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2008-09 Seminars
Risks and Associated Monitoring
and Mitigation Strategies for Geologic Sequestration
Grant Bromhal
Research Group Leader of the Sequestration,
Hydrocarbons, and Related Projects Group
NETL’s Geosciences Division
Abstract
Given the current projections
of our energy mix for the next 50 years and longer,
fossil fuels will still be a major energy source. If
we are to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to
levels suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) and others, then carbon
dioxide sequestration will likely be a necessity.
However, before injecting massive volumes of CO2
into the ground, the public, as well as the private
companies who perform the injections and certify the
permanent storage of CO2, will need assurance that
sequestration is safe and effective. Various
monitoring, modeling, and mitigation techniques will
need to be developed to deal with the risks inherent
in CO2 sequestration. This talk addresses the risks
involved in putting millions of tons of carbon
dioxide underground, addresses the change in risk
over time, and discusses many of the monitoring and
mitigation technologies for CO2 sequestration that
are currently under development.
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