Onshore Carbon Storage

The Onshore Carbon Storage Project was established through the Australian Government's Clean Energy Initiative to evaluate and establish suitable sites to store CO₂ captured from power stations and other large emitters. The program includes a series of collaborative programs between Commonwealth, State Governments and industry to analyse the sub-surface suitability for carbon storage in different regions using a variety of geological techniques throughout Australia. Outcomes from this work will contribute to the growth of clean energy generation by reducing CO₂ emissions to the atmosphere. This will be achieved by helping to accelerate the development and deployment of carbon capture and geological storage (CCS) technology.

Project Outputs

• Western Australia precompetitive CO2 Storage Assessment Project
• Harvey 1 Stratigraphic Well Early Drilling Outcomes
• Harvey 1 Stratigraphic Well Research Outcomes August 2013
• GSWA Harvey 1 well completion and preliminary interpretation report, southern Perth Basin
• Canning Coastal deep crustal seismic reflection survey 2014
• New South Wales precompetitive CO2 Storage Assessment Project
• NSW CO2 storage assessment project
• Darling Basin drilling program