Qatar Carbonate and Carbon Storage Research Centre – geosciences summary
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Channel: Imperial College London · 2016 · Science & Technology
Carbon Capture and Storage is a vital technology for deployment in our efforts to keep global warming near to the much discussed 2 ˚C threshold. Imperial College London has a history of expertise in CCS – because of this Qatar Petroleum, Shell and the Qatar Science and Technology Park began funding the Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre at Imperial College – a ten year project, finishing at the end of 2018, with $70 million (USD) in funding. To make CCS globally commercial viable requires a detailed understanding of the character of the rocks in question; an understanding of the interaction between rocks and fluids at various levels; and the behaviour of fluids in a wide range of conditions. The Centre brings together over 80 researchers and PhD students from nearly 30 different countries to provide expertise in all these areas. This includes fieldwork in Oman, UAE, Spain and the UK to help better understand the reservoir geology in the Middle East supplemented with laboratory work including the first application of clumped isotopes to reservoir descriptions. To find out more please visit www.ic.ac.uk/qccsrc
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