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The NERC-funded Characterisation of Major Overburden Leakage Pathways above Sub-sea floor CO2 Storage Reservoirs in the North Sea (CHIMNEY) project investigated the risks of leaks from storing carbon dioxide (CO2) under the seabed. CHIMNEY involved investigators from the University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre in Southampton (NOC), and University of Edinburgh. These investigators worked closely with project partners GEOMAR, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CGG and Applied Acoustics. A multi-channel seismic dataset, together with multibeam bathymetry was acquired during RRS James Cook cruise JC152 (August - September 2017), around the Scanner Pockmark Complex in the North Sea.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Jonathan Bull

Professor in Ocean & Earth Science

Research interests

  • Fluid Flow and Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Monitoring, Measurement and Verification

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Other researchers

Professor Tim Minshull

Professor in Ocean & Earth Science

Research interests

  • Continental breakup and the onset of seafloor spreading
  • Methane hydrate beneath the seafloor and its role in the Earth system

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Emeritus Professor David Sanderson

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Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

  • Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
  • Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and magnesium, and the response of biogeochemcal cycles to global environmental change

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Professor Tim Henstock

Professor of Geophysics

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Professor Juerg Matter

Professor of Geoengineering&Carbon Manag

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Research outputs

Constraints on fluid flow pathways from shear-wave splitting in and around an active fluid-escape structure: Scanner Pockmark, North Sea
Adam Robinson,
Gaye Bayrakci,
Calum Macdonald,
Timothy Minshull,
Jonathan Bull,
Mark Chapman,
Timothy Henstock,
& Ben Callow
, 2022 , Geophysical Journal International , 231 (2) , 1164--1195
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggac197
Type: article
Permeability heterogeneity of sandstone intrusion fluid-escape systems, Panoche Hills, California: Implications for sedimentary basins globally
Ben Callow,
Ismael Falcon-Suarez,
Jonathan Bull,
Thomas Gernon,
Sean Ruffell,
Antonio Grippa,
& Andrew Hurst
, 2022 , Sedimentology , 69 (6) , 2463--2485
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12997
Type: article
Characterising the permeability and structure of fluid-escape conduits in sedimentary basins - application to geological carbon sequestration
Ben James Callow
, 2021
Type: thesis
Seismic anisotropy within an active fluid flow structure: Scanner Pockmark, North Sea
G. Bayrakci,
B. Callow,
J. M. Bull,
T. A. Minshull,
G. Provenzano,
L. J. North,
C. Macdonald,
A. H. Robinson,
T. Henstock,
& M. Chapman
, 2021 , Frontiers in Earth Science , 9 , 626416
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.626416
Type: article
Multiscale characterisation of chimneys/pipes: fluid escape structures within sedimentary basins  
Adam Robinson,
Ben James Callow,
Christoph Böttner,
Naima Karolina Yilo,
Giuseppe Provenzano,
Ismael Himar Falcon-Suarez,
Hector Marin Moreno,
Anna Lichtschlag,
Gaye Bayrakci,
Romina Gehrmann,
Lou Parkes,
Ben Roche,
Umer Saleem,
Bettina Schramm,
Malin Waage,
Aude Lavayssiere,
Jianghui Li,
Farid Jedari Eyvazi,
Sourav Sahoo,
Christian Deusner,
Elke Kossel,
Timothy Minshull,
Christian Berndt,
Jonathan Bull,
Marcella Dean,
Rachael James,
Mark Chapman,
Angus I. Best,
Stefan Bünz,
Baixin Chen,
Douglas Connelly,
Judith Elger,
Matthias Haeckel,
Timothy Henstock,
Jens Karstens,
Calum Macdonald,
Juerg Matter,
Laurence J North,
& Benedict Reinardy
, 2021 , International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control , 106
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103245
Type: article
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