H2 Underground Storage: Defining a roadmap to determine the feasibility of any underground gas storage (porous media and salt caverns) to store hydrogen
Workshop 16 | 10 June 2022 Room B |
| Conveners: | Adela Herra (Repsol) Rosa Nieto (Enagas) |
Workshop Description
For more than 50 years the underground gas storages of natural gas has provided flexibility to the gas networks, for 2030 the development of renewable hydrogen hubs will require to store large quantities of H2 to cover the fluctuations in the generation of renewable energy and additional capacities for 2050 for a wider hydrogen network. What is the roadmap from a geosciences perspective to determine the feasibility of new or existing UGS to store H2? What are the main challenges from reservoir engineering?How can we take advantage of the knowledge of natural gas UGS?
Sub-Topics that will be covered in the workshop:
- H2 storage in porous media
- Converting existing porous media storages to mixtures of natural gas and hydrogen and even 100% Hydrogen:
- Reservoir modelling
- Chemical reactions
- Bacteriological activity
- Seal Integrity
- H2 storage in salt caverns
- Geo-characterisation of salt formation for cavern design
- Rock mechanics and thermodynamic modelling
- Host Rock behaviour modelling
- Modelling of geometry, size, depth and pressure regimes of the cavern
- Storage Capacity estimation: cushion/Working gas
- Modelling of injection and withdrawals
- Risks & uncertainties: subsurface/surface
Participant Profile
- Geologist, geophysicist, reservoir modelling willing to understand how to apply their knowledge into the energy transition challenge
- UGS sector
- Geoscience Service Providers: gas storage expertise, salt caverns for different uses, subsurface modeling for “energy storage”
- Energy Consultants
Workshop Programme
Morning Session
09:00 Welcome and introductions Keynote
9:10 Keynote Speaker Luis Ignacio Parada
Case studies
9:40 HYPster G. Hevin (Storengy) 10:00 Transforming the Rough Gas Field into a hydrogen ready storage facility C. McClane (Centrica Storage)
10:20 R&D HYSTORIES European Project (Pure H2 Storage in Depleted Fields or Aquifer) L. Londe (GeoStock)
10:40 Coffee break 11:15 RINGS Project M. Perraux 11:35 Green hydrogen storage of in a depleted natural gas field. UNDERGY Project. S.Ledesma (NATURGY)
12:00 Conclusion & Discussions - Morning session
12:45 Lunch Porous media
13:45 Pros and Cons of Saline Aquifers Against Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs for Hydrogen Energy Storage M. Delshad (GeoH2 - The University of Texas at Austin)
14:05 Geological storage of Hydrogen in porous reservoirs: An update from the HyStorPor project K. Eldmann (University of Edinburgh)
14:25 Hydrogen Storage in the Geological Underground – Opportunities and Potentials B. Horvath (Deep.KBB)
14:45 Coffee break Salt Caverns
15:15 Underground hydrogen storage: future role and development potential in Northwestern Europe R. Groenenberg (TNO) 15:35 Deciphering the stratigraphic architecture of salt basins, why does it matter for the safe development of salt caverns? Case study of the Zechstein Group in Netherland. A. Pichat (Total) 16:00 H2 Storage in salt formations: A Texas perspective L. Moscardelli (GeoH2 - The University of Texas at Austin)
16:20 Conclusion & Discussion afternoon session 17:00 Wrap up & closure
Morning Session | |
| 09:00 | Welcome and introductions |
Keynote | |
| 9:10 | Keynote Speaker Luis Ignacio Parada |
Case studies | |
| 9:40 | HYPster G. Hevin (Storengy) |
| 10:00 | Transforming the Rough Gas Field into a hydrogen ready storage facility C. McClane (Centrica Storage) |
| 10:20 | R&D HYSTORIES European Project (Pure H2 Storage in Depleted Fields or Aquifer) L. Londe (GeoStock) |
| 10:40 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 | RINGS Project M. Perraux |
| 11:35 | Green hydrogen storage of in a depleted natural gas field. UNDERGY Project. S.Ledesma (NATURGY) |
| 12:00 | Conclusion & Discussions - Morning session |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
Porous media | |
| 13:45 | Pros and Cons of Saline Aquifers Against Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs for Hydrogen Energy Storage M. Delshad (GeoH2 - The University of Texas at Austin) |
| 14:05 | Geological storage of Hydrogen in porous reservoirs: An update from the HyStorPor project K. Eldmann (University of Edinburgh) |
| 14:25 | Hydrogen Storage in the Geological Underground – Opportunities and Potentials B. Horvath (Deep.KBB) |
| 14:45 | Coffee break |
Salt Caverns | |
| 15:15 | Underground hydrogen storage: future role and development potential in Northwestern Europe R. Groenenberg (TNO) |
| 15:35 | Deciphering the stratigraphic architecture of salt basins, why does it matter for the safe development of salt caverns? Case study of the Zechstein Group in Netherland. A. Pichat (Total) |
| 16:00 | H2 Storage in salt formations: A Texas perspective L. Moscardelli (GeoH2 - The University of Texas at Austin) |
| 16:20 | Conclusion & Discussion afternoon session |
| 17:00 | Wrap up & closure |
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