The 28th Formation Evaluation Symposium of Japan, September 13-14, 2023
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The 28th
Formation Evaluation
Symposium of Japan
Special Session“CCS/CCUS”

PROGRAM
Annual Symposium
September 13 & 14, 2023
JFES
Japan
Formation Evaluation
SocietySponsored
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by Japan Formation Evaluation Society – A Chapter of
SPWLA
by Technology & Research Center, Japan Organization
for Metals and Energy Security
by Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology
Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan
Society of Petroleum Engineers, Japan Section
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ProgramWednesday, September 13
Start time (JST)
9:00
9:20
10:25
11:15
11:40
12:40
14:10
16:05
17:20
18:30

SessionOpening
Invited Talk 1: CCS/CCUS
Invited Talk 2: CCS/CCUS
Special Session 1: CCS/CCUS
Lunch BreakSpecial Session 2: CCS/CCUS
Carbonate/Fracture
Unconventional/Methane Hydrate/Scientific
General Meeting
Networking Dinner

Chair
Yuki Maehara
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Yoshinori Sanada
Yoshinori Sanada
Yasuhiro Yamada
Taisuke Mizunaga
Lingdan Xia
Yoshinori Sanada

Thursday, September 14
Start time (JST)
9:00
9:05
9:30
10:35
11:25
12:50
13:55
15:50
16:40

SessionOpening
Keynote Address
Invited Talk 3: CCS/CCUS
Advanced Mud Logging/Reservoir Mapping
While Drilling
Lunch BreakFormation Testing
Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
Invited Talk 4: CCS/CCUS
Closing

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Chair
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Kengo Tsuzuki
Kengo Tsuzuki
Tsuyoshi Fujii
Takayuki Wada
Chisato Konishi
Nishi Masatoshi
Yuki Maehara

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Technical Session: Wednesday, September 13
Opening
Chairperson:

Yuki Maehara

9:00

Opening and Safety Briefing

9:05

Opening Address
Masatoshi Nishi (President of JFES; INPEX CORPORATION)

Invited Talk 1: CCS/CCUS
Chairperson:

Tetsuya Yamamoto

9:20
RemotePOTENTIAL FOR CCS IN THE US – A PROJECT MANAGER’S PERSPECTIVE
Ram Seetharam (Energex Consultants)

9:45

PREDICTING AND MONITORING THE LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR OF CO2
INJECTED IN A DEEP SALINE AQUIFER: A CASE STUDY AT THE NAGAOKA
SITE, JAPANTakahiro Nakajima (RITE)

10:10

Break

Invited Talk 2: CCS/CCUS
Chairperson:

Yoshinori Sanada

10:25

CCS PROJECT AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF INPEX AND JAPT
Tatsuo Shimamoto (INPEX / JAPT)

10:50
RemoteTIDAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS TO MONITOR CARBON DIOXIDE MIGRATION
Kozo Sato (The University of Tokyo Frontier Research Center for Energy andResources)

Special Session 1: CCS/CCUS
Chairperson:
11:15
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Yoshinori Sanada
COUPLED ANALYSIS OF STRESS EVOLUTION IN AND AROUND RESERVOIRSDURING CO2 INJECTION
Koji Kashihara (JAPEX), Yu Uchida (JAPEX)
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11:40

Lunch BreakSpecial Session 2: CCS/CCUS
Chairperson:

Yasuhiro Yamada

12:40
-B-

WATER-ASSISTED CO2 FRACTURING OF VOLCANIC ROCKS UNDERGEOTHERMAL CONDITIONS
Kohei Takuma (Tohoku University), Yuto Watanabe (Tohoku University),
Kiyotoshi Sakaguchi (Tohoku University), Jiajie Wang (Tohoku University),
Kazumi Osato (GERD), Amane Terai (JOGMEC), Noriaki Watanabe (Tohoku
University)

13:05
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DISSOLUTION BEHAVIORS OF NATURALLY ALTERED BASALTS IN A BRINE
AT 100 °C FOR IN-SITU CO2 MINERALIZATION
Jiajie Wang (Tohoku University), Noriaki Watanabe (Tohoku University),
Masahiko Yagi (JAPEX), Tetsuya Tamagawa (JAPEX), Hitomi Hirano (JAPEX)

