, CO₂-Carbon Isotopes and Noble Gases Combined Approach

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The state of the art in monitoring and verification—Ten years on

The state of the art in monitoring and verification—Ten years on

Portfolio Analysis of Carbon Sequestration Technologies and Barriers to Adoption: General Methodology and Application to Geological Storage

A Geochemical Approach for Monitoring a CO2Pilot Site: Rousse, France. A Major gases, CO2-Carbon Isotopes and Noble Gases Combined Approach

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A Geochemical Approach for Monitoring a CO₂Pilot Site: Rousse, France. A Major gases, CO₂-Carbon Isotopes and Noble Gases Combined Approach