Imperial College London
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ProfessorSevketDurucan

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Professor of Mining and Environmental Engineering
 
 
 
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1.36Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Govindan R, Korre A, Durucan S, 2013, Application of an Unsupervised Methodology for the Indirect Detection of CO2 Leakages Around the Laacher See in Germany using Remote Sensing Data, Energy Procedia, Vol: 37, Pages: 4057-4064, ISSN: 1876-6102

Remote sensing has demonstrated success in various environmental applications and is considered attractive as it offers cheap and effective wide area monitoring. Recent research efforts, and particularly the development of an unsupervised image processing and indirect detection methodology by the authors, have demonstrated the potential of remote sensing techniques for monitoring CO2 storage sites. This paper describes the application of the methodology at a natural analogue study site around the lake Laacher in Germany using airborne optical remote sensing datasets. The results demonstrate the robustness of the methodology as an indirect technique for CO2 leakage detection.

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Kühn M, Wipki M, Durucan S, Korre A, Deflandre JP, Boulharts H, Lüth S, Frykman P, Wollenweber J, Kronimus A, Chadwick A, Böhm Get al., 2013, Key Site Abandonment Steps in CO2 Storage, Energy Procedia, Vol: 37, Pages: 4731-4740, ISSN: 1876-6102

The European Commission published a set of Guidance Documents to assist countries and stakeholders to implement the EU Directive 2009/31/EC on geological storage of CO2. The main objectives of the CO2CARE project are closely linked to the three high-level requirements of the Directive with regard to post-closure transfer of liability of a storage site to the relevant competent authority: (i) absence of any detectable leakage, (ii) conformity of actual behaviour of the injected CO2 with the modelled behaviour, and (iii) the storage site is evolving towards a situation of long-term stability. Guidelines for regulatory compliance and “Best Practice” for site abandonment are being established by distillation and integration of all research findings into site closure and abandonment protocols. The work is based on 9 key injection sites in Europe and worldwide.

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Pan I, Korre A, Das S, Durucan Set al., 2012, Chaos suppression in a fractional order financial system using intelligent regrouping PSO based fractional fuzzy control policy in the presence of fractional Gaussian noise, NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, Vol: 70, Pages: 2445-2461, ISSN: 0924-090X

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Korre A, nie, durucan S, 2012, Life cycle assessment of the natural gas supply chain and power generation options with CO2 capture and storage: Assessment of Qatar natural gas production, LNG transport and power generation in the UK, Sustainable Technologies, Systems & Policies, Vol: 11, ISSN: 2220-2765

Abstract Fossil fuel-based power generation technologies with and without CO 2  capture offer a number of alternatives, which involve different fuel production and supply, power generation and capture routes with varied energy consumption rates and subsequent environmental impacts. The holistic perspective offered by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can help decision makers to quantify the trade-offs inherent in any change to the fuel supply and power production systems and ensure that a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions does not result in increases in other environmental impacts. Beside energy and non-energy related GHG releases, LCA also tracks various other environmental emissions, such as solid wastes, toxic substances and common air pollutants, as well as the consumption of resources, such as water, minerals and land use. In this respect, the dynamic LCA model developed at Imperial College incorporates fossil fuel production, transportation, power generation, CO 2  capture, CO 2  conditioning, pipeline transportation and CO 2  injection and storage, and quantifies the environmental impacts at the highest level of detail, allowing for the assessment of technical and geographical differences between the alternative technologies considered. The life cycle inventory (LCI) databases that were developed, model the inputs and outputs of the processes at component or unit process level, rather than ?gate-to-gate? level, and therefore generate reliable LCI data in a consistent and transparent manner, with a clearly arranged and flexible structure for long-term strategic energy system planning and decision-making. The presentation discussed the principles of the LCA models developed and the newly extended models for the natural gas-fired power generation, with alternative CO 2  capture systems. Additionally, the natural gas supply chain LCA models, including offshore platform gas production, gas pipeline transportation, gas processing, lique

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Shi J-Q, Sinayuc C, Durucan S, Korre Aet al., 2012, Assessment of carbon dioxide plume behaviour within the storage reservoir and the lower caprock around the KB-502 injection well at In Salah, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Vol: 7, Pages: 115-126, ISSN: 1750-5836