13:30
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PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT AND VOID FORMATION IN PERIDOTITE BYDISSOLUTION OF OLIVINE USING CHELATING AGENTS
Luis Salalá (Tohoku University), Noriaki Watanabe (Tohoku University), Jiajie
Wang (Tohoku University), Atsushi Okamoto (Tohoku University), Noriyoshi
Tsuchiya (Tohoku University)

13:55

Break

Carbonate/Fracture
Chairperson:
14:10-ERemote

14:35-FRemote

Taisuke Mizunaga
FLUID CHARACTERIZATION IN TIGHT CARBONATE RESERVOIRS ASSISTEDBY NOVEL NON-ELECTRICAL LOGGING TECHNIQUES: CASE STUDIES OF
CENTRAL SICHUAN BASIN, CHINA.
Zuoan Zhao (PetroChina), Shi Fang (PetroChina), Kaixuan Li (SLB), Yue Wang(SLB)APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ON EFFECTIVE SECONDARY PORE
AND FRACTURE EVALUATION IN SINIAN DENGYING DOLOMITEFORMATION, SICHUAN BASIN
Xiaoxin Wang (PetroChina), Juzheng Li (PetroChina), Jing Mo (SLB), Xiaolin
Ma (PetroChina), Ke Yan (PetroChina), Dali Wang (SLB), Yue Wang (SLB)

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15:00
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EVALUATE NATURAL FRACTURED DEEP RESERVOIR THROUGH A NEW
GENERATION, HIGH-DEFINITION LWD NMR TOOL
Peichun Wang (CNOOC), Yunjiang Cui (CNOOC), Lei Xiong (CNOOC), Renfeng
Zhang (CNOOC), Xin Zhou (SLB), Fangfang Wu (SLB), Lei Zhang (SLB) andJiejing Gong (SLB)

15:25-HRemote

CUSTOMED FORMATION EVALUATION WORKFLOW IN LACUSTRINECARBONATE RESERVOIR – A CASE STUDY IN QAIDAM BASIN
Daiguo Yu (SLB), Shenqin Zhang (PetroChina), Jinlong Wu (SLB), Shenzhuan
Li (SLB), Xianran Zhao (SLB)

15:50

Break

Unconventional/Methane Hydrate/Scientific
Chairperson:

Lingdan Xia

16:05
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ADDITIONAL DATA ACQUISITION AFTER SECOND OFFSHORE GASPRODUCTION TEST, EASTERN NANKAI TROUGH, JAPANKazuya Naito (JOGMEC), Than Tin Aung (JOGMEC), Kiyofumi Suzuki (AIST),
Tetsuya Fujii (JOGMEC), Jun Yoneda (AIST), Koji Yamamoto (JOGMEC)

16:30
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AI-BOOSTED GEOLOGICAL FACIES ANALYSIS IN CRUST-MANTLE
TRANSITION ZONE
Chiaki Morelli (SLB), Yang Shiduo (SLB), Yuki Maehara (SLB), Huimin Cai (SLB),
Kyaw Moe (JAMSTEC), Yasuhiro Yamada (Kyushu University), Juerg Matter(University of Southampton)

16:55
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RELEASE THE UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR POTENTIAL WITH 3D
RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION METHOD IN HORIZONTAL WELLS
Wei Xu (Sinopec), Donggen Yang (Sinopec), Shenzhuan Li (SLB), Xiao Gu(SLB), Bo Sun (Sinopec), Daohan Zhao (Sinopec), Zhongbin
Xin (Sinopec), Meng Zhao (SLB), Fangfang Wu (SLB), Jinlong Wu (SLB),
Xianran Zhao (SLB)

17:20

General Meeting

18:30

Networking Dinner

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Technical Session: Thursday, September 14
Opening
Chairperson:
9:00

Yuki Maehara
Opening and Safety Briefing

Keynote Address
Chairperson:
9:05

Kengo Tsuzuki
THE EMERGING ROLE OF PETROPHYSICS IN CARBON CAPTURE AND
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
Jennifer Market (SPWLA)

Invited Talk 3: CCS/CCUS
Chairperson:
9:30
RemoteKengo Tsuzuki
GEOMECHANICAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH MASSIVE STORAGE OF
CO2Mark Zoback (Stanford University)

9:55

WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVE OF CCS/CCUS SITE CHARACTERIZATION: THE
BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED
Kaibin Qiu (SLB)

10:20

Break

Advanced Mud Logging/Reservoir Mapping While Drilling
Chairperson:

