Maturing global CO2 storage resources on offshore continental margins to achieve 2DS emissions reductions

Ringrose, P. S.; Meckel, T. A.

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54363-z

Title: Maturing global CO₂ storage resources on offshore continental margins to achieve 2DS emissions reductions

Journal Article · 28 November 2019 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54363-z · OSTI ID:1578119

Ringrose, P. S. ^[1]; Meckel, T. A. ^[2]

Norwegian Inst. of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway); Equinor Research and Technology, Trondheim (Norway); The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Most studies on CO₂ emissions reduction strategies that address the ‘two-degree scenario’ (2DS) recognize a significant role for CCS. For CCS to be effective, it must be deployed globally on both existing and emerging energy systems. For nations with large-scale emissions, offshore geologic CO₂ storage provides an attractive and efficient long-term strategy. While some nations are already developing CCS projects using offshore CO₂ storage resources, most geographic regions have yet to begin. This paper demonstrates the geologic significance of global continental margins for providing broadly-equitable, geographically-relevant, and high-quality CO₂ storage resources. We then use principles of pore-space utilization and subsurface pressure constraints together with analogs of historic industry well deployment rates to demonstrate how the required storage capacity can be developed as a function of time and technical maturity to enable the global deployment of offshore storage for facilitating 2DS. Our analysis indicates that 10–14 thousand CO₂ injection wells will be needed globally by 2050 to achieve this goal.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Clean Coal and Carbon (FE-20)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0026083

OSTI ID:: 1578119

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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