Eleanor Oldham - Day 1, Session 3 @ 14:40

Delivering Value from Rock Physics and CCS Containment and Capacity Assessment

Eleanor Oldham will be presenting at The Geological Society’s CCS Symposium in London on 2nd-3rd September. 

Eleanor is passionate about championing rock physics workflows for CCS reservoir characterisation and seismic MMV feasibility analysis – two topics every CCS operator will be thinking about, but for which little information is available in the public domain.  Her presentation at this symposium highlights how rock physics workflows can be used to provide low-cost insights on reservoir characterisation aspects pertinent to CCS.

Event summary

Date: 02 - Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Time: 08:30 - 18:00
Location: Virtual and Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG

In the North Sea and beyond, first-of-a-kind carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects are reaching FID. To enable success for this nascent industry, we are actively seeking real world examples from recent appraisal and testing programmes, including the acquisition and impact of new data and insights gained through advanced modelling. What can we learn from the more established CO2 storage projects, and which uncertainties remain poorly understood? 

As an industry it is also important to consider what we realistically need to know to safely inject and how to reduce appraisal timelines, as these impact the full life cycle costs of the projects to the operator and cost per ton to emitter. How do we determine pragmatic, risk-based approaches for appraisal of depleted field and saline aquifer stores, balancing the need to demonstrate containment against commercial reality?

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