Centre for Sustainable Subsurface Resources (CSSR)

Provide the knowledge required for the Norwegian petroleum industry to transition to zero-emissions production and clean energy resources in the next decades

FluidFlower experiment of CO2 injection and migration in the subsurface. Different blue stratigraphic units have different relative permeabilities (lighter blue = lower permeability); areas of CO2 saturation coloured yellow. Note preferential migration along some of the faults, lateral CO2 migration under the topseal units, and gravity fingering of the CO2. Experiment is based on a simplification of the geological structure and stratigraphy of the northern Horda Platform, Norwegian continental shelf - a site targeted for underground CO2 storage.

Foto/ill.:

Rob Gawthorpe

Hovedinnhold

Objectives:

The main ambitions for CSSR are to provide the knowledge required for the Norwegian petroleum industry to transition to zero-emissions production and clean energy resources in the next decades. Intermittency of renewable power and late-life conversion to H₂/CO₂storage place new demands on how petroleum reservoirs are understood and managed. CSSR will provide improved subsurface understanding and updated digital tools to meet the challenges of future reservoir operations and explore business opportunities in the green transition.

Funding: NFR no 331841

Project Period: 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2029

Project Leader: Sarah Gasda (NORCE)

Involved people at UiB-GEO: Rob Gawthorpe, Christian Haug Eide, Atle Rotevatn

Project Partners: NORCE (host institute), UiB, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Technische Universiteit Delft, Imperial College, Oregon State University, Universitat Stuttgart, Stamford University, Equinor, Wintershall, Sumitomo Corporation, Schlumberger, Earth Science Analytics, GCE Ocean Technology

Web page: https://cssr.no

23.06.2022