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 Otway project overview
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)
CO2CRC homepage
Atmospheric monitoring of CO2 during injection (Aug 2007) [PDF]
Otway information overview as a poster [PDF]
