Underground Hydrogen Storage in Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Uncertainties in Reservoir Integrity

Join us tomorrow, December 2nd at 14:00 CET as Samintha Perera, Australian Research Council Future Fellow and senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, presents a webinar on the topic of "Underground Hydrogen Storage in Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Uncertainties in Reservoir Integrity."

Dr. Samintha Perera's primary research focuses on rock-fluid interactions in deep underground reservoirs during various gas storage and extraction processes (e.g. CO2, H2, CH4). Her research led her to win major internationally competitive awards, including the Dorothy Hill Medal from the Australian Academy of Science in 2022, the ROCHA Medal from ISRM in 2014, and the Philip Law Medal from the Royal Society of Victoria in 2016. She has been featured among the "top 2% scientists in the world in the Energy field” in the Stanford University Review from 2020 to 2025.

This presentation is based on the research findings of the University of Melbourne’s Rock Mechanics group.

What Will You Learn?

• How does the reservoir rock and its sealant’s structure/composition change during hydrogen storage?
• How do these structural/compositional changes degrade the reservoir rock and caprock?
• How do those geochemical interactions impact the wellbore's cement sheath and reservoir rock bonding, potentially causing major leakage paths? 

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82513911564?pwd=QRtcB7gJk218pzHIrb6PrI12hRD3ba.1