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Bacci G, Korre A, Durucan S, 2011, An experimental and numerical investigation into the impact of dissolution/precipitation mechanisms on CO2 injectivity in the wellbore and far field regions, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Vol: 5, Pages: 579-588, ISSN: 1750-5836

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Govindan R, Korre A, Durucan S, Imrie CEet al., 2011, A geostatistical and probabilistic spectral image processing methodology for monitoring potential CO<sub>2</sub> leakages on the surface, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Vol: 5, Pages: 589-597, ISSN: 1750-5836

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Smith J, Durucan S, Korre A, Shi J-Qet al., 2011, Carbon dioxide storage risk assessment: Analysis of caprock fracture network connectivity, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Vol: 5, Pages: 226-240, ISSN: 1750-5836

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Shi J-Q, Xue Z, Durucan S, 2011, Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> core flooding and imbibition in Tako sandstone-Influence of sub-core scale heterogeneity, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Vol: 5, Pages: 75-87, ISSN: 1750-5836

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Shi J-Q, Xue Z, Durucan S, 2011, Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> core flooding and imbibition in Berea sandstone - CT imaging and numerical simulation, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 5001-5008, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Durucan S, Shi J-Q, Sinayuc C, Korre Aet al., 2011, In Salah CO<sub>2</sub> storage JIP: Carbon dioxide plume extension around KB-502 well - New insights into reservoir behaviour at the In Salah storage site, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 3379-3385, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Syed A, Shi J-Q, Durucan S, 2011, Permeability and injectivity improvement in CO<sub>2</sub> enhanced coalbed methane recovery: Thermal stimulation of the near wellbore region, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 2137-2143, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Govindan R, Korre A, Durucan S, Imrie CEet al., 2011, Comparative assessment of the performance of airborne and spaceborne spectral data for monitoring surface CO<sub>2</sub> leakages, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 3421-3427, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Sinayuc C, Shi J-Q, Imrie CE, Syed SA, Korre A, Durucan Set al., 2011, Implementation of horizontal well CBM/ECBM technology and the assessment of effective CO<sub>2</sub> storage capacity in a Scottish coalfield, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 2150-2156, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Bacci G, Korre A, Durucan S, 2011, Experimental investigation into salt precipitation during CO<sub>2</sub> injection in saline aquifers, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 4450-4456, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Smith J, Durucan S, Korre A, Shi J-Q, Sinayuc Cet al., 2011, Assessment of fracture connectivity and potential for CO<sub>2</sub> migration through the reservoir and lower caprock at the In Salah storage site, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 5299-5305, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Nie Z, Korre A, Durucan S, 2011, Life cycle modelling and comparative assessment of the environmental impacts of oxy-fuel and post-combustion CO<sub>2</sub> capture, transport and injection processes, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 2510-2517, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Shi J-Q, Durucan S, 2010, Exponential Growth in San Juan Basin Fruitland Coalbed Permeability With Reservoir Drawdown: Model Match and New Insights, SPE RESERVOIR EVALUATION & ENGINEERING, Vol: 13, Pages: 914-925, ISSN: 1094-6470

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Korre A, Nie Z, Durucan S, 2010, Life cycle modelling of fossil fuel power generation with post-combustion CO<sub>2</sub> capture, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Vol: 4, Pages: 289-300, ISSN: 1750-5836

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Shi JQ, Durucan S, 2009, Exponential growth in San Juan Basin fruitland coaibed permeability with reservoir drawdown-model match and new insights, Pages: 232-246

The exponential growth behaviour of coalbed permeability with reservoir pressure depletion has previously been observed at the Fairway wells in the San Juan Basin. More recently the exponential trend has also been confirmed for a group of 10 wells in a region NE of Fairway. Increase in the absolute permeability of coalbeds is a result of matrix shrinkage caused by gas desorption, which becomes a dominant factor on cleat permeability over the effective stress effect during reservoir production. A permeability model previously developed by the authors has been re-visited in an effort to match the recently published field permeability data. The Shi and Durucan permeability model makes use of a stress-permeability relationship reported in the literature for an idealised geometry (matchsticks), in which the permeability varies exponentially with changes in the effective horizontal stress through the use of a cleat (pore) compressibility parameter. In this study, a stress-dependent cleat volume compressibility defined by an initial compressibility with a negative exponential decline rate was adopted. By tuning these two parameters, it was possible to achieve a close match to all the field permeability data by using a common set of reservoir properties (elastic properties and matrix shrinkage parameters) that are consistent with the available field and laboratory data in the literature. The matching of the field permeability data in these two regions of the San Juan Basin has further validated the Shi and Durucan permeability model (with variable cleat volume compressibility). It has also provided theoretical support for the observed near-exponential growth behaviour of coaibed permeability in a producing reservoir. Furthermore, the model has shed new insights into the permeability behavior: 1) the exponential growth occurs when the reservoir pressure is reduced to a level generally below the permeability recovery pressure (the reservoir pressure at which the initial perme

