GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

Meeting of experts on geological storage of CO2

20.01.2011|Potsdam:
Today, on the 20th January, begins a two-day seminar on the project status of CO2MAN (CO2 reservoir management) at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. The project involves the monitoring of long-term geological storage of the greenhouse gas CO2. In the Ketzin, Brandenburg, about 45,000 tons of carbon dioxide have been stored in about 700 meters as part of the previous project CO2SINK. About 70 scientists, operators and policy makers are discussing the recent results and future projects today and tomorrow in Potsdam.

20.01.2011 | Potsdam: Today, on the 20th January, begins a two-day seminar on the project status of CO2MAN (CO2 reservoir management) at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. The project involves the monitoring of long-term geological storage of the greenhouse gas CO2. In the Ketzin, Brandenburg, about 45,000 tons of carbon dioxide have been stored in about 700 meters as part of the previous project CO2SINK. About 70 scientists, operators and policy makers are discussing the recent results and future projects today and tomorrow in Potsdam.

Among other things, the announcement of a leak in the Canadian Weyburn project was discussed at the Potsdam meeting. "We cannot answer detailed questions about the reports of a leak at the CCS project Weyburn, because as the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences we are not actively involved in this project. It should be stressed, however, that in any case safety must be an absolute minimum standard for geological storage of carbon dioxide", commented Dr Michael Kuehn, director of the Centre for CO2 storage at the GFZ. "The two survey reports in Canada offer conflicting opinions, the facts are currently being examined by Canadian scientists and regulating authorities". The Canadian project and the project in Ketzin differ in one essential point, Kühn explained; in the Weyburn project the carbon dioxide is pumped down, thus applying pressure to the existing oil field and serving mainly the improved conveying out of oil. The Ketzin project of the GFZ serves only as a secure geological storage for CO2 in sandstone.

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