Tsuyoshi Fujii

10:35
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MONETIZING HYDROCARBON RESERVES IN A NON-UNIFORM PRESSURE
DEPLETED AND STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX RESERVOIRS THROUGHSTRATEGIC HYDROCARBON MAPPING AT MULTIPLE SCALES
Siti Najmi Farhan Zulkipli (PETRONAS)

11:00
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NEW APPLICATION TERRITORY OF ULTRA-DEEP AZIMUTHAL RESISTIVITYTECHNOLOGY IN PUSHING A STRATEGIC REDEVELOPMENT OF DEEPWATERRESERVOIR BY AVOIDING UNCERTAIN ENGINEERING AND RESERVOIRRISKS7The 28th Formation Evaluation Symposium of Japan, September 13-14, 2023
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Yongming Gao (CNOOC), Lipeng He (CNOOC), Botao Chang (SLB), Chao
Wang (SLB), Fei Wang (SLB), Zhong Hu (SLB), Shuzhong Li (SLB)
11:25

Lunch BreakFormation Testing
Chairperson:

Takayuki Wada

12:50
-O-

INTEGRATED WORKFLOW ON SINGLE WELL PRODUCTIVITY ESTIMATION IN
A LAMINATED RESERVOIR OF SOUTH CHINA SEA
Shu Sheng Guo (CNOOC) , Shi Yue Wang (CNOOC), Lei Zhang (SLB) , Zhao Ya
Fan (SLB) , Aldrick Garcia Mayans (SLB), Xin Zhou (SLB), Hong Liang Zhang(SLB), Bo Nan Ren (SLB), Guang Rao (SLB)

13:15-PRemote

INTELLIGENT WIRELINE FORMATION TESTER EVALUATION OF LOWPERMEABILITY AND LOW-RESISTIVITY-CONTRAST FORMATION WITH
DETAILED DIGITAL PLANNING
Xiannan Wang (CNOOC), Jian Wang (CNOOC), Gao Bei (SLB)

13:40

Break

Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
Chairperson:

Chisato Konishi

13:55
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APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION MODELS TO
IDENTIFY BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS BASED ON CONVENTIONAL LOG DATA
AND BOREHOLE IMAGE LOGS
Nazir Mafakheri Bashmagh (Kyoto University), Weiren Lin (Kyoto University)

14:20
-S-

LEVERAGING THE COMPUTING POWER TO EXTRACT THE FULL VALUEFROM OLD CORE RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT DATA FOR SHALY SAND LOG
ANALYSIS.
Hideo Komatsu (INPEX)

14:45
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT (AI) ASSISTED FORMATION EVALUATION AND
RESERVOIR MONITORING IN A CO2 PRODUCING FIELD: CASE STUDIESFROM OFFSHORE PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
Siti Najmi Farhan Zulkipli (PETRONAS)

15:10-URemote

A MACHINE LEARNING BASED WORKFLOW FOR INTEGRATION OF
WIRELINE, LWD AND CORE DATA
Meretta Qleibo (SLB), Yang Xing Wang (SLB), Vikas Jain (SLB)8

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15:35

Break

Invited Talk 4: CCS/CCUS
Chairperson:
15:50
Remote
16:15

Nishi Masatoshi
TURNING CO2 INTO STONE: CARBON MINERALIZATION TECHNOLOGY AND
GLOBAL POTENTIAL
Chiara Marieni (Carbfix)

RemoteINSIGHTS FROM LARGE-SCALE CO2 STORAGE INJECTION PROJECTSOFFSHORE NORWAY
Philip S. Ringrose (Norwegian University of Science & Technology / Equinor)

16:40

Closing

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Networking Dinner: Wednesday, September 13
We are excited to invite you to a spectacular evening of fun, laughter, and celebration! We are
hosting a networking party and would be absolutely delighted if you could join us for this special
event. We serve free-flow alcohol (soft drink as well) and buffet style foods. Please join us.
Date:
Time:
Venue:

Sep-13-2023
18:30-20:30
Gran South Oceans Kaihin-Makuhari (near JR Kaihin-makuhari station)
https://goo.gl/maps/qsb9FnjkeoCr7F9x7
Dress Code:Business casualFee:
Included in symposium registration
Transportation: 20 mins to walk (No special arrangement by committee)

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Symposium Committee 2023
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Reception
Reception

