Storage screening
Basin and site options, data availability, maturity, distance, infrastructure fit and critical uncertainties.
Onshore storage capability
Storage and subsurface
Onshore storage is a project pathway, not a capacity headline.
CarbonCore connects geology, reservoir behaviour, wells, monitoring and infrastructure interfaces to the industrial decision that depends on them.
Qualification principle
Evidence before volume.
A capacity estimate has limited value without an evidence state for containment, injectivity, pressure response, wells, monitoring, infrastructure and development maturity.
0–500 m
Surface and near-surface context
Baseline / access
500–1,500 m
Overburden and migration controls
Containment system
1,500–3,500 m
Reservoir and injection interval
Injectivity / pressure
Lifecycle
Wells, monitoring and integrity
Operate / verify
Capability architecture
The storage questions that control German onshore project confidence.
The required depth of work depends on project stage. Early screening and detailed characterisation must remain clearly separated.
Geology and containment
Reservoir architecture, seal system, faults, legacy wells, migration pathways and evidence quality.
Reservoir performance
Injectivity, pressure, plume behaviour, capacity basis, uncertainty and development scenarios.
Well interfaces
Injection concept, materials, integrity barriers, existing wells, drilling requirements and operating envelope.
Monitoring and verification
Baseline, conformance, containment, measurement objectives, technologies and data governance.
Onshore and offshore pathways
Different access, infrastructure, permitting, contracting, timing and operating boundary conditions.
Illustrative qualification
A storage score is useful only when it changes a board decision.
The example below demonstrates CarbonCore's decision grammar. It is not a real storage assessment.
Gate 2 · Proceed conditionally
Containment evidence remains below the working threshold. Advance only with a defined characterisation plan, owner, cost and stop condition.
Next decision
Start with the decision that controls the onshore pathway.
Use a focused discussion to test source-to-storage fit, identify the interfaces that control progress and define the evidence required for the next investment decision.