CO 2 Sequestration Overview in Geological Formations: Trapping Mechanisms Matrix Assessment

Fatima Al Hameli (), Hadi Belhaj and Mohammed Al Dhuhoori
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Fatima Al Hameli: Petroleum Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
Hadi Belhaj: Petroleum Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Al Dhuhoori: Petroleum Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 20, 1-23

Abstract: This review focuses on the consequences of the early and rapid deployment of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) capture and storage (CCS) technologies, which is currently recognized as a critical problem in fulfilling climate change mitigation objectives and as a viable alternative for countries throughout the world. Currently, the geological storage of CO 2 is the most effective and, in many cases, the only viable short- to medium-term alternative for considerably moving towards CO 2 sequestration in geological sinks and, thus, lowering net carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Furthermore, this review explores the global and environmental measurements of CO 2 emissions, as well as the emphasis behind more efficient energy usage. The components of the CCS system are briefly examined, with an emphasis on the technologies that have been developed by previous scholars to support carbon capture, as well as the kinds of carbon geological formations that are suitable sinks for CO 2 . Additionally, the importance of carbon interaction and sequestration in unconventional formations are examined through case studies that are applied to coalbed seams and shale gas reservoirs. Numerous trapping processes are grouped and introduced in a constructive matrix to easily distinguish the broad trapping mechanisms, which are (1) chemical, (2) physicochemical, and (3) physical trapping, and each of these categories are further classified in depth based on their contribution to CO 2 storage.

Keywords: CO 2 geological storage; CO 2 sequestration; trapping mechanisms; storage capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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