South West Hub CCS Project: Lessons to be learned from the 2014 3D seismic survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Martin Burke ◽  
Dominique Van Gent
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Seismic Surveys ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
South West ◽  
Geological Information

The South West Hub (SWH) project is Australia's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) flagship project. Managed by the WA government's Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP), the SWH is assessing the geological properties of a proposed CO2storage site in the southwest of WA to determine its feasibility. This includes collating detailed geological information, partnering with researchers, acquiring baseline data, consulting with communities and stakeholders, and negotiating land access. Recent activities have included a 2D seismic survey in 2011, drilling of a stratigraphic well (Harvey–1) in 2012 and a comprehensive (115 km2) 3D seismic survey in 2014. A further drilling program is planned for the fourth quarter of 2014 until the first quarter of 2015. The 2014 3D seismic survey has been described as one of the most complex land-based seismic surveys conducted in Australia due to environmental factors, and competing land-use and land-access constraints. This extended abstract reviews the recent 3D seismic survey, including the development of the project's scope and procurement processes through to community engagement and implementation, and outlines how the lessons are being incorporated into the upcoming drilling program. It will also discuss legacy issues that have impacted on community attitudes and confidence, and the challenges of working with potentially hostile communities, and also demonstrate how the project adopted and adapted best practice engagement guidelines and toolkits for CCS projects to achieve successful outcomes.

South West Hub Project: appraising a carbon storage resource in Western Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 472
Author(s):  
Linda Stalker ◽  
Dominique Van Gent ◽  
Sandeep Sharma ◽  
Martin Burke
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Storage Site ◽  
South West ◽  
Commercial Scale

The South West Hub Carbon Capture and Storage Project (SWH), managed by the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum (WA DMP), is evaluating the potential for a commercial-scale carbon storage site near major emissions sites in southwest WA. The area under investigation is in the southern Perth Basin, focusing on a 150 km2 area in the shires of Harvey and Waroona. WA DMP is conducting a major feasibility study and collecting pre-competitive data in partnership with the local community. The activities are done in a stage-gate model to obtain relevant information on the potential storage capacity, containment security and injectivity of the geology. Following a smaller 2D seismic survey and the drilling of the Harvey–1 stratigraphic well, a more complex 3D seismic survey was undertaken in February to March, 2014. These activities have confirmed the potential for commercial-scale CO2 storage. A new work package has been initiated with the drilling of three wells (Harvey–2, –3 and –4) underway and plans to drill a fifth well in the next 12 months. The stage-gate approach has been cost-effective, resulting in a carefully planned data acquisition and research program. The approach allows new results, information and potential future activities to be rolled out to stakeholders and the community in the area.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE BASS STRAIT NORTHERN FIELDS 3D SEISMIC SURVEY

2003 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 761
Author(s):  
S.H. Mustoe ◽  
M.C. Greenwood ◽  
J.F. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Seismic Surveys ◽  
Scallop Larvae ◽  
Spawning Periods ◽  
Large Survey

The Northern Fields 3D seismic survey in Bass Strait was a large survey of 4,000 km2, carried out between the months of October 2001 to July 2002. The program attracted interest from various groups regarding the possible impacts of the survey on fisheries and cetaceans (whales and dolphins).The survey was the first to operate in eastern Bass Strait after the Environment Australia Guidelines for Minimising Acoustic Disturbance to Whales, came into force, in September 2001.The Northern Fields program was conducted in accordance with a method statement for the mitigation of impacts to cetaceans, developed by Esso to meet the requirements of Australian environmental legislation and acknowledge environmental best practice. The program utilised teams of three whale watchers who maintained a continuous rotational watch of two observers throughout the day. This proved to be a reliable element of the program and was one of several key learnings that may assist other companies in developing comprehensive and cost-effective mitigation strategies for future surveys.Concerns raised by the fishing industry and some conservation groups about the potentially detrimental impact of seismic sources on commercial scallop larvae and fish populations were effectively addressed by avoiding commercial scallop areas during spawning periods. A controlled, in-situ study of scallops exposed to the acoustic source completed during the program conclusively demonstrated no significant variation in scallop mortality or muscle strength.Observation data collected during this survey provided a sample of the cetacean population in Eastern Bass Strait during a large part of the annual migration cycle. These observations, which may be relevant to the planning and execution of future seismic surveys in the region, are discussed. The findings also provide valuable information for continued research into the distribution and conservation of whales and dolphins in Bass Strait.

scholarly journals The potential for large-scale, subsurface geological CO2 storage in Denmark

1969 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 13-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Frykman ◽  
Lars Henrik Nielsen ◽  
Thomas Vangkilde-Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Geological Storage ◽  
Geological Co2 Storage ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Capture Techniques

