27 January

Welcome address and general information – Christophe Nussbaum (swisstopo, Switzerland)

Opening talk – TBD

A simulation framework for the prediction of geomechanical impacts from basin-scale CO2 storage – Jens Birkhozer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)

Incorporation of caprock integrity assessment with numerical modelling in a site selection workflow – Aldo Madaschi (NESOL, Switzerland)

ECCSEL ERIC, world’s largest open access CCUS research infrastructure – Klaus Tobias Mosbacher (ECCSEL ERIC)

Coffee break

Assessment of CO2 and H2 sealing capacity of Opalinus Clay – Roman Makhnenko (University of Illinois, USA)

Exploring the potential of CO2-biomineralizing bacteria for geological CO2 storage – Oliver Brandenberg (Eawag, Switzerland)

A new metre-scale testbed for simulating geological CO2 storage – Eleni Stavropoulou (EPFL, Switzerland)

Experimental characterization of fault rock in laboratory – Elin Skurtveit (NGI, Norway)

Lunch

Unravelling the dynamics of fault reactivation: quantifying multiple mechanisms during fluid injection – Lijun Liu (CDUT, China)

Numerical investigation and mechanism analysis of injection-induced seismicity in fault-fracture systems during CO2 sequestration – Xiaoguang Wang (CDUT, China)

Factors controlling fault stability: contrasting drained and undrained stress paths during CO2 injection – Jung Chan Choi (NGI, Norway)

Fault-core in overburden section: Mechanical and chemical characterization of the Baza fault’s core, southern Spain – Jhon-Meyer Muñoz (University of Oslo, Norway)

Fault-related leakage analysis for CO2 storage projects – Christopher Wibberley (TotalEnergies, France)

Stretching break

Modelling of CO2 Injection in Opalinus Clay: A Benchmark Study on Hydraulic-Mechanical and Hydraulic-Chemical Effects using Different Modelling Approaches – Gesa Ziefle (BGR, Germany)

Biogeochemical modelling of hydrogen consumption in a nuclear waste repository – Paul Wersin (University of Bern, Switzerland)

Microbial H2 consumption in partially saturated porous reservoirs – Camille Rolland (EPFL, Switzerland)

Hydro-mechanical simulation of caprock-reservoir interaction for a meter-scale CO2 injection experiment – Dario Sciandra (EPFL, Switzerland)

Coffee break

Quantification of potential mineralogical alteration of the transitional Callovian caprock in a context of geological CO2 storage (Paris Basin, France) – Frédéric Mathurin (BRGM, France)

CO2LPIE experiment – final experimental setup and first experience with system behavior – David Jaeggi (swisstopo, Switzerland)

On-site gas monitoring of the CO2LPIE experiment – Capucine Marion (Eawag, Switzerland)

Pressure- and time-dependent transport properties of sandy Opalinus Clay for CO2LPIE project – Roman Makhnenko (University of Illinois, USA)

Combined analysis of hydromechanical and ground penetrating radar data during the 2024 mini-stimulation in the CS-E experiment at Mont Terri – Dominik Zbinden (ETHZ, Switzerland)

Apero

Transfer to Conference Dinner

Dinner in Porrentruy