Microseismic Digitalization at the Quest CCS Facility

Shell has been operating the Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in Canada since 2015. In order to demonstrate containment and conformance of the injected CO₂; a Measurement, Monitoring and Verification (MMV) plan has been implemented. Although Quest is in an extremely quiet tectonic location, induced seismicity has been recognized as a potential risk for all large-scale injection sites which has resulted in microseismic monitoring as a key component of the Quest MMV Plan.

This presentation showcases how visualization and self-service analytics tools, when applied to microseismic monitoring, have allowed for a democratization of digitalization. Self-service tools are encouraging a wider uptake of data science capabilities in the organization and a shift towards more accessible in-house analytical capabilities.