Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Disputes Earlier Theory on Carbon Capture and Storage

The arguments that encompass carbon capture and storing it underground has taken a new twist with the publication of a new study in the new journal of Greenhouse Gases: Science & Technology.

In their study, the scientists from the Earth Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have disputed some of the findings of an earlier study performed by Ehlig-Economides and Economides1 such as infeasibility of storing carbon dioxide underground. According to the Berkeley Lab researchers, the earlier research was confined to studying formation of the closed-system subsurface with restricted level of mechanisms for easing the pressure.

The idea of Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is being considered as a disputable subject by the common public. The increase of underground pressure by continuous injection of carbon dioxide from large scale industrial projects still remain as an important hurdle for the large scale storing of carbon dioxide in the subsurface securely. The Berkeley Lab Scientists in their presentation deliberated a complete usage set-up, in which adequate level of carbon dioxide is hived away to find out the part played by such storage in reducing the ecological impact. They also resorted to performing simulated studies to assess the level of pressure buildup for suppositional CCS projects in two chosen basins that are presently looked into for the development of carbon dioxide storage facilities in future in the US.