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The CO2CRC Otway Project is Australia’s first demonstration of the deep geological storage or geosequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most common man-made greenhouse gas. Geological storage of CO2, as part of carbon capture and storage (CCS), has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial sources such as power stations by up to 90 per cent.

CO2CRC, is conducting research into new ways of capturing carbon dioxide from power stations. This video explains promising technologies and shows the research in action in Australian industrial demonstration projects.

The type of rocks we need for storing carbon dioxide have both space for the carbon dioxide (porosity), and pathways for the carbon dioxide to move through (permeability). In this experiment we look at how a fluid cannot move through a rock with holes but no pathways...

Learning about carbon capture and storage at Warrnambool College, students captured carbon dioxide, tested water samples for carbon dioxide, examined the type of rocks that can store carbon dioxide and investigated the measurements taken from deep underground when a new well was drilled.

This video shows the installation of a 30 metre assembly of sophisticated pressure, temperature and sampling instruments at the CO2CRC Otway Project in February 2011 over about an hour.

In 2008 the CO2CRC Otway Project was awarded a CRC Association Award for Excellence in Innovation. This video was screened at the awards ceremony and includes footage from the opening of the project in April 2008.

Global energy demand is forecast to double by the year 2030. This video examines a new generation of zero emissions technologies which will enable power-generated energy to be reliable, clean and climate-friendly.

This video was originally released in 2004 to introduce the projects and results of the CO2 Capture Project (CCP).

It includes background information on climate change, an overview of CCP Projects at the time, and interviews with representatives of NGOs, government organisations and companies who are developing a new generation of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies.

Residual gas trapping occurs when a small amount of CO2 becomes disconnected or 'snaps off' from the CO2 plume as the CO2 moves through the porous rock. The CO2 is stored in the pores in tiny bubbles, trapped by surface tension. The CO2 can't move out of the pore space and remains fixed underground.

Carbon dioxide can be separated from other gases using a membrane. Pressure difference across the membrane drives the separation. Membranes are commonly used in applications such as water purification and are being developed for large-scale carbon dioxide separation with the potential to reduce equipment size and eliminate the need for solvents.

In Stage 2 of the CO2CRC Otway Project, residual trapping of carbon dioxide injected into a saline formation was measured.

In Stage 1 of the CO2CRC Otway Project, over 65,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide-rich gas was stored in a depleted gas reservoir.