Development of a FEP database for the geological storage of carbon dioxide

Publisher Summary This chapter illustrates that systems analysis techniques are applied to the geological storage of CO2, and the use of features, events, and processes (FEPs) to describe the storage concept is instrumental to this technique. FEPs are features, events, and processes that are relevant to the behavior of CO2 in the system being assessed. A generic FEP database for the geological storage of CO2 has been developed with the chosen FEPs included for their relevance to the long-term post-operational safety and performance of the storage system. The database is described, and its potential use as a tool in support of the development of system-level assessment models is discussed. The development of the database was funded by the European commission as part of the IEA Weyburn CO2 monitoring project.