CO₂ Storage Fundamentals and CCS Implementation Benchmarking Programme – Anchored by Exclusive CCS Industry Site Visits

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the main types of geological CO2 storage, including saline aquifers and depleted oil and gas fields
• Distinguish between a storage site and a storage complex and understand why this distinction matters for project development and regulation
• Compare the advantages, limitations and key risks of different storage options
• Identify core HSSE considerations related to CO2 injection, transport interfaces, storage integrity and potential leakage scenarios
• Describe the five key feasibility elements for a successful storage site: containment, capacity, injectivity, monitoring and remediation, and stakeholder issues
• Understand the role of ISO 27914 and certification as part of storage site assurance, without requiring a detailed technical standard review
• Connect classroom learning with observations from Norway’s CCS projects, including capture technology validation, transport and storage interfaces, operational controls and monitoring concepts
• Discuss key challenges and enablers for implementing CCS at scale, including regulation, liability, value-chain interfaces, stakeholder confidence and long-term stewardship

This programme is ideal for senior officials, regulators, policy makers, project sponsors and energy-sector professionals who require a practical, high-level understanding of CCS storage site feasibility, assurance and value-chain implementation. It is suitable for both technical and non-technical participants and does not require deep prior experience in subsurface geoscience or ISO 27914.

• Government and regulatory representatives
• CCS project sponsors and decision makers
• Energy policy and strategy professionals
• CCS project managers
• Storage and transport project team members
• HSE and environmental representatives
• Technical professionals transitioning into CCS
• Business development and commercial managers
• Stakeholder engagement and communications teams
• Legal, compliance and assurance professionals
• Industrial emitters evaluating CCS opportunities
• Oil and gas professionals involved in energy transition projects

• Intermediate
• Advanced

Learning is delivered through concise lectures, facilitated discussions, practical examples, site visit observations and a final integration discussion. The classroom component focuses on practical understanding rather than a detailed ISO 27914 clause-by-clause review. Participants will be encouraged to relate the learning to their own CCS priorities, regulatory questions and value-chain implementation challenges.

Your expert course instructor is an experienced CCS geoscientist with over 20 years of broad geoscience experience across carbon capture and storage and exploration. She is currently with FarneGeo Consulting and brings practical expertise in CCS site screening, storage characterisation, risk assessment, monitoring, measurement and verification (MMV), and regulatory advisory work.

She previously spent approximately three years with Neptune / Eni as Lead CCS Geoscientist within the global CCS team. In this role, she supported CCS project development activities and contributed to subsurface evaluation, site screening and risk assessment work across CCS opportunities.

Before this, she was a Principal CCS Geoscientist at DNV, where she worked on CCS project certification and verification, contributed to updates to EU CCS guidance, supported MMV inventory work for the Dutch Ministry, and provided risk assessment advisory support to European regulators.

She also spent 16 years with Shell as a Senior Exploration / CCS Geologist. Her Shell experience includes more than five years in CCS, covering site screening and characterisation, risk assessment and MMV, as well as more than 10 years of global exploration experience ranging from near-field exploration to frontier new ventures. She was also a subject matter expert in exploration operations geology.

She holds a PhD from Durham University, UK. Her combination of CCS project experience, certification and verification exposure, regulator-facing advisory work and deep geoscience background makes her well placed to deliver a practical, high-level CO2 storage programme for government and industry stakeholders.

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