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Durucan S, Shi J-Q, 2009, Improving the CO<sub>2</sub> well injectivity and enhanced coalbed methane production performance in coal seams, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY, Vol: 77, Pages: 214-221, ISSN: 0166-5162

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Czernichowski-Lauriol I, Arts R, Durand D, Durucan S, Johannessen P, May F, Olivier M-L, Persoglia S, Riley N, Sohrabi M, Stokka S, Vercelli S, Vizika-Kavvadias Oet al., 2009, CO<sub>2</sub>GeoNet, the unique role of the European scientific body on CO<sub>2</sub> geological storage, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 2043-2050, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Korre A, Shi J-Q, Imrie C, Durucan Set al., 2009, Modelling the uncertainty and risks associated with the design and life cycle of CO<sub>2</sub> storage in coalbed reservoirs, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 2525-2532, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Korre A, Nie Z, Durucan S, 2009, Life cycle modelling of fossil fuel power generation with post combustion CO<sub>2</sub> capture, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 3771-3778, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Shi J-Q, Durucan S, 2009, A coupled reservoir-geomechanical simulation study of CO<sub>2</sub> storage in a nearly depleted natural gas reservoir, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 3039-3046, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Shi J-Q, Xue Z, Durucan S, 2009, History matching of CO<sub>2</sub> core flooding CT scan saturation profiles with porosity dependent capillary pressure, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 3205-3211, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Durucan S, Ahsan M, Shi J-Q, 2009, Matrix shrinkage and swelling characteristics of European coals, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 3055-3062, ISSN: 1876-6102

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Shi J-Q, Mazumder S, Wolf K-H, Durucan Set al., 2008, Competitive methane desorption by supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> injection in coal, TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA, Vol: 75, Pages: 35-54, ISSN: 0169-3913

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Shi JQ, Durucan S, 2008, Modeling of mixed-gas adsorption and diffusion in coalbed reservoirs, Pages: 271-284

Commercial CBM production is almost exclusively through reservoir pressure depletion (primary recovery). Enhanced coalbed methane recovery (ECBM), involving injection of pure N2/CO2 or a mixture of the two, such as power plant flue gas, is a technology that has the potential to recover a larger fraction of methane in place without excessively reducing the reservoir pressure. CO2-ECBM has an added benefit that a potentially large volume of greenhouse gas can be stored in deep coal seams globally. The use of numerical models is essential in the development of the ECBM and CO 2 storage technology. The quasisteady state Fickian diffusion equation, together with the Langmuir equation, has been almost exclusively used in numerical simulation of primary coalbed methane production. Assuming that the individual gas component in a multicomponent system diffuses independently, the quasi-steady state Fickian diffusion equation can be readily extended to model mixed-gas diffusion. In the recent years, attempts have been made to use this approach, in conjunction with the extended Langmuir equation, to model ECBM/CO2 storage field pilots as well as laboratory flooding tests. However, this modelling approach for mixed-gas diffusion lacks theoretical rigour as the interaction between different gas components is not accounted for, though the practical significance of doing so in coalbeds is not well understood at present. A reservoir simulation sensitivity study on the Yubari CO2 storage pilot project, Japan, is presented. The sensitivity study with CO2 and CH4 sorption times indicates that the sorption time for CO2 has a much pronounced impact on the backproduced gas composition. The study has also highlighted the limitation of the extended Langmuir equation for ternary system predictions. Although inconclusive, the sensitivity results suggest that the N2 component sorption in the coalbed reservoir is over-estimated by at least 20% by the model. Copyright 2008, Society of Petroleum

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Imrie CE, Korre A, Munoz-Melendez G, Thornton I, Durucan Set al., 2008, Application of factorial kriging analysis to the FOREGS European topsoil geochemistry database, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, Vol: 393, Pages: 96-110, ISSN: 0048-9697

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