Course modules will center on a few essential elements:
• Overview of geologic carbon sequestration
• Revisiting regulations and petrophysical requirements of CO2 injection wells (e.g., Class VI wells in the US)
• Controls of rock types and rock properties on CO2 injectivity, storage, and confining capacity
• Basics of relevant well logging tools
• Application of well logs and core data to delineate and map CO2 storage window, confining zones, and risks
• Static carbon storage capacity vs. pressure-space-based CO2 storage capacity estimates
• Overview of geophysical and downhole logging tools for subsurface monitoring in near-surface and deep subsurface
• Overview of simple rock physics response of CO2-brine mixture, with implications on monitoring