Work Package 4

Work Package 4: Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential

The overall aim of NZEC Work Package 4 is to build capacity in China for evaluating storage potential and performing appropriate first stage site characterisation for site selection. The anticipated scientific outputs from this work package are:

  • Regional studies of potential storage opportunities in the Songliao, Subei and Qinshui Basins.
  • Site-specific studies of opportunities for CO2 storage in the Jilin and Jiangsu oilfields, with the potential for ‘value-added’ through enhanced oil recovery.
  • Site specific study of saline aquifer storage potential in a selected area of the Songliao Basin
  • Site specific study for coal in the Qinshui Basin with potential for ‘value added’ through enhanced coalbed methane recovery.
  • Geographic Information System map of potential storage sites and large sources of CO2 (>100kt/year) for preliminary source-storage matching.

In late January 2008, the first NZEC technical workshop, launching Work Package 4, was held at the China University of Petroleum Beijing campus (photo). This workshop, organised by Professor Li Mingyuan (Chinese Universtiy of Petoleum), Dr. Li Gao (ACCA21) and Mr. Jonathan Pearce (BGS), brought together the UK and Chinese researchers examining storage potential in China and offered an opportunity for partners of WP4 to discuss initial results and share expertise. The main objective of this workshop was to allow partners to benefit mutually from expertise in the field of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage.

Project partners presented early results of the initial data gathering exercise, reviewed the methodologies for estimating capacities used previously and recommended for this project, discussed previous experience in carbon dioxide storage and identified the benefits of using a GIS (Geographic Information System) to display project results.

During the workshop, WP4 Partners agreed to the project plan and timetable and identified the regions of China in which to focus their research.  The partners also agreed on the methodologies that will be used to estimate regional storage capacities.

The work package partners are the Chinese University of Petroleum (Beijing) (co-leader), British Geological Survey (co-leader), the Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21), China University of Petroleum (Huadong), Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Tsinghua University, PetroChina, Jilin Oilfield, China United Coalbed Methane Co., Ltd.(CUCBM), North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Greengen Co., LTD (GREENGEN), Heriot Watt University (HWU), BP and Shell.


For more details about Work Package 4 please contact Ceri Vincent at BGS.

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