AAPG OpenCourseWare

About OpenCourseware: These online courses have been designed for independent, self-guided study. You may use course resources to gain an understanding of new topics and to motivate you to pursue your education and take more formal courses. If you would like to participate in guided independent study, or a group course, check out AAPG Education for information about taking an instructor-led course. You will also learn how to earn CEUs, PDHs, and e-certificates for successful completion. Self-guided AAPG OpenCourseWare courses are free to all users.

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OpenCourseWare Offerings

Carbon Capture and Sequestration: An Introduction
This course covers the fundamental concepts involved in carbon capture and sequestration, and explains the geological conditions required for successful carbon storage. It profiles extraction, transportation, injection, and monitoring of CO2.

Geological Models in CO2 Sequestration
This course provides a foundation in reservoir characterization as it applies to carbon storage. Units include evaluating reservoirs ideal for storage, fluid dynamics within the reservoir after injection and during monitoring, enhanced oil recovery using CO2, and case studies.

CO2 Supply, Demand; Legal and Regulatory Issues
This course focuses on profiling suupply and demand of CO2, including industrial sources.  It also looks at demand for CO2 in enhanced oil recovery as well as in other applications.  In this section, enhanced oil recovery is contrasted with geo-sequestration.  Finally the course contains a review of the prevailing legal environment and emerging regulatory issues.

CO2 Separation, Compression, Transportation and Monitoring
This course discusses how CO2 is separated from other emitted gases in industrial applications, and it provides an overview of the processes by which the carbon dioxide is compressed before it enters a pipeline.  Predominant methods of transporting carbon dioxide are discussed, along with hazards and risks, and the necessary monitoring.  The course closes with an overview of worldwide demonstration projects.