Increased Confidence in CO2 Storage

Kelvin Boot September 9, 2019

The bespoke drill rig being lowered over the side of the RRS James Cook. The rig is designed to push the curved steel pipe into the seabed sediment. Image: Copyright STEMM-CCS Project

CO2 supply tanks had to be specially designed to withstand the rigours of the North Sea Environment. Image: Copyright STEMM-CCS Project

The micro profiler measures sediment chemistry at micrometer resolution, by slowly inserting electrodes into the sediments over a one hour period. This instrument allows us to look at even small changes that occur in the sediments as the carbon dioxide dissolves in the sediments. Image: Copyright STEMM-CCS Project

Kelvin Boot is a Science Communicator working with Plymouth Marine Laboratory and currently engaged in knowledge transfer for the EU-funded STEMM-CCS project.