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Morning Oral Presentations

Keynote: Department of Energy Carbon Management Infrastructure Opportunities

8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Cullen Performance Hall

Keynote Presentation: Department of Energy Carbon Management Infrastructure Opportunities

J. Litynski¹ (1. U.S. Department of Energy)

Theme 9: Environment, Sustainability, and Governance (ESGs) and Stakeholder Engagement

9:20 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. | Cullen Performance Hall

Chair(s): Autumn Haagsma, William Maloney

Case Studies in CCUS Stakeholder Engagement: Mitigating Key Non-Technical Risk

A. Raddatz Bopp¹, C. Vu¹ (1. DNV)

Developing a Community Benefits Plan for Project Success

J. F. Bolakas¹, A. Gathright¹, M. J. Teeling¹ (1. Environmental Standards)

First Attempts of Societal Considerations and Impacts (SCI) Regarding Class VI Injection Well Permitting: Implications for Onshore and Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Sites along the Gulf of Mexico

R. A. Gil-Egui¹, S. D. Hovorka¹, D. van der Kolk¹, Y. Li¹ (1. UT/BEG/GCCC)

Theme 3: Subsurface Storage in Gulf of Mexico

9:20 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Waldorf Astoria Ballroom

Chair(s): Seyyed Hosseini, Kathryn Tamulonis

Testing the CO2 Storage Capacity and Containment in the Frio and Lower Miocene Reservoirs in a Structural Dipping Flank Onshore Southwest Louisiana

C. Fonseca-Rivera¹, V. Nunez-Lopez², S. Hosseini³, S. D. Hovorka³, D. Dunlap³, A. Boles⁴ (1. CCUS North America, Shell International 2. Advanced Remediation Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy 3. Gulf Coast Carbon Center, Bureau of Economic Geology 4. Beacon Offshore Energy)

Simulation of Large-Scale Geological Carbon Sequestration in the Gulf of Mexico Using Fully Coupled Flow and Geomechanics

Y. Yuan¹, K. Dugan², P. Krishnamurthy³, S. Morgan³, Q. Li¹, J. White⁴, A. Lee¹ (1. ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company 2. ExxonMobil Information Technology 3. ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company 4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Subsurface Storage Screening for a Planned CCUS Project in Texas Gulf Coast

K. Alokla⁴, R. Umrani², R. Jones², J. Clark³, G. Pribilski², T. A. Blasingame¹, J. Lee¹ (1. Texas A&M University 2. Talos Energy 3. JWC3 Resources LLC 4. The Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems at Texas A&M University)

Theme 7: Carbon Sequestration Economic Drivers

9:20 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom B/C

Chair(s): Kate Ryan, Katerina Yared

CCS Project Economics Case History Quantifies Financial Drivers, Risks

M. H. Sumrow¹ (1. Energy Services, GHD)

A Sensitivity Analysis of the Levelized Cost of Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage for Various Industrial Processes

R. Tempke¹, Y. Lam¹ (1. Rystad Energy)

Techno-Economic Models are Instrumental in Analyzing Decarbonization Strategies

A. Guinan², A. Sheriff², D. Morgan¹, T. Grant¹, T. Warner², K. Bello², D. Vikara², N. Wijaya², L. Cunha¹ (1. National Energy Technology Laboratory 2. NETL support contractor)

Theme 3: Geomechanical Modeling

9:20 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom A/D

Chair(s): Erkan Ay, Jorge Barrios

Optimization of CO2 Injection in Saline Aquifers to Mitigate the Fault Reactivation

K. Venepalli¹, K. Patel¹, V. Chandrasekar¹ (1. Computer Modelling Group, Inc)

Assessing Mechanical Response of CO2 Storage into a Stacked Caprock-Reservoir System Using a Field-Scale Geomechanical Model Calibrated with Field Tests

T. Bai¹, P. Li², L. Lee¹, Z. Jiao¹, M. B. Johnson¹, Y. Yu¹, C. Nye¹, Y. Ganshin¹, J. Mclaughlin¹, S. Quillinan¹ (1. Center for Economic Geology Research, School of Energy Resources 2. Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming)

Assessing Mechanical Response of CO2 Storage into a Stacked Caprock-Reservoir System Using a Field-Scale Geomechanical Model Calibrated with Field Tests