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is increasingly considered to be a tool that can significantly reduce the emission of CO2. It is viewed as a technology that can contribute to a substantial, global reduction of emitted CO2 within the timeframe that seems available for mitigating the effects of present and continued emission. In order to develop the CCS method the European Union (EU) has supported research programmes for more than a decade, which focus on capture techniques, transport and geological storage. The results of the numerous research projects on geological storage are summarised in a comprehensive best practice manual outlining guidelines for storage in saline aquifers (Chadwick et al. 2008). A detailed directive for geological storage is under implementation (European Commission 2009), and the EU has furthermore established a programme for supporting the development of more than ten large-scale demonstration plants throughout Europe. Geological investigations show that suitable storage sites are present in most European countries. In Denmark initial investigations conducted by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and private companies indicate that there is significant storage potential at several locations in the subsurface.

South West Hub Project, Western Australia: appraising ‘migration-assisted' containment for carbon storage in sandstone strata

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Dominique Van Gent ◽  
Martin Burke ◽  
Sandeep Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Saline Aquifers ◽  
Emission Sources ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Seismic Surveys ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
South West

The South West Hub project (SW Hub) managed by the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) Carbon Strategy Branch, is continuing to build confidence in storage associated with migration assisted trapping (MAT) in unconfined saline aquifers. The area of interest is in the Harvey and Waroona Shires near large CO2 emission sources in the industrial centres of Kwinana and Collie. The injection target is the Lower Lesueur sandstone, a 1500 m thick reservoir with varying permeability layers that should support residual and solubility trapping. The storage complex has no regional shale layer and depends on MAT for primary containment, with the 600 m thick Upper Lesueur with its numerous paleosol baffles as the lower confining layer and the basal shale part of the Eneabba Formation as the upper confining layer. Detailed models have been built based on new 2D/3D seismic surveys and core/log data from the drilling of four wells over a five year period. The results, which include extensive sensitivity analysis, indicate that commercial quantities of CO2 may be injected safely with the plume remaining within the injection reservoir. Uncertainties do remain and the next stage of the program is aimed at reducing these. Significant technical work has also been done through research projects executed by the National Geosequestration Laboratory (NGL) and funded by the Australian National Low Emissions Coal research and development program (ANLEC R&D). This paper will summarise the geological setting, the technical workflow/activities and assurance processes together with the significant community and stakeholder management efforts undertaken.

THE DIRKALA SOUTH OIL DISCOVERY: FOCUSSING ON COST-EFFICIENT RESERVOIR DELINEATION

1995 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
S.I. Mackie ◽  
C.M. Gumley
Keyword(s):  
Production Performance ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Seismic Attribute ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Seismic Surveys ◽  
Seismic Modelling ◽  
Attribute Analysis ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
The Cost

The Dirkala Field is located in the southern Murta Block of PEL's 5 and 6 in the southern Cooper and Eromanga Basins. Excellent oil produc­tion from a single reservoir sandstone in the Juras­sic Birkhead Formation in Dirkala-1 had indicated a potentially larger resource than could be mapped volumetrically. The hypothesis that the resource was stratigraphically trapped led to the need to define the fluvial sand reservoir seismically and thereby prepare for future development.A small (16 km2) 3D seismic survey was acquired over the area in December 1992. The project was designed not only to evaluate the limits of the Birkhead sand but also to evaluate the cost effi­ciency of recording such small 3D surveys in the basin.Interpretation of the data set integrated with seismic modelling and seismic attribute analysis delineated a thin Birkhead fluvial channel sand reservoir. Geological pay mapping matched volu­metric estimates from production performance data. Structural mapping showed Dirkala-1 to be opti­mally placed and that no further development drill­ing was justifiable.Seismic characteristics comparable with those of the Dirkala-1 Birkhead reservoir were noted in another area of the survey beyond field limits. This led to the proposal to drill an exploration well, Dirkala South-1, which discovered a new oil pool in the Birkhead Formation. A post-well audit of the pre-drill modelling confirmed that the seismic response could be used to determine the presence of the Birkhead channel sand reservoir.The acquisition of the Dirkala-3D seismic survey demonstrated the feasibility of conducting small 3D seismic surveys to identify subtle stratigraphically trapped Eromanga Basin accumulations at lower cost and risk than appraisal/development drilling based on 2D seismic data.