Masatoshi Nishi, INPEX
Tetsuya Yamamoto, JAPEX
Yuki Maehara, SLB
Tetsuzo Fukunari, CHUBU
Akira Fujimoto, JOGMEC
Takuya Ishibashi, AIST
Kentaro Hasebe, INPEX
Taisuke Mizunaga, MOECO
Takeaki Otani, JAPEX
Tatsuya Sato, GERD
Chisato Konishi, OYO
Tsuyoki Fujii, GSC
Aiko Takada, JAPEX
Takayuki Wada, WJEC
Shinichi Sakurai, Independent Scientist
Kengo Tsuzuki, JX Nippon
Yasuhiro Yamada, Kyushu University
Yoshinori Sanada, Taisei
Kanako Furuto, JAPEX
Lingdan Xia, SLB

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Keynote Address
The emerging role of petrophysics
in Carbon Capture and Underground StorageMiss. Jennifer Market (SPWLA President, Independent consultant)
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACTAs we look beyond traditional petroleum to emerging areas such as carbon capture and storage, we consider
what measurements and interpretative practices from traditional hydrocarbon exploration/production canbe applied in CCUS, which can be adapted, and what new challenges we face that will require innovative
solutions. This talk gives an overview of petrophysics applications in CCUS and explores the yet unanswered challenges.
Biography
Jennifer Market is a borehole acoustics, geomechanics, and mining geophysics
expert, based in Perth, Australia. She has a long history of cutting-edge tool andapplication development and specializes in practical implementations ofinnovative ideas. She is the 2023-2024 SPWLA president.

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Invited Talk 1-1
Potential for CCS in the US – A Project Manager’s Perspective
Dr. Ram Seetharam, Energex Consultants
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACT
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be an effective large-scale solution for reducing carbon footprint in
key industrial sectors such as ammonia, methanol, ethanol, cement and steel. With the recently enhanced
incentives being provided for carbon capture in the US, CCS projects could break even or in some cases
generate revenue while solving the carbon emissions problem for these sectors. Where feasible, onsite
geological sequestration is the most cost-effective solution. Aggregating emissions from multiple sources
via pipeline offtake and centralized offsite sequestration is another effective option. Risks can be
mitigated significantly by detailed geological characterization, careful design of injection wells and zones,
and effective plume modeling and monitoring.
Biography
Ram is the founder of Energex Consultants, specializing in CCS project evaluation,
design and execution. He also serves as the Hydrogen Program Lead at the
University of Houston, where he manages two industry collaborative projects
evaluating projects for Repurposing Offshore Infrastructure for Clean
Energy(ROICE) in the Gulf of Mexico. Ram recently retired as a senior executive
at ExxonMobil after serving 33 years in the Upstream industry. He has held
multiple key managerial and technical leadership positions for projects in
Kazakhstan, Russia, North Sea, Middle East and Unconventionals. Ram has
master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Houston, and a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute ofTechnology, Madras.

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Invited Talk 1-2
Predicting and monitoring the long-term behavior of CO2 injected in a
deep saline aquifer: A case study at the Nagaoka site, Japan
Takahiro Nakajima, GCS Assoc., RITE
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACTThis paper presents a case study on predicting and monitoring experiences from the Nagaoka site, which isthe first CO2 storage project in Japan. The target reservoir at the depth of 1100m was selected, where theinjected CO2 is in super-critical state. From the site characterization and well tests, three monitoring wells
were designed and drilled around the injection well. Nearly 10 kt of CO2 was injected from July 2003 toJanuary 2005. Geophysical monitoring techniques including continuous pressure measurement, time-lapse
well logging, cross-well seismic tomography, and 3D seismic survey have been conducted. These
monitoring data were used for history matching of CO2 behavior to update the heterogeneity of the reservoir
characteristics. Time-lapse well logging had been conducted more than 12 years as the post-injection
monitoring, and revealed spatiotemporal variations of trapping mechanism in the reservoir. This pilot scale
project results provide variable insights on many aspects in geological CO2 storage, including rock physics
and geological modeling. The monitoring program was selected to improve the knowledge of the long-term
behavior of injected CO2 in the reservoir; therefore, this experience can also be useful to select the costeffective monitoring method at CO2 storage projects.
Biography
Takahiro Nakajima has been working as a geophysicist at Research Institute of
Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) since September 2010. He has been
engaged in the interpretation of reservoir complex using logging data at
geological CO2 storage sites. He is also working on simulations of CO2
behavior in the ground using TOUGH2 simulator. He had received Ph. D degreein Applied Physics from Tokyo Institute of Technology. Before taking on thecurrent role, he joined JAEA and worked for monitoring of the state in the
ground using geophysical methods.