T. Bai¹, P. Li², L. Lee¹, Z. Jiao¹, M. B. Johnson¹, Y. Yu¹, C. Nye¹, Y. Ganshin¹, J. Mclaughlin¹, S. Quillinan¹ (1. Center for Economic Geology Research, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming 2. Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming)

The Importance of Reservoir Geomechanics Modelling for Carbon Sequestration Storage and Utilization: A Case Study from East Natuna

J. R. Cherdasa¹, T. Ariadji², B. sapiie³, U. W. siagian² (1. Petroleum Engineering, Pertamina University 2. Petroleum Engineering, INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY OF BANDUNG 3. GEOLOGY, INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY OF BANDUNG)

Theme 3: Faults, Seals, and Rocks Geomechanics

10:55 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Cullen Performance Hall

Chair(s): Erkan Ay, Sandeep Mahajan

Using Integrated Modelling to Assess Induced Seismicity Risk and Optimise CO2 Injection Strategies

J. Shearer¹, C. O'Sullivan¹, S. Todman¹, C. Reilly¹ (1. Petroleum Experts Ltd)

Rock Strength Measurements Associated with sCO2 Injection into Saline Aquifers for the Louisiana Green Fuels CCS Project, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

L. Hathon², S. S. Walkinshaw³, A. Simone¹, R. Patterson¹, S. Govindaran⁴ (1. Geostock Sandia 2. Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston 3. Lousiana Green Fuels 4. Metarock Laboratories)

Joint PP and PS Elastic Seismic Inversion to Investigate Seal Integrity in CO2 Projects

A. Vera-Arroyo¹, P. Blanco-Dufau¹, H. Bedle¹ (1. Geoscience school, The University of Oklahoma)

Theme 8: Infrastructure I

10:55 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Waldorf Astoria Ballroom

Chair(s): Jared Hawkins, Autumn Haagsma

Comparative Economic Analysis of Capture, Transport, and Storage from a CO2 Source Perspective

A. Guinan², A. Sheriff², T. Grant¹ (1. National Energy Technology Laboratory 2. NETL support contractor)

CO2NCORD: A Comprehensive Software Tool to Understand Facility-Level Source Potential and Underlying Techno-Economics for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) at Scale

M. Ford¹, J. Eidbo¹, C. J. Talsma¹, R. Middleton¹ (1. Carbon Solutions, LLC)

US Department of Energy (DOE) Strategic Planning and R&D Priorities for National-Scale CO2 Transport

S. Leung¹, J. Litynski¹, D. Damiani¹, K. Dooley¹ (1. US Department of Energy)

Theme 10: Predictive Models I

10:55 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom B/C

Chair(s): Sara Minisini, Matthias Imhof

Fourier-MIONet: Fourier-Enhanced Multiple-Input Neural Operators for Accurate and Efficient Surrogate Modeling for Geological Carbon Sequestration

Z. Jiang², M. Zhu², D. Li¹, Y. Yuan¹, Q. Li¹, L. Lu², W. Xiao¹ (1. ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company 2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania)

Graph Neural Network for Rapid Location with Uncertainty Quantification: Application to Decatur Carbon Injection Site

W. Reichard-Flynn¹, X. Zhang², M. Zhang³, Y. Lin¹ (1. Los Alamos National Laboratory 2. Michigan State University 3. Dalhousie University)

Modeling of CO2 Solubility in Crude Oil Using Principal Component Regression: Application to CO2 EOR and Sequestration

R. Bhattacherjee¹, K. Botchway², J. Pashin³, G. Chakraborty², P. Bikkina¹ (1. Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Oklahoma State University 2. Business Analytics & Data Science, Oklahoma State University 3. Geology, Oklahoma State University)

Theme 1: Evaluating Seal for CCS Projects

10:55 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom A/D

Chair(s): Amanda Ardill, Caroline Huet

Composite Confining Systems: Rethinking Geologic Seals for Permanent CO2 Sequestration

A. P. Bump¹, S. Bakhshian¹, H. Ni¹, S. D. Hovorka¹, M. Olariu¹, D. Dunlap¹, S. Hosseini¹, T. Meckel¹ (1. Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin)

Supercritical CO2 Storage in Shale Reservoirs: Implications of the Clay Mineral Interactions

