Multiscale geomechanical modelling of basin-scale CO2 storage (ARC Linkage Project administered by The University of Adelaide) (2024–2027)
Abstract:
This project aims to develop innovative geomechanical models that will provide rapid assessments of the potential
for reservoir deformation, including induced seismicity, during geological storage of CO2. The main expected
outcome is a multiscale modelling approach that will help to identify storage locations at low risk for deformation
and CO2 leakage in regions of little existing geomechanical data. The project will elucidate the technical and
commercial viability of CO2 storage in Australia¿s Cooper-Eromanga basins and provide broad economic and
environmental benefits by reducing the geomechanical uncertainties that provide a barrier to the global need to
upscale carbon capture and storage.