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Otway Fact Sheet: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Project

Company/Alliance: CO2CRC (Cooperative Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Technologies)

Location: Otway Basin, Southern Australia

Start Date: 2008

Size: 0.1 Mt/Yr

CO2 Source: Natural deposit

Storage: Depleted Gas reservoir (2000m depth)

Motivation/Economics: To test if CO2 storage is economical and environmentally sustainable in Australia

Comments: Pilot study of 0.1 MT CO2 is successfully being conducted in 2006-7. The fields in the Otway basin are CO2 gas-rich. Climate change received a large amount of attention and importance in the 2007 Australian governmental elections and it is very supportive of CO2 sequestration projects.

Project Link: CO2CRC project homepage

Other Sources and Press Release:
State of Victoria Energy dept releases Otway report
Geological model for storage in Otway Basin
Otway CO2 Storage Press release (Jan 2006)
Atmospheric monitoring of CO2 during injection (Aug 2007) [PDF]
EPA approval for Otway CO2 Sequestration (Aug 2007) [PDF]

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