3D structural geological model, Southern Adriatic site

The Southern Adriatic Sea is one of the five prospective areas for CO2 storage, being evaluated in the SiteChar project. The site is located offshore in the South Adriatic Sea, close to one of the main Italian CO2 emitter, the Federico II power plant in Brindisi, where the energy company Enel has developed a pilot plant for CO2 capture. The selected site consists of a structural trap in a carbonate saline aquifer, located in a relatively stable area covered by a large amount of seismic and borehole data, collected by different oil companies for oil and gas exploration.

It is probably one of the most challenging sites in the SiteChar project, due to the fact that the potential reservoir is represented by a carbonate formation, whose interaction with CO2 needs further understanding In this deliverable the workflow applied to build the structural model is described. The building of the 3D geological model plays a key role since it represents the starting point for the further evaluation of the application of CO2 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) techniques in this area.