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Carbon storage evaluation measurements

With every measurement, the Sequestri portfolio can uncover greater insight to optimize your CCS project

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Essential measurements for carbon storage evaluation

Optimizing carbon storage starts with understanding the reservoir. Grasping the concepts of capacity, injectivity, and containment is paramount, whether you're dealing with a depleted reservoir or a saline aquifer.

To comprehensively understand each of these, SLB has meticulously crafted dedicated workflows. Measurements from these workflows serve as a fundamental baseline for appraising the carbon storage site, as well as the development and execution of a carbon storage monitoring program. This ensures a well-informed and effective approach to carbon sequestration.

Get rid of the guesswork with the comprehensive Sequestri™ carbon storage solutions portfolio and insights from SLB.

Carbon Storage Evaluation Measurements

Learn about evaluation solutions that give insight into carbon storage capacity, injectivity, and containment.

US EPA Requirement	Downhole Services (part of the Sequestri carbon storage solutions portfolio)	Lab Services
Mineralogy	CCS mineralogy measurement	CCS Special Core Analysis
Porosity	CCS porosity measurement	CCS Special Core Analysis
Permeability	CCS permeability measurement	CCS Special Core Analysis
Capillary pressure	CCS capillary pressure	CCS Mercury Injection
Geology, facies	CCS geological & facies measurement	CCS Whole Core Description
Fractures, faults	CCS fracturing & faulting microimaging	CCS Core Fracture Description
Stress and mechanical properties	CCS inSitu geomechanical profiling	CCS Lab Geomechanics
Pore pressure	CCS formation pressure testing	CCS Pore Volume Compressibility
Fault seal and stability	CCS geomechanics
Geochemical baseline	CCS dynamic formation testing	CCS Digital Special Core Analysis
CO2-brine matrix interaction	CCS dynamic formation testing	CCS Water Analysis
Salinity	CCS dielectric scanner, CCS mineralogy measurement	CCS Water Analysis
Resistivity, spontaneous potential, caliper	CCS resistivity measurements
Cement integrity	CCS dual-string barrier evaluation
Mechanical integrity	CCS well integrity measurements, CCS fiber optiq solutions, CCS saturations measurements
Core or rotary sidewall core	CCS core samples for CCS
Fluid samples	CCS dynamic formation testing
Fluid pressure, temperature, pH, conductivity, and contacts	CCS dynamic formation testing
Fracture pressure	CCS inSitu geomechanical profiling, CCS geomechanics
Step-rate test or pump test	CCS fiber optiq solutions
Pressure falloff	CCS surface testing