Active Ground Water Management

AGWA-project

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

A new approach to ground water management
based upon cooperation between
energy-, water- and petroleumsector

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
AGWA team

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
AGWA Motivation

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

• Sufficient water at appropriate quality is probably the main
challenge for humanity in the years to come.

• Ground water supply plays an important role in many

countries.

• Ground water aquifers shares many of the characteristics of

petroleum reservoirs.

• The petroleum industry has competence and technology

that might be useful in active management of ground water
aquifers.

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
 AGWA

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

Competence in cooperation
– Petroleumtechnology:
» Seismics
» Mapping of structures and geology
» Advanced drilling
» Modelling
» Recource Management
– Water topics:
» Technology
» Water treatment and transport
» Pollution control
» Environmental management
– Energy and infrastructure:
» Regulation and flooding control
» Risk and hazard acessments
» Distribution
» Monitoring, telecom, etc

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
Challenges in Ground Water Production

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

Insufficient water supply
Subsidence
Intrusion of salt water

Pollution aquifers
Aquifer abandonment or
new strategy.
Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
Ground Water Aquifers

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

• General water shortage
• Little control of production of aquifers
• Unsuficcient geological and seismic information.

• Subsidence
• Uncertain level of recharge

• Pollution
• Low control of sources of pollution
• Severity of pollution

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
The AGWA Concept

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

Surplus water, hydroelectric plants/dams
Rivers/flooding water

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
Where nobody is searching….

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

200 m

“No mans land”

1 500 m
Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
 AGWA initiative

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

• Coordinate logging of data in the petroleums- and
water sector.
• Map and exploit coastal aqifers in deeper layers.
• Introduce the Norwegian model on recource-
management.

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
Classification of Ground Water
Resources

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

• Geological Classification

• Volumes

• Recharge potential

• Contamination

• Technical and economical maturity

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
The AWGA Concept - benefits

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

• Resource assessment

• Better mapping, use of deeper aqifers

• Flood control – better production

• Environmental control
• Assessment

• Remediation of aquifers
• Seal off polluted volumes

• Water storage – improved water supply

• Reduced/no subsidence
Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
 Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers
Machuisi
Kvartær sand
Vannvolum:
480 km3

Kimbiji
Miocen sand
Vannvolum:
200 km3
Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
 Coastal Tanzania

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

MAINLAND WEST ZANZIBAR BASIN ZANZIBAR
Ras Machuisi-1 Zanzibar-1

Pleistocene
2000m

4000m
Neogene (Tertiary)
6000m
Eocene and older
8000m

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
Well Technology

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

• Well placement

• Perforations

• Well stimulation

• Fracturing

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no
 AGWA AS

Active Management of Ground Water Aquifers

AGWA AS, Org nr 989062484
c/o IVAR IKS, P.O.Box 8134, NO 4069 Stavanger, Norway
Visiting address; Breiflåtveien 16/18. Fax oo47 51 90 85 01

President: Lars Anders Myhre.

Tel.: 0047 901 16 893. lars.myhre@nopef.no

Contact: Sven Olav Yndestad, IVAR IKS

Tel.: 0047 934 88 544. sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no

Project contact:
sven.olav.yndestad@ivar.no