... of the challenges are discussed separately in this series: geothermal energy; net-zero operations; improving recovery from tight/shale resources; digital transformation; carbon capture, utilization, and storage; and education and advocacy. _ We have our work cut out for us… but then, we always have in our industry...

... an identifiable owner to hold responsible for it. California-based Geo2Watts sees these wells differently. The company wants to repurpose these old producers into thermal energy storage systems capable of electricity generation using two chief ingredients: solar power and sand. The team is led by co-founder...

...Chris Carpenter _ This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper IPTC 23943, “Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Geologic Hydrogen Storage,” by Johannes F. Bauer, Mohd M. Amro, SPE, and Taofik Nassan, SPE, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, et al...

...Subodh Gupta While significant progress has been made in carbon abatement, evidenced in literature produced over the past year, particularly within the realm of carbon capture and storage (CCS), I’d like to invite your attention to three key topics in this discussion. First, despite more than 3...

... not been peer reviewed. _ The complete paper presents a unique case study on injectivity tests done in Saudi Arabia to prove the concept of carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) capability. It describes the design of surface and downhole testing systems, lessons learned, and recommendations...

...Sandeep Dhawan The context of last year’s Well Integrity Technology Focus was the repurposing of existing oil and gas wells for carbon storage, flow-wet material conformity, and associated integrity risks. Typically, oil and gas producing wells are abandoned toward the end of their life cycles...

... processes, oil production and CO 2 storage can be tailored to the needs of a specific reservoir, as discussed in paper SPE 212969. The same industry that produces the building blocks for life‑saving medical prosthetics can now also recycle the plastic pollutants accumulating in our landfills and oceans...

... industrial turbine. Founded in 2013, Quidnet was the first to try to commercialize this concept which represents a new twist on a very old technology known as pumped storage hydropower. Introduced in the 1890s, the technique works chiefly by sending water uphill—e.g., a mountain or a fjord—to create...

... from fossil fuels with or without carbon capture and storage, respectively), green hydrogen provides the lowest near-zero-emissions option. Green hydrogen can be produced through the gasification of biomass or the electrolysis of water powered by renewable electricity. Alkaline electrolysis and proton...

.... The paper has not been peer reviewed. _ The levels of power required to operate an offshore oil and gas field with 100% renewable energy are such that even offshore wind is unlikely to cost-effectively provide the levels of uptime needed to maintain reliable production without some form of energy storage...

... of holistic energy supply. The papers reviewed and selected focus on key development areas—carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS); renewable energy applications; and subsea storage. Implementing subsea systems to meet energy demands maintains the traditional emphasis on reviewing, refining...

... dissolved or otherwise contained in groundwater, including hot brines.” The law entitles the owner “to drill for and produce the geothermal energy and associated resources.” As with pore space rights for underground carbon storage, legislating surface and subsurface rights for geothermal energy...

... storage fluid dynamics reservoir characterization kelemen seawater mountain utrecht university hajar mountain university peridotite carbon tight rock flow in porous media Mountains in Oman Can Store Huge Amounts of CO2 if a Way Can Be Found Into the Tight Rock STEPHEN RASSENFOSS Emerging...

... for exciting opportunities to develop transferable skills that would be an asset to many new energies’ projects. What sort of similar challenges are we talking about? Well, the most obvious are those in carbon capture and storage, or CCS. In oil and gas development, we study reservoirs to analyze where...

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... degrees of maturity levels are needed to pave the road to net zero. These include electrification and grid decarbonization, advances in battery technology, blue and green hydrogen fuels, bioenergy, carbon capture use and storage, and mitigating emissions of potent greenhouse gases such as methane...

...Chris Carpenter _ This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper OTC 31703, “Repurpose Offshore Pipeline as Energy Storage (ROPES): Opening a New Market Segment Offshore,” by Azril Syazwan Hazim, SPE, Subsea 7, Daniel Buhagiar, FLASC, and Alasdair Gray...

... of uncertainty over Russian gas supplies, and we can’t rule out a complete cutoff.” The start of Europe’s winter heating season is 1 October. Birol called for action to fill European gas storage to adequate levels by reducing current gas consumption and to put that conserved gas into storage. High natural gas...

... battery storage. Repurposing offshore pipeline as energy storage (ROPES) is a concept that is being investigated by a partnership of offshore projects and services specialists Subsea 7 and offshore energy storage startup Flasc. Flasc was founded as a spinoff from the University of Malta in 2019...

... the past year that demonstrate the industry is serious about implementation. In the inaugural JPT Technology Focus article last year, we shared three selected papers on the role of natural gas in fuel-switching; carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS); and hydrogen technologies that are part of the toolkit...