Carbon sequestration
Delivering reliable, cost-efficient, and long-term CO2 storage
Carbon storage that lasts—for good
Effective carbon sequestration—or carbon storage—requires precise selection, planning, development, operation, and monitoring of the carbon storage site. Using the right experience, right know-how, and right technologies, SLB optimizes these storage phases to derisk carbon storage and lower costs.
SLB has more than 100 years of experience in mapping, measuring, and modeling underground rock formations. And we’ve participated in more than 100 sequestration projects in different geological contexts over the last two decades using innovative solutions. This experience gives us detailed insight into the varied challenges posed by CO2 storage. Integrating geoscience, engineering, and digital capabilities, we’re able to deliver reliable, economical, and sustainable carbon storage projects.
Selecting the right storage site early on is key. This will help avoid unnecessary costs associated with appraising unsuitable sites. To find the most suitable storage sites, we've developed our carbon storage site screening and ranking solution to deliver actionable insights that help derisk potential sites for economic feasibility and long-term reliability. Within your area of interest, we collect the available data and select candidates for further evaluation.
From your highest ranked prospective sites, it's essential to evaluate them for reliable, economical, and sustainable carbon storage—their feasibility. And this determines whether to proceed with storage appraisal. The key criteria:
Capacity—How much CO2 can be effectively stored at the site?
Containment—Does the storage site provide sufficient seal capacity to prevent CO2 leaks to surface?
Injectivity—What injection rates can be achieved?
We enable accurately assessing long-term performance and project viability using
- advanced measurements of capacity, injectivity, and containment using dedicated workflows
- rock and fluid labs to characterize the subsurface
- digital technologies through our carbon storage site evaluation solution
Together, we develop specific plans for reliable storage. This includes an injection plan and monitoring, measurement, and verification (MMV) plan. Whereas the injection plan defines the the optimal surface and subsurface development and carbon injection scenarios, the MMV plan demonstrates integrity of the storage site and conformance with the predicted CO2 migration models. The plan defines the technology selection that is best suited for the specific site and injection conditions and is based on evaluation of the associated risks.
High confidence in long-term integrity will only be achieved by having a site that has been well chosen, well planned, well operated, and well monitored.
That’s what we do.
Our work in action
Enabled by our digital capabilities, technologies, and expertise, SLB was selected to use the DELFI cognitive E&P environment on the Norwegian CO2 project by the Northern Lights JV to streamline subsurface workflows and longer-term modeling and surveillance of CO2 storage. The JV was established to develop the world’s first open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure—accelerating decarbonization opportunities for European industries to store up to 5 million metric tons of CO2 per year based on market demand.
Let's redefine what's achievable.
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