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Invited Talk 2-1
CCS PROJECT AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIESOF INPEX AND JAPT
Tatsuo Shimamoto (INPEX / JAPT)
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACTIn October 2020, the Japanese Government established the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050,
aiming for zero greenhouse gas emissions. According to METI's benchmark, a storage capacity of 120 to
240 million tons of CO2 per year is required by 2050. Seeking CO2 geological storage sites abroad would
necessitate sea transportation due to Japan's island geography, presenting both technical and economic
challenges. However, the total CO2 storage capacity in depleted oil and gas reservoirs in Japan is limited
to 400 million tons. Consequently, prioritizing domestic saline aquifer formations becomes imperative as
the primary target for CO2 storage in Japan.
To drive the commercialization of Japan's initial CCS projects, the state-owned entity JOGMEC selected 7
candidate projects through public bidding in June 2023. JOGMEC will allocate funds to cover study costs
for these CCS projects, with INPEX being involved in two projects situated in Tohoku and the Capital area.
In addition to these two, INPEX is strategizing various CCS projects both within Japan and internationallyMoreover, INPEX established the I-RHEX research group within its Technical Research Institute last year.
This group is dedicated to research and development concerning underground CO2 storage, as well as thetechnologies for CO2 separation, recovery, and transportation.
Concurrently, the Japanese Association of Petroleum Technology (JAPT) inaugurated the "CCS committee"
this year, aiming to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of CCS-related information. The committee's
membership currently comprises universities, upstream companies, research institutes, along withconstruction, engineering, and service companies.
Biography
Tatsuo Shimamoto is a Fellow at the Technical Headquarters, serving as Chief
Technical Lead for Reservoir Engineering and CCUS Development at theTechnical Research Center of INPEX. He also holds the position of Vice President
at the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology (JAPT). He received his
Ph.D. in Reservoir Engineering from Waseda University in 2006, and both his
Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Reservoir Engineering from Tokyo University
in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He has been involved in petroleum reservoir
characterization since 1991 in Teikoku Oil and INPEX and currently focuses his
research on the estimation of storage capacity for CCUS.

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Invited Talk 2-2
TIDAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS TO MONITOR
CARBON DIOXIDE MIGRATION
Kozo Sato (The University of Tokyo
Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources) – Remote
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACT
Reliable and cost-effective monitoring techniques are needed to ensure safe and effective geologicalsequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). This presentation introduces a practical technique for analyzing CO2
migration using tidal signals entangled in pressure transients. The gravitational attractions of the solarsystem bodies cause Earth and ocean tides, and the pore pressure exhibits diurnal and semidiurnal
fluctuations in response to such tidal phenomena. Since the pressure-fluctuation amplitude is related to thereservoir stiffness, it can be used to estimate the elastic properties and fluid saturations of the reservoir.
Applying tidal signal analysis in a time-lapse manner, one can see the temporal changes in CO2 saturationand consequently describe the dynamic behavior (migration) of the sequestered CO 2. The monitoring resultsof CO2 migration using Earth tides for onshore CCS (Nagaoka) and ocean tides for offshore CCS(Tomakomai) are presented. The proposed methodology essentially requires only continuous pressure data,
which are routinely available during CCS operation, and thus can be a cost-effective and labor-saving
monitoring technique.
Biography
Sato worked for Teikoku Oil (now merged with INPEX) for 17 years before
joining the University of Tokyo. Throughout his career in both industry andacademia, Sato has worked on both field-oriented and theory-oriented research
topics related to improved oil/gas recovery and CCS. His research interests
include mathematical modeling of fluid flow in heterogeneous media;
reservoir characterization using tracers, pressure transients, and tidal signal
analysis; well stimulation for productivity enhancement; and thermodynamics
of subsurface fluid systems, all with applications to reservoir engineering. Satoholds a BS degree from the University of Tokyo and MS and Ph.D. degrees
from Stanford University, all in petroleum engineering.

