Geologically Storing Carbon: Learning from the Otway Project Experience

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Geologically Storing Carbon provides a detailedaccount of the CO2CRC Otway Project, one of the mostcomprehensive demonstrations of the deep geologicalstorage or geosequestration of carbon dioxideundertaken anywhere. This book of 18 comprehensivechapters written by leading experts in the field isconcerned with outstanding science, but it is not justa collection of scientific papers it is about "learningby doing". For example, it explains how the projectwas organised, managed, funded and constructed,as well as the approach taken to community issues,regulations and approvals. It also describes howto understand the site: Are the rocks mechanicallysuitable Will the CO2 leak Is there enough storagecapacity Is monitoring effective

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Professor Peter Cook CBE FTSE is a leading geologist and a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, (the University established the Peter Cook Centre for CCS Research in 2012). Previously he was the Foundation CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) and in 2004 first developed the concept of the CO2CRC Otway Project. Previously he was Director of the British Geological Survey. Professor Cook was Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Special Volume on CCS and has published many papers, articles and books on resource, energy and environmental issues. His book Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon was published in 2012.