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Developing Aquifer Storage Capacity in the Dutch Offshore
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 86th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Jun 2025, Volume 2025, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Summary
The paper discusses the development of CO2 aquifer storage capacity in the Dutch offshore. It highlights the increasing number of offshore CO2 transport and storage projects in The Netherlands, focusing on depleted fields for CO2 storage, with an estimated theoretical storage capacity of about 1500 million tonnes of CO2. It emphasizes the need for new policies to support aquifer storage, as current policies limit storage pressure to hydrostatic levels, reducing storage capacity, and provides some insight on the relationship between overpressure, risk of loss of containment, and storage capacity, using a case study related to a CCS project in the Dutch North Sea. Main conclusion of the paper is that aquifer CO2 storage can unlock large levels of capacity for future CCS projects in The Netherlands, but appropriate regulatory regimes are needed to maximize storage capacity while minimizing leakage risks.
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