New research has discovered that brine production from rocks deep beneath the North Sea could hold the key to unlocking mass carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential in the UK.
The multi-disciplinary project, funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) as part of its carbon, capture and storage (CCS) programme, discovered that an eightfold increase in capacity is possible via this method.
The ‘Impact of brine production on aquifer storage’ project studied how controlled brine production could enhance the storage potential of saline aquifers that have already been identified as suitable CO2 stores.
The overall objective was to produce a cost-benefit analysis of brine production using exemplar stores from the CO2-stored database and the UK Storage Appraisal Project (UKSAP).
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