IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v290y2024ics0360544223034618.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Recalibration of CO2 storage in shale: prospective and contingent storage resources, and capacity

Author

Listed:
  • Hou, Lei
  • Elsworth, Derek
  • Zhang, Lei
  • Gong, Peibin
  • Liu, Honglei

Abstract

Storing CO2 in shale formations is an essential complement to the resources of geological CO2 sequestration and the achievement of carbon neutrality. However, previous estimations have reported significant discrepancies in estimating CO2 storage resources. To rationalize and address the broad range of these resource estimates, we introduce a categorization framework inspired by the SRMS (CO2 Storage Resources Management System). Thus, we reclassify estimates according to the categories of prospective storage resources, contingent storage resources, and capacity estimates for CO2 storage in shales, in rank order considering the decreasing challenge associated with their attainment (such as energy/pressure requirements and time-consumed in injection). Classical volumetric and production-based methods are employed for assessing prospective and contingent storage resources, respectively. The capacity is estimated by analyzing the historical records of hydraulic fracturing, focusing on the dominant role of fractures in the storage process. A significant disparity (two to three orders of magnitude) is revealed between capacity and contingent or prospective storage resources, which aligns with known challenges encountered during field injections. This disparity highlights the importance of further efforts and advanced techniques to secure CO2 injection in fields and recalibrate the geological CO2 inventories to achieve carbon neutrality.

