This project aims to evaluate the feasibility of implementing the carbon geological storage (CGS) technology in unconventional petroleum reservoirs in order to contribute to CO2 abatement in the southeast region of Brazil, which concentrates the major carbon emission sources within the country.
The unconventional reservoirs are represented by:(1) shale formations from the Paraná Sedimentary Basin, and (2) ultra-deep water reservoirs, analysing the turbidite deposits from Santos Basin.
The Project deals with to test the hypothesis that shales, rich in organic matter, can adsorb significant amounts of CO2 at the same time as gas and / or oil production would occur and that turbidites and oil reservoir rocks can also adsorb CO2 in capacity compatible with the quantity released in the pre-salt gas and oil production activities. From this project the potential and feasibility of CO2 storage, through a geological aspects, of the studied rock formations can be estimated and evaluate.
TEAM
Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari (IEE/USP)
Project Coordinator
Carlos Henrique Grohmann Carvalho
Claudio Riccomini
Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos
Fabio Taioli
Ligia Vizeu Barroso
Lucy Gomes Sant’Anna
Mariana Ciotta
Richardson Abraham Jr.