C. Palencia¹, B. Harrel¹ (1. Intertek)

Caprock Wettability Under CO2 Geostorage Conditions

A. Lee¹, D. Tapriyal², D. Crandall², A. Goodman², P. Kortunov¹, A. Camargo³, N. Giovambattista³, B. Balcom⁴, A. Jusufi¹, W. Horn¹, Q. Li¹, C. Rogers¹ (1. ExxonMobil 2. National Energy Technology Laboratory 3. City University of New York 4. University of New Brunswick)

Afternoon Oral Presentations

Theme 6: CCUS Knowledge Sharing and Lessons Learned

1:35 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Cullen Performance Hall

Chair(s): Kristoffer Walker, Marie Macquet

The Value of Knowledge Sharing in Successful CCS Project Development

J. Millar¹ (1. International CCS Knowledge Centre)

What We Have Learned Over 20 Years of CCUS Projects

R. Schrynemeeckers¹ (1. Amplified Geochemical Imaging LLC)

Lessons Learned From Site Characterization Activities for Geologic CO2 Storage Projects in North Dakota Regarding Coring, Logging, and Geophysical Surveys

C. Christianson¹, A. Livers-Douglas¹, T. Richards¹, L. Jacobson¹, A. Zandy¹ (1. Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota)

SEG EVOLVE – Industry/Association/University Collaboration for Enabling the Next Generation Subsurface Scientists in Carbon Solutions

J. Joyce¹, G. Dasari¹, N. House², A. Betancourt³, J. DiSiena⁴, R. Detomo⁵ (1. EMTEC, ExxonMobil 2. Integrated Geophysical Interpretation 3. SEG 4. FFM llc 5. OMOTED Geophysical Consultants)

Theme 5: Geomechanics

1:35 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom B/C

Chair(s): Craig Schneider, Joel Le Calvez

Geomechanical Fault Integrity Risk Assessment for Saline Aquifer CCS

K. Bisdom², A. Ardill¹, S. Bohn¹, P. Fakcharoenphol¹, J. Snippe² (1. Shell International Exploration and Production 2. Shell Global Solutions International B.V.)

Geomechanical Simulation Case Study of CO2 Injection in the LaBarge Field Wyoming

S. Morgan¹ (1. ExxonMobil)

3D Characterization for CO2 Geo-Sequestration Using a High-Resolution Seismic Survey: Powder River Basin, WY, USA

B. Erdinc¹, A. Tura¹ (1. Geophysics, Colorado School Of Mines)

The Effect of Carbonation on Well Cement Mechanical Behavior

J. Ding¹, T. Vanorio¹, T. Guo¹, D. Geremia¹ (1. Stanford University)

Theme 2: CO2 Injection

1:35 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom A/D

Chair(s): Matthias Imhof, Erkan Ay

Reservoir Model Calibration of CO2 Injection into Saline Aquifers for the Louisiana Green Fuels CCS Project, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

A. Simone¹, S. S. Walkinshaw², R. Patterson¹, A. Ajufo³ (1. Geostock Sandia 2. Strategic Biofuels 3. Petroleum Services)

Capillary-Barrier Trapping vs. Permeability-Retardation of CO2 in Storage Aquifers: Analytical Modeling and Field Application

B. Ren¹, L. Lake², J. Littlefield¹ (1. Aramco Americas 2. The University of Texas at Austin)

Using CO2 EOR to Reduce GHG Emissions and Improve Oil Recovery in Mature Oil Fields in South Australia and Queensland

M. Wallace¹, V. Kuuskraa¹, D. Bason² (1. Advanced Resources International 2. CO2CRC)

CO2 Interfacial Tension Impact to Capillary Pressure Data Coupling with NMR for Pore Throat and Body Size Distribution

B. C. Harrell¹ (1. Intertek Westport)

Theme 4: Monitoring Techniques

3:35 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Cullen Performance Hall

Chair(s): Kristoffer Walker, Malcolm Allan

Monitoring for CO2 Leakage at Intermediate Depths

M. Macquet¹, B. Kolkman-Quinn², D. C. Lawton² (1. Carbon Management Canada 2. Carbon Management Canada and University of Calgary/CREWES)

