Estimating geological CO2 storage security to deliver on climate mitigation

oleh: Juan Alcalde, Stephanie Flude, Mark Wilkinson, Gareth Johnson, Katriona Edlmann, Clare E. Bond, Vivian Scott, Stuart M. V. Gilfillan, Xènia Ogaya, R. Stuart Haszeldine

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-06-01

Deskripsi

Carbon capture and storage can help reduce CO2 emissions but the confidence in geologic CO2 storage security is uncertain. Here the authors present a numerical programme to estimate leakage from wells and find that under appropriate regulation 98% of injected CO2 will be retained over 10,000 years.