Concurrent 8. Presentation for: Carbon capture and storage: a review of Australian projects
Matthew Quinn A *A IHS Markit, Level 29, 221 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia.
The APPEA Journal 62 - https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ21325
Published: 3 June 2022
Abstract
Presented on Tuesday 17 May: Session 8
Within Australia, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilisation and storage will play a significant role as part of an ‘all of the above’ approach to managing greenhouse gas emissions. Two CCS projects are currently operating: Gorgon and the Otway CCS project. The Gorgon and Jansz-Io fields contain approximately 14% carbon dioxide (CO2). The CO2 is brought to shore at Barrow Island and injected into the Dupuy Formation saline aquifer at a depth of 2500 m. While the project has experienced delays with start-up and operational issues, to July 2021 nearly 5 MMt of CO2 had been injected. The Otway CCS Project is a research facility used to study subsurface CO2 storage and behaviour within saline aquifers and depleted reservoirs. Since the start of the project in 2007 a total of 95 000 t of CO2 has been stored. Final Investment Decision was taken for the Moomba CCS project on 1 November 2021 and for the Leigh Creek Urea project in March 2021. In addition, feasibility studies are being carried out across multiple projects within Australia including the South West and Mid-West Projects in the Perth Basin, CarbonNet in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and Gippsland Basin and the Moonie oil field EOR, Integrated Surat Basin Project and the ATP 2062-P Buckland Basalt projects in the Bowen-Surat Basin. A CCS hub at Bayu-Undan is being assessed as a possible option to reduce the carbon footprint of the Barossa, Caldita and Evans Shoals projects, and feasibility studies are underway into large-scale multi-user CCS hubs near both Darwin and Karratha.
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Keywords: Bayu-Undan, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, CarbonNet, CO2, CCS, CCUS, emissions, Gorgon, injection, Karratha, Leigh Creek, Leschenault, Moomba, Moonie, Otway, reservoir, storage.
Matt Quinn has over 20 years’ experience in the resources industry including twelve with IHS Markit, working on the Australasia and Northwest Europe datasets. He spent 3 years with Woodside in offshore Mauritania and Greater Enfield development teams and 4 years on the Western Australian goldfields. Matt has a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree from the University of Adelaide and is a member of PESA. He currently works with IHS Markit in customer support – training and assisting clients get the most from their IHS Markit subscriptions. |
