THE Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) is drilling a new well in the Otway Basin in the discovery for carbon dioxide.
Located 300km west of Melbourne, the drilling of a second injection well is part of the CO2CRC’s Otway Project, which is part of an on going research into the storage aspect of carbon capture and storage (CCS).
According to CO2CRC, the research will use highly innovative techniques for looking at how the carbon dioxide is trapped in deep reservoir rocks with the potential to provide safe, permanent storage for many years’ worth of global carbon dioxide emissions.
The International Energy Agency estimates that capturing, compressing and storing carbon dioxide from power stations and industry deep underground could account for 20% of the cuts required to keep global temperature increases under two degrees Celsius.
“This well will provide a new platform for our ongoing research into the storage aspects of carbon capture and storage,” CO2CRC chief executive, Peter Cook says.
“The CO2CRC Otway Project, Australia’s first CO2 storage project, has successfully injected, stored and monitored over 60,000 tonnes of CO2 since April 2008.”
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