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Invited Talk 3-1
Geomechanical Challenges Associated with Massive Storage of CO2
Mark D. Zoback, Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus
Stanford University
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACTThe next several decades pose enormous challenges, and opportunities, for the global oil and gas industry.
While oil and gas will continue to be used for decades to come, it is now recognized that enormous
quantities of CO2 have to be stored in subsurface geologic formations to reach global decarbonization goals.
In this talk, I will focus on a number of Geomechanical issues that have to be considered to ensure longterm storage efficacy. While it has been long recognized that changes in reservoir pressure should notexceed the pressure at which hydraulic fracturing might occur of seal formations, this presentation will
focus on a number of other issues have not been sufficiently addressed. First, it is important to identify
potentially active faults to limit the possibility that injection-related increases in pore pressure could induce
seismic, or aseismic, slip on known faults. Also, as existing evidence shows that potentially active faults(and the damage zones that surround them) are permeable, the presence of potentially active faults represent
possible leakage pathways that should be avoided, even when injection-related pressure changes are too
small to induce fault slip. Second, when utilizing depleted oil and gas reservoirs for long-term storage ofCO2, it is important to understand both the mechanical changes of the reservoir rocks and the stress changes
that resulted from depletion. Such knowledge is required to predict how pressure associated with CO2
injection will affect the reservoir. Finally, from the perspective of induced seismicity, it is criticallyimportant to identify reservoirs with both top seals and bottom seals to avoid pressure communication topotentially active faults in the basement.
Biography

Dr. Mark D. Zoback is the Benjamin M. Page Professor ofGeophysics, Emeritus at Stanford University.
Dr. Zoback
conducts research on in situ stress, fault mechanics, and reservoir
geomechanics with an emphasis on shale gas, tight gas and tightoil production as well as CO2 sequestration. He is the author of
two textbooks and the author/co-author of approximately 400
technical papers. His most recent book, Unconventional Reservoir
Geomechanics, was written with Arjun Kohli, and published in 2019 byCambridge University Press. His online course, Reservoir
Geomechanics, has been completed by over 12,000 people aroundthe world. Dr. Zoback has received a number of awards and honors including election to
the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2011.

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Invited Talk 3-2
Worldwide Perspective of CCS/CCUS Site Characterization: The Best
Practices and Lessons Learned
Kaibin Qiu, Geomechanics Advisor | New Energy Business Manager
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACTCCS/CCUS Site characterization is one of the critical phases of the CCS/CCUS lifecycle, which provides
the foundation for the long-term containment of CO2 storage. The uniqueness of CCS/CCUS sitecharacterization makes it impossible to use identical workflow and take technical considerations applicableto oil and gas fields. This presentation summarizes the key challenge, and the uniqueness of the CCS/CCUS
site characterization, highlights the best practices and lessons learned of site characterization from multiple
CCS/CCUS projects worldwide, and provides recommendations on conducting site characterization
effectively.
Biography
Kaibin Qiu is Geomechanics Advisor/New Energy Business Manager
for Schlumberger China, Japan, and Korea. He has over 20 years in theindustry and has worked on many geomechanics projects and integrated
exploration and field development projects around the globe. In recent
years, he has been actively applying reservoir geomechanics to exploreand develop HPHT, deep water, tight gas, shale gas, and methane
hydrate. Kaibin also plays a key role in driving business growth on newenergy (such as geothermal and carbon capture and storage). Kaibin
Qiu has been a technical director for multiple CCS projects anddeveloped and delivered multiple carbon capture, utilization, andstorage (CCUS) courses to companies in the United Kingdom,
Australia, Korea, Japan, and China.
Kaibin has authored over 40 technical papers and is currently the Associate Editor of the SPE Journal andTechnical Review Editor of the multiple SPE technical journals.
Kaibin Qiu is a member of SPE JPT Editorial Committee.

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Invited Talk 4-1
TURNING CO2 INTO STONE: CARBON MINERALIZATIONTECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL POTENTIAL
Chiara Marieni (Carbfix) - Remote
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACT

Carbfix captures CO2 and turns it into stone underground in less than two years throughproprietary technology that imitates and accelerates natural processes, providing apermanent and safe carbon storage solution. This cost-effective carbon capture andmineral storage technology has successfully reduced over 90,000 tons of CO2 emissions
and is ripe for dramatic upscaling. This talk gives an overview of Carbfix technology, its
potential application worldwide, and the pathways to CO2 mineral storage at Gt scale.
Biography

Chiara Marieni has been working as a project manager at
Carbfix (Iceland) since February 2022. She has anextensive background in geochemistry applied to carbon
mineralization, with a PhD from the University ofSouthampton (UK).

