New Technologies for UGS

Chaired by: Frederick Metzger, USA

Objectives
The UGS industry’s fl exibility, efficiency, environmental safety and economics are closely related to technical practice, application of advanced technologies for reservoir description, monitoring, surveillance and operational optimisation.
Issues like state-of-the-art data mining, reservoir surveillance, logging, coupled simulations, new drilling and completion techniques, as well as automation and remote control will be the significant issues of the speakers.

Content
• Study Group report presentations on UGS Technology Improvements, by Helene Giouse, France, Vice Chair of WOC 2 and leader of the Study Group.
• Study Group report presentation on Intelligent UGS, by its leader, Georg Zangl, Austria
• Other invited speakers - which could include some of the authors of the papers submitted - will contribute to the discussion of these topics, and time will be allocated for a constructive debate with the audience.

Main Drivers and Changing Role of Underground Gas Storage (UGS)

Chaired by: Sergei Khan, Russia

Objectives
Presentations and discussions in this forum will be centred on the changing role of UGS in the supply policy and the need for its development in a growing gas market. The agenda will also include the impact of regulations and market liberalisation, affordable prices for end-users and fair return for investors and UGS operators.

Aspects like legal rules and environment and safety regulations will also be covered by the session.

Major Trends in Underground Gas Storage (UGS) Development

Chaired by: Vladimir Onderka, WOC 2 Chair, Czech Republic

Objectives
UGS is increasingly becoming an important part of the gas chain, reflecting on the conditions in the market, pricing, safety, delivery, and strategic reserves.

Speakers will address major trends in UGS development and operation, as well as different approaches to UGS in different parts of the world. The session will also cover new UGS projects and case studies.

Content
• Study Group report presentation on UGS Database, by its leader, Joachim Wallbecht, Germany.
• Other invited speakers - which could include some of the authors of the papers submitted - will contribute to the discussion of these topics, and time will be allocated for a constructive debate with the audience.

UGS Technologies and Applications for CO2 Sequestration

Chaired by: Jacques Grappe, France

Objectives
The speakers will assess the current status on the knowledge and experience coming from almost a hundred year history of gas storage which is applicable for CO2 sequestration.

The session will focus on case studies of CO2 storage, potentials and risks evaluation and applicable techniques from UGS. One of the main features will also be the legal and policy framework, the pricing for CO2 emissions, and lifecycle of CO2 storage to promote necessary investments.