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]
