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Natural CO2 seepage site at Starzach, Germany
15 February 2017
11.00am
Sir Harold Raggatt Theatre
Geoscience Australia
Cnr Jerrabomberra Avenue and Hindmarsh Drive
Symonston ACT 2609
How do you find and measure leakage from geological storage sites or gas fields? This is the question that researchers from Geoscience Australia and its collaborators have been tackling over the last 7 years. Through international cooperation on field test sites and studying natural seepage and leakage sites, our understanding of leakage behaviour in the near surface, what it would look like, how to accurately measure it, has greatly improved.
One area that needs further investigation is gas leakage behaviour at geological faults. This talk will provide an overview of the major findings from the monitoring research programme and preview a planned international CO2 fault injection experiment.
Dr Andrew Feitz is an environmental engineer and section leader for CO2CRC and International CCS projects at Geoscience Australia. His research work focuses on geological storage of CO2, groundwater chemistry, and improving techniques to measure greenhouse gas leaks and seeps in the near surface. Andrew holds a BE (Hons) in Environmental Engineering from the University of Queensland and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of New South Wales (1999).
This talk is presented as part of the Wednesday Seminar Series.
Cost/bookings: Free, No bookings required
Audience: Technical
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