CGG has joined a CCUS research programme offered by Carbon Management Canada (CMC), a national, not-for-profit leader in developing and implementing technologies that capture, utilize, store and monitor greenhouse gases.
CGG has joined a CCUS research programme offered by Carbon Management Canada (CMC), a national, not-for-profit leader in developing and implementing technologies that capture, utilize, store and monitor greenhouse gases.
‘The programme aims to evaluate the suitability of a range of monitoring technologies to detect and track the movement of CO2 stored in underground geological reservoirs,’ said Don Lawton, CMC’s Director of Science. ‘Our experience will add to CGG’s expertise and knowledge in reservoir modelling, engineering, monitoring and geoscience technologies.’
As part of its membership, CGG’s CCS and Energy Storage Group will have access to extensive high-quality CCS monitoring data and information acquired at the CMC field research station located near Brooks, Alberta as well as first access to research results from CMC’s experts, researchers from the University of Calgary and other academia partners. CGG will also collaborate with other partners and be able to prove the monitoring capabilities of its advanced integrated geoscience workflows and its Sercel sensors, acquisition and monitoring solutions.
Dave Priestley, VP, energy transition and environment, CGG, said: ‘With more than 15 years of experience in CCUS projects, CGG has a strong track record of helping operators evaluate and mitigate risk. Our support of the JIP programme, an important research-led initiative, underlines our commitment to collaborating with industry, governments and academia to share knowledge and advance the performance of CCUS monitoring technologies. Having access to the FRS monitoring data and information will also enable our CCS and Energy Storage group, with expertise in storage evaluation, reservoir modelling, engineering, instrumentation and monitoring, to build on our proprietary technology and workflows to bring the best subsurface insight and CCUS monitoring strategies.’
