CO₂ Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

Richard Baker

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The CO₂ Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) course provides a comprehensive and practical overview of carbon capture and storage technologies, focusing on large-scale CO₂ injection in aquifers and depleted gas fields. With insights drawn from over 50 years of CO₂ project experience and cost data, the course emphasizes the economic and technical evaluation of CCUS projects. Participants will learn about reservoir characterization, risk management, monitoring, and verification strategies essential to CCUS project success. The course integrates real field case studies to illustrate effective and realistic approaches to carbon storage, addressing both opportunities and challenges. Designed for intermediate-level professionals in reservoir engineering, geology, and development, the training equips learners with the practical tools needed to evaluate and execute CCUS initiatives economically.Read more...

Who Should Take This Course
• Reservoir engineers
• Clean energy practitioners
• Geologists and development professionals
• Individuals interested in carbon storage economics

What You Will Learn
• CO₂ injection and storage techniques
• Economic evaluation of CCUS projects
• Risk assessment and monitoring methods
• Practical reservoir and aquifer characterization

Why This Course Works
• Understand realistic CO₂ storage capacity
• Gain insights from extensive field experience
• Address technical and economic project challenges
• Support scalable, practical carbon reduction efforts

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Course contents

    Chapter 1 - Introduction to CCUS

    1.01 Course Summary (8 min.)  Sample Lesson

    1.02 Central Theme Through Out Course (18 min.)

    1.03 Key Components in Overview (13 min.)

    1.04 Target of CCUS, Where are the Projects and Timing/Scale of Projects (9 min.)

    1.05 Attractiveness of Western Canadian Basin Targets (8 min.)

    1.06 Where are CCS projects in North America and Worldwide (19 min.)

    1.07 Answer to Conversion Question (3 min.)

    Chapter 2 - Economics

    2.01 Economics - Building on our mental model (12 min.)

    2.02 Infrastructure and Pipelines (9 min.)

    2.03 Building on your Mental Model (6 min.)

    2.04 Carbon Capture Technology (9 min.)

    2.05 CO₂ Transportation - Pipelines (11 min.)

    2.06 Site Criteria for CCS - Geology (17 min.)

    Chapter 3 - Reservoir Characteristics & Fluid Properties

    3.01 Mechanisms of Trapping (19 min.)

    3.02 Fluid Properties/Phase Behavior (15 min.)

    3.03 What Type of Storage Do I Select? (16 min.)

    Chapter 4 - Permeability, Injectivity & Plume Migration

    4.01 Why Can’t We Just Use Core (air) Permeability? (20 min.)

    4.02 Long Term Reservoir Injection Rates, Pressures and Injectivity (9 min.)

    4.03 Plume Migration (6 min.)

    4.04 Shell Quest Project (23 min.)

    Chapter 5 - General Workflow for CCUS

    5.01 General Workflow Overview (10 min.)

    5.02 Volumetrics for Aquifer, Depleted Oil and Gas Field (15 min.)

    5.03 Regional Aquifer Study - Part 1 (10 min.)

    5.04 Regional Aquifer Study - Part 2 (18 min.)

    5.05 Value of Information from Existing Wells for CCUS (10 min.)

    5.06 Quest Project - Comparing OGIP vs Volume (3 min.)

    Chapter 6 - Core & Log Analysis

    6.01 Core and Log Examination (20 min.)

    6.02 Storage Efficiency (11 min.)

    6.03 Reservoir Injectivity - Part 1 (8 min.)

    6.04 Reservoir Injectivity - Part 2 (12 min.)

    Chapter 7 - CO₂ Storage Constraints

    7.01 Constraints on CO₂ Storage (24 min.)

    7.02 Exercise, Calculation of Viscous Gravity (Lakes method) Number (14 min.)

    Chapter 8 - Seismic & Plume Movement

    8.01 Seismic Images (16 min.)

    8.02 Depleted Oil and Gas Reservoirs (20 min.)

    8.03 How does the Plume Move with Time? (7 min.)

    8.04 Plume Migration Long Term Storage (20 min.)

    Chapter 9 - Wellbore Evaluation & Risk

    9.01 Carbon Capture Risks (9 min.)

    9.02 Wellbore Risk During Operational Phase (13 min.)

    9.03 Evaluation Wellbore/Fracture/Fault Failure (9 min.)

    9.04 Cranfield Mississippi USA (10 min.)

    Chapter 10 - Monitoring & Verification

    10.01 Monitoring and Verification for CCS (10 min.)

    10.02 Injection Pressure, Rates and Injectivity (4 min.)

    10.03 SACROC Monitoring (6 min.)

    10.04 Key Questions (Learning Objectives) (15 min.)

    10.05 Conclusions (8 min.)

    10.06 Bonus Lesson - CCS Failures (5 min.) Quiz