Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Background: It is widely acknowledged that carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, is largely responsible for climatic changes that can lead to warming or cooling in various places. This disturbs natural processes, creating instability and fragility of natural and social ecosystems. To combat climat...
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| author | Agnes Vamvaka Pavlos Tyrologou Jorge Pedro Nikolaos Koukouzas Julio Carneiro Marc Fleury Dina Ghikas Carlos Ribeiro João Pedro Barradas Anna Mpatsi Fernanda De Mesquita Lobo Veloso Paula Faria |
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| description | Background: It is widely acknowledged that carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, is largely responsible for climatic changes that can lead to warming or cooling in various places. This disturbs natural processes, creating instability and fragility of natural and social ecosystems. To combat climate change, without compromising technology advancements and maintaining production costs at acceptable levels, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies can be deployed to advance a non-disruptive energy transition. Capturing CO2 from industrial processes such as thermoelectric power stations, refineries, and cement factories and storing it in geological mediums is becoming a mature technology. Part of the Mesohellenic Basin, situated in Greek territory, is proposed as a potential area for CO2 storage in saline aquifers. This follows work previously done in the StrategyCCUS project, funded by the EU. The work is progressing under the Pilot Strategy, funded by the EU. Methods: The current investigation includes geomechanical and petrophysical methods to characterise sedimentary formations for their potential to hold CO2 underground. Results: Samples were found to have both low porosity and permeability while the corresponding uniaxial strength for the Tsotyli formation was 22 MPa, for Eptechori 35 MPa and Pentalofo 74 MPa. Conclusions: The samples investigated indicate the potential to act as rock caps due to low porosity and permeability, but fluid pressure within the rock should remain within specified limits; otherwise, the rock may easily fracture and result in CO2 leakage or/and deform to allow the flow of CO2. Further investigation is needed to identify reservoir rocks as well more sampling to allow for statistically significant results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-251e4e452fdf48a8b46ff18624a833fa2023-07-12T00:00:00ZengF1000 Research LtdOpen Research Europe2732-51212023-06-01317118Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Agnes Vamvaka0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6484-2985Pavlos Tyrologou1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-1774Jorge Pedro2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9376-5659Nikolaos Koukouzas3Julio Carneiro4Marc Fleury5Dina Ghikas6Carlos Ribeiro7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7492-1425João Pedro Barradas8Anna Mpatsi9Fernanda De Mesquita Lobo Veloso10Paula Faria11Geo-RΕsources, EΝergy and environmental management, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, Marousi, 151 25, GreeceGeo-RΕsources, EΝergy and environmental management, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, Marousi, 151 25, GreeceInstitute of Earth Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Évora, Évora, 7000-671, PortugalGeo-RΕsources, EΝergy and environmental management, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, Marousi, 151 25, GreeceInstitute of Earth Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Évora, Évora, 7000-671, PortugalIFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, 92852, FranceGeo-RΕsources, EΝergy and environmental management, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, Marousi, 151 25, GreeceInstitute of Earth Sciences, Marine and Environmental Sciences Center, ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Institute for Research and Advanced Training and Department of Geosciences, University of Évora, Évora, 7000-671, PortugalInstitute of Earth Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Évora, Évora, 7000-671, PortugalGeo-RΕsources, EΝergy and environmental management, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, Marousi, 151 25, GreeceRisk and Prevention Division Safety and Performance of Subsurface, Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières, Orléans, 45060, FranceGeoBioTec and Department of Geosciences, University of Évora, Évora, 7000-671, PortugalBackground: It is widely acknowledged that carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, is largely responsible for climatic changes that can lead to warming or cooling in various places. This disturbs natural processes, creating instability and fragility of natural and social ecosystems. To combat climate change, without compromising technology advancements and maintaining production costs at acceptable levels, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies can be deployed to advance a non-disruptive energy transition. Capturing CO2 from industrial processes such as thermoelectric power stations, refineries, and cement factories and storing it in geological mediums is becoming a mature technology. Part of the Mesohellenic Basin, situated in Greek territory, is proposed as a potential area for CO2 storage in saline aquifers. This follows work previously done in the StrategyCCUS project, funded by the EU. The work is progressing under the Pilot Strategy, funded by the EU. Methods: The current investigation includes geomechanical and petrophysical methods to characterise sedimentary formations for their potential to hold CO2 underground. Results: Samples were found to have both low porosity and permeability while the corresponding uniaxial strength for the Tsotyli formation was 22 MPa, for Eptechori 35 MPa and Pentalofo 74 MPa. Conclusions: The samples investigated indicate the potential to act as rock caps due to low porosity and permeability, but fluid pressure within the rock should remain within specified limits; otherwise, the rock may easily fracture and result in CO2 leakage or/and deform to allow the flow of CO2. Further investigation is needed to identify reservoir rocks as well more sampling to allow for statistically significant results.https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/3-85/v1MesoHellenic Basin Carbon storage geomechanics petrophysics climate change porosityeng |
| spellingShingle | Agnes Vamvaka Pavlos Tyrologou Jorge Pedro Nikolaos Koukouzas Julio Carneiro Marc Fleury Dina Ghikas Carlos Ribeiro João Pedro Barradas Anna Mpatsi Fernanda De Mesquita Lobo Veloso Paula Faria Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Open Research Europe MesoHellenic Basin Carbon storage geomechanics petrophysics climate change porosity eng |
| title | Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in west macedonia a field and laboratory based survey version 1 peer review 1 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | MesoHellenic Basin Carbon storage geomechanics petrophysics climate change porosity eng |
| url | https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/3-85/v1 |
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