CO2ReMoVe update : research into monitoring and verification of CO2 storage sites

The CO2ReMoVe project is a
five-year EC and industry
funded 6th Framework
Integrated Project, launched in
March 2006. It aims to develop
tools and methodologies for
monitoring CO2 stored in geological
sites and to produce guidelines
and best practice recommendations,
for CO2 storage projects in
monitoring and performance
assessment. The research is focused
on large-scale test sites, Sleipner
(Norway) and In Salah (Algeria). In
the second phase of the project the
portfolio of sites will increase to
include SnØhvit (Norway) and
smaller-scale test sites. At these sites
an extensive range of site monitoring
technologies including time-lapse
seismics, microgravimetry, electrical
surveys, downhole fluid sampling,
tracers, soil gas measurements,
microbiological surveys, seabed
surveys and atmospheric
measurements will be deployed.