Carbon Capture and Storage Could Cause Earthquakes

Carbon Capture and Storage Could Cause Earthquakes

by burgessj@oilprice.com (James Burgess)

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) involves injecting carbon dioxide into underground geological reservoirs for long term storage, and is a major part of the global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas levels. It is already used in several oil and gas fields as a technique to prevent gases from entering the atmosphere, however in order to significantly reduce emission levels CCS would need to be scaled up massively to store more than 3.5 billion metric tons of CO2 a year.Unfortunately a new paper written by two geophysicists from Stanford University,…Read more...