Suggested Citation

  • Hou, Lei & Elsworth, Derek & Zhang, Lei & Gong, Peibin & Liu, Honglei, 2024. "Recalibration of CO2 storage in shale: prospective and contingent storage resources, and capacity," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 290(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:290:y:2024:i:c:s0360544223034618
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.130067
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544223034618
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2023.130067?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Bob van der Zwaan & Reyer Gerlagh, 2008. "The Economics of Geological CO2 Storage and Leakage," Working Papers 2008.10, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    2. Hou, Lei & Elsworth, Derek & Zhang, Fengshou & Wang, Zhiyuan & Zhang, Jianbo, 2023. "Evaluation of proppant injection based on a data-driven approach integrating numerical and ensemble learning models," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 264(C).
    3. Adrian Odenweller & Falko Ueckerdt & Gregory F. Nemet & Miha Jensterle & Gunnar Luderer, 2022. "Probabilistic feasibility space of scaling up green hydrogen supply," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 7(9), pages 854-865, September.
    4. Danqing Liu & Yilian Li & Ramesh Agarwal, 2020. "Evaluation of CO 2 Storage in a Shale Gas Reservoir Compared to a Deep Saline Aquifer in the Ordos Basin of China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-18, July.
    5. Singh, Harpreet, 2022. "Hydrogen storage in inactive horizontal shale gas wells: Techno-economic analysis for Haynesville shale," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 313(C).
    6. Arts, R. & Eiken, O. & Chadwick, A. & Zweigel, P. & van der Meer, L. & Zinszner, B., 2004. "Monitoring of CO2 injected at Sleipner using time-lapse seismic data," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 29(9), pages 1383-1392.
    7. Ren, Bo & Male, Frank & Duncan, Ian J., 2022. "Economic analysis of CCUS: Accelerated development for CO2 EOR and storage in residual oil zones under the context of 45Q tax credit," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 321(C).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Hou, Lei & Elsworth, Derek & Wang, Jintang & Zhou, Junping & Zhang, Fengshou, 2024. "Feasibility and prospects of symbiotic storage of CO2 and H2 in shale reservoirs," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 189(PA).
    2. Hou, Lei & Elsworth, Derek & Zhang, Fengshou & Wang, Zhiyuan & Zhang, Jianbo, 2023. "Evaluation of proppant injection based on a data-driven approach integrating numerical and ensemble learning models," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 264(C).
    3. Abadie, Luis Mª & Chamorro, José M., 2023. "Investment in wind-based hydrogen production under economic and physical uncertainties," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 337(C).
    4. Narita, Daiju & Klepper, Gernot, 2015. "Economic incentives for carbon dioxide storage under uncertainty: A real options analysis," Kiel Working Papers 2002, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    5. Claire Alestra & Gilbert Cette & Valérie Chouard & Rémy Lecat, 2023. "How Can Technology Significantly Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation?," Working papers 909, Banque de France.
    6. Masoud Ahmadinia & Seyed M. Shariatipour, 2021. "A study on the impact of storage boundary and caprock morphology on carbon sequestration in saline aquifers," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 11(1), pages 183-205, February.
    7. R. Andrew Chadwick & David J. Noy, 2015. "Underground CO2 storage: demonstrating regulatory conformance by convergence of history‐matched modeled and observed CO2 plume behavior using Sleipner time‐lapse seismics," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 5(3), pages 305-322, June.
    8. Soren Lindner & Sonja Peterson & Wilhelm Windhorst, 2010. "An economic and environmental assessment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) power plants: a case study for the City of Kiel," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(8), pages 1069-1088.
    9. Bob van der Zwaan & Reyer Gerlagh, 2016. "Offshore CCS and ocean acidification: a global long-term probabilistic cost-benefit analysis of climate change mitigation," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 137(1), pages 157-170, July.
    10. Kolditz, O. & Bauer, S. & Böttcher, N. & Elsworth, D. & Görke, U.-J. & McDermott, C.-I. & Park, C.-H. & Singh, A.K. & Taron, J. & Wang, W., 2012. "Numerical simulation of two-phase flow in deformable porous media: Application to carbon dioxide storage in the subsurface," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 82(10), pages 1919-1935.
    11. Schmidt, Johannes & Leduc, Sylvain & Dotzauer, Erik & Kindermann, Georg & Schmid, Erwin, 2010. "Cost-effective CO2 emission reduction through heat, power and biofuel production from woody biomass: A spatially explicit comparison of conversion technologies," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 87(7), pages 2128-2141, July.
    12. Lilliestam, Johan & Bielicki, Jeffrey M. & Patt, Anthony G., 2012. "Comparing carbon capture and storage (CCS) with concentrating solar power (CSP): Potentials, costs, risks, and barriers," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 447-455.
    13. Takuma Watari & André Cabrera Serrenho & Lukas Gast & Jonathan Cullen & Julian Allwood, 2023. "Feasible supply of steel and cement within a carbon budget is likely to fall short of expected global demand," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    14. Niu, Wente & Lu, Jialiang & Sun, Yuping & Zhang, Xiaowei & Li, Qiaojing & Cao, Xu & Liang, Pingping & Zhan, Hongming, 2024. "Techno-economic integration evaluation in shale gas development based on ensemble learning," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 357(C).
    15. Ajanovic, Amela & Sayer, Marlene & Haas, Reinhard, 2024. "On the future relevance of green hydrogen in Europe," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 358(C).
    16. Matthias Kalkuhl & Ottmar Edenhofer & Kai Lessmann, 2015. "The Role of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Policies for Climate Change Mitigation," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 60(1), pages 55-80, January.
    17. Hang Deng & Jeffrey M. Bielicki & Michael Oppenheimer & Jeffrey P. Fitts & Catherine A. Peters, 2017. "Leakage risks of geologic CO2 storage and the impacts on the global energy system and climate change mitigation," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 144(2), pages 151-163, September.
    18. Zhenhua Xu & Lianwu Zhou & Shuiping Ma & Jianxun Qin & Xiaodi Huang & Bo Han & Longqing Yang & Yun Luo & Pengcheng Liu, 2023. "Study on CO 2 Huff-n-Puff Development Rule of Horizontal Wells in Heavy Oil Reservoir by Taking Liuguanzhuang Oilfield in Dagang as an Example," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-13, May.
    19. Schmidt, Johannes & Leduc, Sylvain & Dotzauer, Erik & Schmid, Erwin, 2011. "Cost-effective policy instruments for greenhouse gas emission reduction and fossil fuel substitution through bioenergy production in Austria," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(6), pages 3261-3280, June.
    20. Gordon, Joel A. & Balta-Ozkan, Nazmiye & Nabavi, Seyed Ali, 2023. "Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 336(C).

    More about this item

    Keywords

    CO2 storage; Shale formation; Prospective; Contingent; Capacity;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:290:y:2024:i:c:s0360544223034618. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.