Triassic Reservoir Quality and Geostorage Potential in the Irish Sea Basins

 

PhD Candidate: Rioko Moscardini

Supervisor: Dr Kara English, Prof. Peter Haughton

Funded by: iCRAG

Abstract:

A fundamental requirement for geostorage and geothermal (hydrothermal) projects is the presence of a permeable reservoir with sufficient storage capacity through which fluids can flow at production timescales. One of the geological challenges of onshore Ireland is the paucity of well-developed and predictable (low-risk) reservoir systems in the subsurface. However, permeable reservoirs are preserved within Mesozoic successions in the offshore basins and, hence, this is where the greatest geostorage potential resides. This project investigates the controls on Triassic reservoir quality in the Kish Bank Basin (located 5-40km offshore Dublin) and evaluate its suitability for geostorage (hydrogen, CCS) and geothermal energy.