Title:
C02 Storage at the Ketzin Pilot Site, Germany: 5th Year of Injection, Multidisciplinary Monitoring And Modelling
Abstract:
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences runs Europe's longest operating on-shore CO2 storage site at the town of Ketzin/Havel near Berlin. The Ketzin pilot site was the first and is still the only active CO2 storage project in Germany. The pilot site has been developed since 2004 and comprises five wells, an injection facility and permanently installed monitoring devices. Since June 2008, more than 65,000 tons of CO2 have safely been injected into sandstone horizons at depths of 630 to 650 m. Investigations covering all aspects of a CO2 storage site are conducted with the main focus on reservoir monitoring and modelling. Thus the CO2 injection is accompanied by one of the most comprehensive research and development programs worldwide.
As carbon capture and storage (CCS) is controversially discussed in Germany, an engagement program was set up and a visitor centre is available on site which supports the research activities. In this presentation, the practical experiences and results from the 5th year of CO2 injection at the Ketzin pilot site will be reviewed.
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Bio:
Presented by Dr. Sonja Martens, Project Manager Ketzin, Centre for Geological Storage, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam.
Sonja Martens is the project manager of the pilot site Ketzin in Germany, Europe’s longest operating onshore CO2 storage site. She joined the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam in 2009. At Geological the Centre for Storage, she coordinates the research and development project CO2MAN (CO2 Reservoir Management) with 14 partners from science and industry and is involved in the EU project CO2CARE (CO2 Site Closure Research).
She studied in Hamburg and at the University of Waterloo (exchange student in 1998/99) and holds a diploma in civil and environmental engineering and a PhD from the Hamburg University of Technology. From 2006 to 2009, she was a consultant in Celle, Germany for the Environmental Site Assessment Group of Golder Associates Inc.