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A MUltiple Space and Time scale approach for the quAntification of deep saliNe formations for CO2 storaGe

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Videos: Dr. Jacob Bensabat walks you through the Heletz site

Clip 1: The testing facilities

Video credit: Prof. Auli Niemi

Clip 2: The control room

Video credit: Prof. Auli Niemi

A special Issue of MUSTANG/Heletz work has been published in a Special Edition of International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Characterization of formation properties for geological storage of CO2 -
Experiences from the Heletz test injection site and other example sites from the EU project MUSTANG

Edited by Auli Niemi, Philippe Gouze and Jacob Bensabat

Link to the Special Issue

CO2 injection experiment at Heletz started August 2016

The first of a series of experiments to determine CO2 residual trapping in-situ was started at Heletz on August 2016 and is expected to complete early October.
 
 
 
 
Final meeting with the results from the five year EU FP7 project MUSTANG (26 – 27 May 2014, Uppsala, Sweden)

The purpose of this meeting is to communicate the results of the five year RTD project to the scientific community, industrial end-users, and regulators. The meeting is designed as a workshop where invited keynote speakers present their perspectives on CO2 storage, followed by presentations from the MUSTANG consortium on the project results. The meeting is concluded with a panel discussion with representatives from the scientific community, industry, and regulatory agencies. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE CIRCULAR HERE
Heletz injection well instrumentation

In January 2014 Class VI Solutions and Sage Rider successfully instrumented the Heletz CO2 injection and monitoring well. Click HERE for more information on Heletz site progress

   
In Memory of Professor Andrew Cliffe

Andrew Cliffe, a brilliant scientist and most importantly a great colleague and friend passed away on Jan 5th, 2014, all too prematurely at the age of 60. We shall keep in our memories his friendship, his kindness and his tremendous professional skills. Farewell to a friend.

Andrew was Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham. His research concerned developing, analyzing and applying computational techniques for problems ranging from fundamental science to industrial applications. He was also interested in how to represent and quantify uncertainty using numerical methods. Applications of this work included assessing the safety of potential underground repositories for radioactive wastes and understanding the spread of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers in the context of Carbon Capture and Storage schemes.

   
We, his colleagues and friends in the Mustang project that had the privilege of working with Andrew, send our deepest condolences to his family at this difficult time.
MUSTANG – TRUST – PANACEA

Training Course on Geological Storage of CO2
Göttingen, Germany 9-12th of October, 2013

Description

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a rapidly developing field with scientific and technical challenges that are being addressed globally. This training course will present an overview of the current status of CCS operations and research, with the objective of providing the participants with a basic understanding of the scientific and technical issues that need to be address for the successful injection of CO2 into saline formations. The course will focus on the technical and scientific considerations for CO2 injection, the exploration of critical process in laboratory studies and by field techniques, as well as the related numerical modeling. The training course is intended for students and professionals that wish to gain a greater understanding of current research findings in the CCS field. It is jointly organized by three ongoing EU FP7 Research and Development projects working on the topic.

Registration deadline September 20th 2013.

For registration, please go to:
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/444311.html
or contact Alexandru.Tatomir@geo.uni-goettingen.de

Download HERE the training course flyer
CO2 INJECTION AT MAGUELONE EXPERIMENT


Shallow CO2 injection experiment was successfully carried out at Maguelone, France, in January 2013,
led by CNRS, with Philippe Pezard as project leader

CO2 was injected in a shallow reservoir (13-16 m deep) in January 2013, after three N2 injection periods in 2012 aimed at tuning the field monitoring strategy. The hydrogeophysical monitoring was conducted both from surface and downhole, including high frequency seismic and electrical resistivity probing, pressure recording and fluid sampling.

SEE MORE PICTURES - CO2 injection and monitoring taking place at Maguelone, France

EGU 2013

The next EGU meeting will take place in Vienna, 7th to 12th of April 2013. The abstract submission deadline is January 9th. See below the two sessions where many of our partners are conveners:
 
Coring party' at Heletz in September 2012

The core samples from the Heletz injection and monitoring wells were sampled and distributed to a number of laboratories that will test and characterize these rocks thoroughly, for different hydraulic, chemical and mechanical properties relevant for CO2 storage. MUSTANG researchers had a group coring event in September and samples were taken and sent to be tested to various universities and research laboratories in including CNRS, Edinburgh, Göttingen, Stanford, Luleå and Uppsala.

   
The 7th Project consortium meeting took place in Haifa (Israel)

   


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