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Invited Talk 4-2
INSIGHTS FROM LARGE-SCALE CO2 STORAGE INJECTION
PROJECTS OFFSHORE NORWAY
Philip S. Ringrose (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
and Equinor Research Centre) - Remote
Copyright 2023, held jointly by the Japan Formation Evaluation Society (JFES) and the submitting authors. This paper was prepared for the JFES 28th
Annual Symposium held from September 13-14, 2023.

ABSTRACTThe development of industrial-scale CCS in Norway, starting with the Sleipner projectin 1996, gives a uniquely long track record of experience with CCS and provides valuable
insights for the projected global growth in CCS. The long timescales of operational
experience and the associated monitoring datasets (especially time-lapse seismic)
provide important insights into how CO2 storage in saline aquifers actually works. For
example, the Sleipner project can be used to assess the storage efficiency and used tocalibrate theoretical estimates based on fluid dynamics. Likely rates of pressure increase
and the factors controlling formation pressurization can also be quantified, for example
using the Snøhvit case study.
Pressure management is a key issue for development of multiple injection projects inprospective sedimentary basins around the world. As the reservoir pressure rises withincreasing rates of injection, formation pressures may approach the Geomechanicallimits, potentially leading to induced seismicity and creation of hydro-fractures. An
analytical basin-pressure approach is developed to assess these challenges, guiding apathway towards Gigatonne-scale storage in support of industrial scale decarbonizationof society. This experience is vital as we attempt to achieve global scale-up of CCS
technology, alongside multiple emissions reduction actions (including renewable energy,
efficiency measures and lifestyle changes).
Biography

Philip Ringrose is (part-time) Professor in CO2 Storage at
the Norwegian University of Science and Technology(NTNU) and a leader in the Centre for Geophysical
Forecasting based at NTNU. He is also a specialist in CO2
storage and reservoir geoscience at the Equinor ResearchCentre, Trondheim, Norway. He has published widely on
reservoir geoscience and flow in rock media and has
published textbooks on ‘Reservoir Model Design’ and ‘How
to Store CO2 underground.’

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Venue and Access
VENUE:

Technology & Research Center (TRC)
Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC)
1-2-2, Hamada, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0025, Japan
Tel: +81 (43) 276 9212

HOW TO GET TO THE JOGMEC-TRC:
From Makuhari-Hongo Station (JR Sobu Line; 40 min from Tokyo station)- 10 min. by taxi or 30 min. on foot- 10 min. by City bus (see below map and bus schedule)
From Kaihin-Makuhari Station (JR Keiyo Line; 30 min. from Tokyo station)- 10 min. by taxi or 20 min. on foot- 10 min. by City bus (see below map and bus schedule)
City Bus Service
City bus services are available from Makuhari-Hongo Station and Kaihin Makuhari
Station. Please refer to the bus schedule in the next page. Take “Columbus City Line”
and get off at “Sekiyu Kaihatsu Gijyutsu Center”.

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Land Transportation from Narita Airport
For foreign visitors, limousine bus service is the most convenient to the hotel. Ticket is available atthe orange colored "Friendly Airport Limousine Bus" booths for the bus heading to your hotel. “Keisei
Bus” goes to Makuhari area. The fee is around 2,400 – 3,000 yen depending on the destination.
Taxi to the hotel around Makuhari area is more than 10,000 yen. The taxi to the center of Tokyo isaround 30,000 yen.

Accommodation
Hotel can be searched by “Kaihin Makuhari”.
Some examples of the hotels in Makuhari and Tokyo area are listed below and available at yourchoice. JFES does not have block booking, so make the reservations by directly contacting with the
hotels.
Makuhari Area
20 min. walk to JOGMEC-TRC or 10 min. by taxi•

Hotel the Manhattan
http://www.the-manhattan.co.jp/english/•

Hotel Springs Makuhari
http://springs.co.jp/english/index.html•

APA Hotel & Resort Tokyo Bay Makuhari
https://apahotel.com/ja_en/hotels/detail.php?id=16673

Tokyo area
40 min. to Makuhari Hongo (via JR Sobu Rapid Train) then bus•

Shinagawa Prince Hotel
http://www.princehotels.com/shinagawa/•

Mércure Hotel Ginza Tokyo
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-5701-mercure-tokyo-ginza/index.shtml

Probably you can search hotel by the keywords, such as “Kaihin Makuhari”, “Makuhari Hongo”,“Chiba” in hotel booking agent site.