CO2 Plume Imaging with CSEM: Workflow and Calibration to Borehole Scale

K. M. Strack¹, S. Davydycheva¹, T. Hanstein¹, A. Paembonan², P. Soupios³ (1. KMS Technologies 2. Geophysical Engineering, Sumatera Inst. of Technology 3. Petroleum Geoscience, KFUPM)

Displacement or Not, InSAR Should be Used for Monitoring CCUS Storage

G. Falorni¹, C. Sebastian¹, C. Lucente¹ (1. TRE Altamira Inc)

Long Term, Wide Area Monitoring of CO2 Containment in CCS Using Spaceborne InSAR

P. Leezenberg¹, J. Scoular¹, M. van der Kooij¹, H. Maljaars¹, L. Szewczyk¹ (1. SkyGeo)

Theme 6: Geophysical Techniques for Storage Sites

3:35 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Waldorf Astoria Ballroom

Chair(s): Hermes Malcotti, Camelia Knapp

An Overview of Geophysical Applications for Mapping and Monitoring Carbon Storage

M. Rauch¹ (1. TGS)

Rejuvenating Gulf Coast Vintage NAZ Data for Identifying CCUS Sites with Full-Waveform Inversion

S. Ding², R. Kumar², M. Wang², S. Mothi², D. Carruthers¹ (1. CGG 2. CGG)

Weyburn CO2 EOR Case Study Using Conventional and Light 4D Seismic Technique

S. Chen¹, A. Dwibedi¹ (1. Whitecap Resources Inc.)

The Conceptual Carbon Storage Development Planning for Onshore and Offshore CCS Sites in Taiwan

Y. Tseng², K. Qiu¹, P. Lee³ (1. SLB 2. CPC 3. Opicoil America)

Theme 5: Qualitative Risk Assessment Tools and Workflows

3:35 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom B/C

Chair(s): Eleine Vence, Alexander Bump

What is Taking the Wind out of the Sails of CCUS? (And What is Lifting the Sails Up?)

D. Gonsuron¹ (1. S&P Global: Commodity Insights)

Quantifying Risk for Sequestration Success – A Look at Potential CO2 Storage Hazards and Complications in Southern Louisiana

E. J. MacDonald¹ (1. Intelligence - CCUS, Enverus)

Combining Qualitative Leakage Risk Assessment with Financial Liability for CO2 Geologic Storage

S. Bakhshian¹, R. G. Hashish¹, S. D. Hovorka¹ (1. Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin)

Data Related De-Risking Challenges for CO2 Storage in Aquifers

B. Dindoruk¹, K. Holmes², R. Fyfe², S. Drylie² (1. Petroleum Engineering & Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston 2. Core Laboratories)

Theme 1: Site Screening I

3:35 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Hilton University of Houston, Conrad Ballroom A/D

Chair(s): Caroline Wachtman, Paul Anderson

Defining Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Systems in the Midwest, Northeast, Coastal Plain, and Northeast Offshore USA – A Bottoms Up Approach

A. Conner¹, M. Kelley¹, S. Pool², J. Moore², P. Dinterman², E. Lewis², G. Daft², T. Vance¹, S. Greb³, T. Sparks³, K. Carter⁴, M. L. Cooney⁴, K. Schmid⁴, R. Anthony⁴, W. Harrison⁵, H. Leetaru⁶, C. Bopp⁶, J. McDonald⁷, C. Waid⁷, M. Solis⁷, J. Schmelz⁸, K. Miller⁸, A. Douds⁹, R. Clark¹⁰, S. R. Skopec¹ (1. Battelle 2. West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey 3. Kentucky Geological Survey 4. Pennsylvania Geological Survey 5. Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, Western Michigan University 6. Illinois State Geological Survey 7. Ohio Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources 8. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey 9. Indiana Geological & Water Survey 10. Iowa Geological Survey)

On the Roadmap of Carbon Abatement – CO2 Source/Sink Hub Identification in Shallow Water GOM (SW-GOM)

M. Tavallali¹, M. Rao¹, T. Xu¹ (1. S&P Global)

The Geology of the Deeply Carbon Negative Louisiana Green Fuels CCS Project, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

S. S. Walkinshaw¹ (1. Strategic Biofuels, LLC)

Saline Aquifer Areas of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf, USA - A Preliminary Inventory

B. P. Stephens¹, T. Belisle¹, E. Elliott¹, L. He¹, K. Trosclair¹ (1. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)