ENOS Project

Management information

Title: ENabling Onshore CO2 Storage in Europe

Code: 653718

Initial date: 1 de September de 2016

Ending date: 31 de October de 2020

Funding: 223551 €

E-mail: paula.canteli@igme.es

Project web page: http://www.enos-project.eu/

Project description

The main objective of the project is to enable the development of CO2 storage onshore in Europe.

ENOS strives to enhance the development of CO2 storage onshore, close to CO2 emission points. Several field pilots in various geological settings will be studied in detail and best practices that stakeholders can rely on will be produced. In this way, ENOS will help demonstrate that CO2 storage is safe and environmentally sound and increase the confidence of stakeholders and the public in CCS as a viable mitigation option.

Targets

The ENOS site portfolio will provide a great opportunity for demonstration of technologies for safe and environmentally sound CO2 storage at relevant scale.

Activities

WP 1

Ensuring safe storage operations

Demonstrate innovative injection strategies and history matching approaches for increased confidence of operators in managing sites safely;
Validate methodologies using microseismic monitoring network data to manage induced seismicity risk;
Validate tools and methodologies for monitoring the CO2 plume in the reservoir and for acquiring data on reservoir properties for improved understanding on reservoir behaviour;
Develop smart integration of the different monitoring data acquired during operation;
Develop an integrated risk management workflow for reliable and safe CO2 storage operation encompassing monitoring activities, potential risk mitigation and corrective measures;
Define technical guidelines for CO2 storage operation, through cooperation in R&I of research institutions, industry and service providers.

WP 2

Ensuring storage capacities and cost-effective site characterisation

Further investigate potentialities of next-generation ‘high resolution’ reservoir modelling to assess impact of heterogeneities on CO2 storage capacities;
Quantify the reliability of storage capacities estimates;
Lower characterisation costs through (i) the validation of methodology to optimise exploration program, and (ii) the development of front-end engineering study for low cost drilling.

WP 3

Managing leakage risks for protection of the environment and groundwater

Advance and validate surface and downhole monitoring technologies relevant to onshore storage, including for groundwater protection
Improve understanding on the impacts of leakage and of potential leakage pathways (geological faults and boreholes) to enable a more effective monitoring strategy
Produce best-practice guidelines for a monitoring programme that integrates the newly advanced ENOS technologies and techniques with state-of-the-art commercially available tools
Real-life experience from field laboratories and sites where CO2 is naturally seeping to the surface utilised to realise these aims

WP 4

Integration of CO2 storage with local economic activities

Creating incentives for CCS and new jobs by integrating storage technology with other activities

WP 5

Coordination with local communities

Finding solutions together: direct input of the population in making sense of the technology
Systematic exploration of technical challenges together with members of the public to identify the “good conditions” for onshore storage
Listening to all points of view: collaboration with citizens and stakeholders for producing socially sensitive best practices
Public info tool: a communication infrastructure for storage pilots

WP 6

Sharing experience worldwide and seeding storage projects in Europe

Establish partnerships and share experience and knowledge with groups and entities executing onshore CO2 storage pilots, demonstration projects and leakage simulation tests in Europe and worldwide
Identify success criteria that can be applied to create a catalogue of potential situations where new storage sites might be successful
Pave the way for pilot sites in the ENOS project portfolio to further develop beyond the end of the project through planning of follow-up stages of their development and/or upscaling to a larger amount of stored CO2
Prepare a Roadmap for upscaling identified synergies of CO2 storage with CO2 utilisation

WP 7

Spreading innovation

To facilitate research integration and dissemination across the WPs
To author best practice guidance documents specifically aimed at industrial sector and policy makers to favour market uptake of the research results
To promote exploitation of project results among the research community

WP 8

Promoting CCS through education and training

Develop intensive training weeks, for young scientists, dedicated to Onshore CO2 geological storage and the implementation of the EU- Directive and will be based on latest research results and real-life experience
Build awareness on climate change and opportunities for mitigation action utilising CCS through building e-learning courses
Initiate a university cooperation on CO2 storage education and a coordinated Master and post-graduate Master programmes through the development of a network of institutions and laboratories, and the development of educational modules
Provide short courses for journalists and media to raise awareness on CCS and enhance communication between scientists and journalists

WP 9

Project management

To execute smoothly and efficiently the operational, legal, financial and administrative management of the ENOS project and consortium
To manage site operations