Geostorage

 

 

Energy waste products such as produced water, drill cuttings, radioactive materials, Carbon Dioxide, and Acid Gas, can be safely stored deep underground for long periods of time using many of the techniques developed for the extraction of oil and gas.

 

The storage of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Saline Reservoirs, abandoned oil and gas fields, or for use in enhanced oil or coal bed methane recovery, is generally considered to be the only method capable of controlling global warming in the short to medium term.

 

Our Experience

 

Our strong technical and commercial skills combined with considerable E&P managerial experience means we can provide our clients with an unrivalled level of knowledge and experience, that has proved invaluable at both a technical and strategic level.

 

Our senior staff and associates are chartered Engineers and Geoscientists registered with accredited UK and USA professional institutions and who have at least 20 years of relevant experience in the practice of geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering. They fully comply with London Stock Exchange requirements to act as Competent Persons.

CO2 DSR Injection Modelling

 

 

 

Potential Application of Multilateral Drilling to Deep Waste Disposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our experience and knowledge cover the following:

  • Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport & Storage

  • Deep Borehole Disposal of Nuclear Waste

  • Produced Water Disposal

  • Drilling Waste Disposal

For a full listing of the countries we have worked in and the projects we have undertaken please go to the Projects page.

 

Our Services

 

The type of projects we undertake include:

 

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

  • Sequestration Site Investigation

  • Feasibility Studies

  • Aquifer or Reservoir CO2 Modelling

  • Evaluation of CO2 EOR Opportunities

  • Project Management

  • Talks and Presentations

Deep Disposal of Nuclear Waste

  • Geological assessment of potential disposal sites.

  • Application of new oil and gas drilling and evaluation techniques to radioactive waste disposal

  • Conceptual disposal well design, planning, and costing.

Produced Water Disposal

  • Geological assessment of potential disposal sites.

  • Reservoir modelling

  • Rock mechanics

  • Conceptual Project Planning

Drilling Waste Disposal

  • Geological assessment of potential disposal sites.

  • Conceptual  Well Planning

  • Rock mechanics

Projects

  

 

Carbon Capture and Storage Feasibility Study

 

Petrenel undertook a major Carbon Capture and Storage Study in 2006 & 2007 to assess the feasibility of safely sequestering in excess of 500 Mt of CO2 into Deep Saline Reservoirs and for use in Enhanced Oil Recovery.  The work involved identifying and screening selected storage sites, establishing the potential for EOR and ECBM in the area of interest, scoping the project alternatives, CO2 saline aquifer modelling, establishing costs, identifying technical and political risks and uncertainties , and mapping out the next steps.

 

A full listing of Petrenel's projects can be found on the Project web page.

 

Carbon Capture

  

 

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a technology attempting to mitigate climate change by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large sources (i.e. power plants) before and/or after combustion and storing it instead of releasing in into the atmosphere by either:

 

1. compressing and/or liquefying the gas and transporting it to an underground or deep-sea storage site

2. Sequestering the gas by mineral carbonation

3. Directly using it as feedstock in industrial applications.