HGS New Energies Committee Luncheon
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Starts at 11:30 am Lunch is included with registration
Talk 11:45am Ends 1:00 pm
Price $40 HGS Members, $45 Non-Members, Walkins $45, Student $30
Address: 5 Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX 77046
Room: Occidental Location P.114
“Hydraulic Unit Characterization & Modeling for Underground Injection”
Speaker: Alessandra Simone – Senior Petroleum Engineer at Ryder Scott Co.
Underground injection of CO2 demands precise characterization and modeling of hydraulic units to ensure efficiency and safety. Identifying functional units in the context of their dynamic behavior enables the convergence of static models and dynamic simulations at multiple scales. This talk will share methodologies for the selection, calibration, and modelling of hydraulic units, from injection, to baffles, to seals. We will review key parameters to understand the contribution of each unit within the UI containment system based on publicly available case studies. We will delve into the processes of assessing reservoir properties, including porosity, permeability, relative permeabilities, mechanical properties, reviewing lessons learned and recommended measurements (lab and field). By strategically integrating calibration data with relevant simulation scenarios, we can enhance our UI capabilities to optimize injection rates and minimize risks associated with pressure buildup and leakage.
About the Speaker:
Alessandra Simone
Alessandra is a Petroleum Engineer with 28 years of international Oil & Gas experience. She started her specialization in CCS in 2004 in Shell UK. After moving to the US, she worked three additional CCS feasibility screening studies in Canada and Australia prior to her appointment as lead Petrophysicist for Canada’s Quest Carbon CCS Project from 2008 to 2011. She led the design and execution of Quest’s appraisal campaign, all subsurface inputs to 4 generations of static and dynamic models and was a key contributor to the D65 permit application. During the same period, she also represented Shell in the CO₂ Capture Project (CCP-SMV, www.co2captureproject.org/), a Joint Interest Program (JIP) funded by major energy companies, USDOE, the EU and the Norwegian research council to deploy industrial-scale CCS solutions. She has 20 years of direct, commercial experience in CCS and has deployed her technical skills in 11 large field CCS projects at various levels of project maturation, including field and laboratory CO2 injection.
Allessandra is currently with Ryder Scott Co. adding to the expertise in Sustainability and Underground Injection processes. As part of the sustainability team, she supports clients in any activity required to ensure sound investment on technically and commercially viable CCS projects, from due diligence to subsurface simulations, economic analysis, and ISO verifications.
