Advances in the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE

   1. STUDY OF LONG-TERM VARIATIONS OF CO2 AND CO CONCENTRATIONS IN THE GROUND ATMOSPHERIC LAYER NEAR THE CITY OF TOMSK (WESTERN SIBERIA)

      • B.D. Belan, A.V. Fofonov, T.K. Sklyadneva, G.N. Tolmachev

      Pages 1-9

   2. DYNAMICS OF THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CO2 AND CO CONCENTRATIONS OVER WESTERN SIBERIA (1997-2003)

      • M.Yu. Arshinov, B.D. Belan, G. Inoue, T. Machida, M.V. Panchenko, A.V. Fofonov

      Pages 11-16

   3. CARBON BALANCE AND THE EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN BOREAL FORESTS AND BOGS OF SIBERIA

      • E.A. Vaganov, S.P. Efremov, A.A. Onuchin

      Pages 17-34

   4. THE INTERACTION OF CO2 BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND SURFACE WATERS OF LAKE BAIKAL AND THE INFLUENCE OF WATER COMPOSITION

      • V.M. Domysheva, M.V. Sakirko, M.V. Panchenko, D.A. Pestunov

      Pages 35-45

   5. REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON OXIDE EMISSIONS

      • Yu.M. Polishchuk, O.S. Tokareva

      Pages 47-55

   6. THE SOURCES OF CARCINOGENIC PAH EMISSION IN ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION USING SODERBERG CELLS

      • L.I. Kurteeva, S.V. Morozov, A.G. Anshits

      Pages 57-65

3. Permafrost CO2 Storage

   1. DISTRIBUTION OF PERMAFROST IN RUSSIA

      • V.P. Melnikov, D.S. Drozdov

      Pages 67-80

   2. CHARACTERISTICS OF PERMAFROST IN SIBERIA

      • A.D. Duchkov

      Pages 81-91

   3. POSSIBILITIES OF SO2 STORAGE IN GEOLOGICAL STRATA OF PERMAFROST TERRAIN

      • A.G. Anshits, N.P. Kirik, B.V. Shibistov

      Pages 93-102

   4. CRYOGELS – A PROMISING MATERIAL FOR UNDERGROUND WORKS IN PERMAFROST

      • L.K. Altunina, V.A. Kuvshinov, S.N. Dolgikh

      Pages 103-110

   5. SUBSURFACE CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE THROUGH CLATHRATE HYDRATE FORMATION

      • P. Jadhawar, A.H. Mohammadi, J. Yang, B. Tohidi

      Pages 111-126

4. Natural Analogues of CO2 Storage

   1. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM NATURAL ANALOGUES?

      • J. M. Pearce

      Pages 127-139

   2. NEAR-SURFACE GAS GEOCHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS AND MONITOR CO2 GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION SITES

      • S. Lombardi, A. Annunziatellis, S.E. Beaubien, G. Ciotoli

      Pages 141-156

   3. GEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CO2, PORE-WATERS AND RESERVOIR ROCKS

      • I. Czernichowski-Lauriol, C. Rochelle, I. Gaus, M. Azaroual, J. Pearce, P. Durst

      Pages 157-174

   4. STUDY OF NATURAL CO2 EMISSIONS IN DIFFERENT ITALIAN GEOLOGICAL SCENARIOS

      • N. Voltattorni, G. Caramanna, D. Cinti, G. Galli, L. Pizzino, F. Quattrocchi

      Pages 175-190

   5. NATURAL LEAKAGE OF HELIUM FROM ITALIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF THE ADRIATIC STRUCTURAL MARGIN

      • G. Ciotoli, S. Lombardi, F. Zarlenga

      Pages 191-202

   6. TECTONICALLY CONTROLLED METHANE ESCAPE IN LAKE BAIKAL

      • J. Klerkx, M. De Batist, J. Poort, R. Hus, P. Van Rensbergen, O. Khlystov et al.

      Pages 203-219

5. Active CO2 Injection Sites

   1. THE IEA WEYBURN CO2 MONITORING AND STORAGE PROJECT

      • J.B. Riding

      Pages 221-230

   2. ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG-TERM FATE OF CO2 INJECTED INTO THE WEYBURN FIELD

      • M.J. Stenhouse, W. Zhou, R. Arthur

      Pages 231-242

As is now generally accepted mankind’s burning of fossil fuels has resulted in the mass transfer of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, a modification of the delicately-balanced global carbon cycle, and a measurable change in world-wide temperatures and climate. Although not the most powerful greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO) drives climate 2 change due to the enormous volumes of this gas pumped into the atmosphere every day. Produced in almost equal parts by the transportation, industrial and energy-generating sectors, atmospheric CO concentrations have 2 increased by about 50% over the last 300 years, and according to some sources are predicted to increase by up to 200% over pre-industrial levels during the next 100 years. If we are to reverse this trend, in order to prevent significant environmental change in the future, action must be taken immediately. While reduced use of fossil fuels (through conservation, increased efficiency and expanded use of renewable energy sources) must be our ultimate goal, short to medium term solutions are needed which can make an impact today. Various types of CO storage techniques have been proposed to fill this 2 need, with the injection of this gas into deep geological reservoirs being one of the most promising. For example this approach has the potential to become a closed loop system, whereby underground energy resources are brought to surface, their energy extracted (via burning or hydrogen extraction), and the resulting by-products returned to the subsurface.

• Frost
• GIS
• Geochemistry
• Geoinformationssysteme
• Greenhouse gas
• Reservoir
• Scale
• climate change
• emissions
• remote sensing
• economic geology
• air pollution and air quality

• Universita di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

  S. Lombardi, S.E. Beaubien

• Siberian Branch - Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia

  L.K. Altunina

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