Unlocking ultra-high-density seismic for CCUS applications by combining nimble nodes and agile source technologies

2022 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Amine Ourabah ◽  
Allan Chatenay
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Test Site ◽  
High Density ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Surface Model ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Seismic Surveys ◽  
Time Migration ◽  
Trace Density

In the quest for denser, nimbler, and lower-cost seismic surveys, the industry is seeing a revolution in the miniaturization of seismic equipment, with autonomous nodes approaching the size of a geophone and sources becoming portable by crews on foot. This has created a paradigm shift in the way seismic is acquired in difficult terrains, making zero-environmental-footprint surveys a reality while reducing cost and health, safety, and environmental risk. The simplification of survey operation and the new entry price of seismic surveys unlocked by these technologies are already benefiting industries beyond oil and gas exploration. High trace density seismic has become accessible to industries playing a key role in the net-zero era, such as geothermal and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), to which a good understanding of the subsurface geology is crucial to their success. We describe these benefits as observed during an ultra-high-density seismic survey acquired in June 2020 through a partnership between STRYDE, Explor, and Carbon Management Canada over the Containment and Monitoring Institute site. The smallest and lightest source and receiver equipment in the industry were used to achieve a trace density of 257 million traces/km2 over this test site dedicated to CCUS studies. We discuss the operational efficiency of the seismic acquisition, innovative techniques for data transfer and surveying, and preliminary results of the seismic data processing with a focus on the near-surface model and fast-track time migration.

South West Hub: a carbon capture and storage project

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Stalker ◽  
S. Varma ◽  
D. Van Gent ◽  
J. Haworth ◽  
S. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
South West ◽  
And Storage

SHELL'S OFFSHORE VENTURE, IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

1978 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
R. K. Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Total Expenditure ◽  
Aeromagnetic Survey ◽  
Well Drilling ◽  
Seismic Surveys ◽  
Geological Information

Offshore South Australia permit O.E.L. 38 was granted to Shell Development (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. on 1st January 1966. An aeromagnetic survey of 10,300 km, three seismic surveys totalling 10,300 km and five man months of coastal field work were carried out before the permit was reissued at the end of 1968 as three separate permits SA-5, SA-6 and SA-7 under the newly enacted joint offshore legislation. At that time Shell also secured two adjoining deep Water permits SA-10 and SA-11.In the period 1969-70 two seismic surveys totalling some 11,750 km were shot. Given geophysical results, a six well drilling programme was planned to commence early 1972. Two dry wells, Platypus-1 and Echidna-1 were drilled in early 1972 in SA-6 and SA-7, with Platypus-1 providing some geological encouragement.Several more prospects were found in SA-6 and SA-7 by the 1973 and 1974 seismic surveys, but these were so small that further work could not be economically justified. SA-6 and SA-7 were surrendered in late 1975 without further wells being drilled. Potoroo-1 was drilled in early 1975 in SA-5. It severely downgraded the prospectivity of that permit, leading to early relinquishment later in 1975, but provided vital geological information relevant to permits SA-10 and SA-11 where drilling was due to commence in 1978. A detail seismic survey in the latter two permits was shot in 1976. Prior to 1976, the main incentive for exploration of the deepwater play had been the apparent presence of a very large anticlinal trend in the central part of SA-10. Interpretation of the 1976 survey showed this trend to be non-prospective, and as a result SA-10 and SA-11 were relinquished in April, 1977. This ended a venture in which three wells were drilled and 24,546 km of seismic data recorded for a total expenditure of $15,837,000.

The CarbonNet Project – a case study of the use of marine assessments and advisory panels for stakeholder assurance

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Victoria Mendes Da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Advisory Panel ◽  
Storage Site ◽  
Underwater Sound ◽  
Marine Habitat ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Marine Seismic

The CarbonNet project is investigating the feasibility of commercial-scale carbon capture and storage in Victoria. CarbonNet has identified a prospective storage site called Pelican, in the offshore Gippsland Basin in Bass Strait. CarbonNet undertook a 3D marine seismic survey (MSS) in 2018 as part of the appraisal program for Pelican. Environmental impacts and risks associated with the MSS were assessed in an Environment Plan accepted by Commonwealth and Victorian regulators. Underwater sound and its impact on the marine environment was a key issue raised by stakeholders. In response, CarbonNet put several initiatives in place to address concerns, including: undertaking marine habitat assessments before and after the MSS; and establishing an independent advisory panel to provide advice on the marine habitat assessments. The objectives of the habitat assessments were to confirm the abundance of key marine species before and after the MSS, and to determine whether any differences could be attributed to the MSS. To ensure that the habitat assessments were undertaken in a scientifically robust manner, an advisory panel was established consisting of representatives from regulatory agencies, academia and the fishing industry. This paper provides an overview of how CarbonNet used marine assessments and an advisory panel for stakeholder assurance.

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