scholarly journals Legal and Policy Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Qi Gao ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Policy Arrangements ◽  
The Status ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
And Storage

This paper focuses on relevant legal and policy arrangements necessary for the development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in China. Special attention is paid to laws and policies on the capture, transport and storage of CO2. In particular, the storage of CO2 is very challenging for the existing regulatory regime, considering the complexity and novelty of the issue. Specifically speaking, the following analysis is made from three perspectives: (1) regulatory regime; (2) fiscal and financial support and (3) environmental regulations (including access to information and public participation). Having summarized and analyzed relevant issues and international experience, this paper identified the foundation, barriers and gaps exist in China. Priority choices and targets for legal and policy development in different periods were also made according to the status quo of CCS development in China and the periods of development recommended by the Asian Development Bank.

Demonstrating geosequestration in Australia: the CO2CRC Otway Project

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 601
Author(s):  
Sandeep Sharma ◽  
Peter Cook ◽  
Charles Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Baseline State

The CO2CRC has a demonstration storage project underway in the Otway Basin of southwest Victoria. The aim of the project is to demonstrate that carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be performed under Australian conditions. The project involves extracting CO2 rich gas from an existing field and injecting it into a nearby depleted natural gas field for long-term storage. Injection commenced in April 2008, and approximately 100,000 tonnes of CO2 are planned to be injected through a new injection well drilled in 2007. A multi-disciplinary monitoring and verification (M&V) program has been in place from late 2005 and a baseline state of the subsurface, near surface and atmospheric conditions has been comprehensively defined prior to the commencement of injection. The project has also been instrumental in unravelling the legislative overlaps between jurisdictions and has helped shape the regulatory regime being developed by the Victorian Government. At the present time over 35,000 tonnes of CO2 has been injected and a variety of monitoring data collected. This paper aims to provide an update on the holistic project and how some of the findings may lead to expediting commercial uptake of CCS in Australia.

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