MATLAB Carbon Sequestration Reference Application

Overview

Modelling geological storage of carbon dioxide is characterized by scarce data, large spans in spatial and temporal scales, and delicate balances between different physical flow mechanisms. This reference application uses the MATLAB Reservoir Simulation Toolbox (MRST) to offer a set of simulators and workflow tools, that have been specially designed to meet these challenges. The software combines results from more than a decade of academic research and development in CO2 storage modelling into a unified toolchain that is easy and intuitive to use.

In this webinar we will demonstrate the following functionality from the MRST:

• Studying hypothetical carbon storage in large-scale aquifer systems from the Norwegian Continental Shelf
• GUIs which can be used in a workflow going from regional-scale estimates to detailed characterization of a specific storage site
• Static capacity estimates, basic analysis of CO2 trapping mechanisms at a specific reservoir, interactive simulation of CO2 injection into a reservoir
• Varying various simulation parameters through a GUI e.g., well locations, injection rates and boundary conditions
• Setting up a more detailed simulation of a particular CO2 injection site

About the Presenter

Dr. Francesca Watson is a researcher in the Computational Geosciences Group at SINTEF Digital in Oslo. She has a PhD from Durham University, UK and specializes in reservoir simulation for CO2 storage. She has worked at SINTEF since 2018 where she has been involved in both software development and managing bi-annual releases of the MRST software.