The deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is beginning to reshape the role of geophysics in subsurface evaluation and surveillance. For decades, geophysical technologies have underpinned exploration and production workflows; today, those same tools — augmented by new methods and monitoring concepts — are being adapted to meet the distinct requirements of long term CO2 storage. As regulatory frameworks mature and commercial projects scale, the industry faces a dual mandate: characterize storage complexes with greater confidence and monitor injected CO2 efficiently over project lifetimes that may span decades.
Helgerud et al. (Wed,) studied this question.