Crude oil exploration in Africa: socio-economic implications, environmental impacts, and mitigation strategies

AO Adeola, AS Akingboye, OT Ore… - … Systems and Decisions, 2022 - Springer
Crude oil exploration is a source of significant revenue in Africa via trade and investment
since its discovery in the mid-19th Century. Crude oil has bolstered the continent's economy …

Dynamic modeling of geological carbon storage in aquifers–workflows and practices

SA Hosseini, R Ershadnia, L Lun, S Morgan… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Geological carbon storage (GCS), particularly within deep saline aquifers, is considered a
promising and efficient approach for sequestering significant volumes of anthropogenic CO …

Significance of fault seal in assessing CO2 storage capacity and containment risks–an example from the Horda Platform, northern North Sea

L Wu, R Thorsen, S Ottesen, R Meneguolo… - Petroleum …, 2021 - earthdoc.org
An understanding of fault seal is crucial for assessing the storage capacity and containment
risks of CO2 storage sites, as it can significantly affect the projects on across-fault and along …

Fault Interpretation Uncertainties using Seismic Data, and the Effects on Fault Seal Analysis: A Case Study from the Horda Platform, with Implications for CO2 storage

EAH Michie, MJ Mulrooney… - Solid Earth Discussions, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Significant uncertainties occur through varying methodologies when interpreting faults using
seismic data. These uncertainties are carried through to the interpretation of how faults may …

[HTML][HTML] Probabilistic analysis of Vette fault stability in potential CO2 storage site Smeaheia, offshore Norway

MJ Rahman, JC Choi, M Fawad, NH Mondol - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reliable assessment of fault stability is key for safe CO 2 storage in a saline aquifer in fault-
bounded structures. The Alpha structure located in the Vette fault's footwall in the Smeaheia …

Underground energy-related product storage and sequestration: site characterization, risk analysis and monitoring

RA Schultz, S Williams-Stroud, B Horváth, J Wickens… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This paper presents a high-level overview of site characterization, risk analysis and
monitoring priorities for underground energy-related product storage or sequestration …

Structural traps and seals for expanding CO2 storage in the northern Horda platform, North Sea

JL Osmond, MJ Mulrooney, N Holden… - AAPG …, 2022 - archives.datapages.com
Development and maturation of geological carbon dioxide (CO 2) storage projects along the
Norwegian Continental shelf is ongoing, but even more storage locations are needed to …

Volatile sources, sinks and pathways: a helium‑carbon isotope study of Baja California fluids and gases

PH Barry, R Negrete-Aranda, RM Spelz, AM Seltzer… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Baja California Peninsula is located within a complex geodynamic setting,
marked by continental rifting immediately to the east in the Gulf of California, and abundant …

Exhaustive Review of CO2 Sequestration in Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Recent Advances, Challenges and Future Prospects

KK Nsiama, L Yu, F Wang, E Kasongo Numbi… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aging or depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs (AHRs or DHRs) represent a promising
alternative for CO2 geo-sequestration compared to other geological formations, owing to …

Impact of deformation bands on fault-related fluid flow in field-scale simulations

RL Berge, SE Gasda, E Keilegavlen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Subsurface storage of CO 2 is predicted to rise exponentially in response to the increasing
levels of CO 2 in the atmosphere. Large-scale CO 2 injections into the subsurface require …