Consultancy

Why Geochemical Modelling CO2 Storage?

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Marianne Nuzzo

Seep biogeochemistry & organic geochemistry

The geological storage of CO2 is a promising means to help reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere during the energy transition stages (e.g., Raza et al., 2022). Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one of the essential technologies required to achieve global temperature rise limitations (IPCC, 2022) by contributing to the mitigation of carbon emissions from energy and industrial plants during the transition and is furthermore expected to support direct CO2 removal from the atmosphere on a longer timescale (Snaebjörnsdóttir et al., 2020).

Geochemistry

Molecule of the month - 25-Norhopanes

By Paul Farrimond

25-Norhopanes have been reported in biodegraded oils since the late 1970s, and Seifert & Moldowan (1979) proposed that the methyl group at C-25 in the regular hopanes was removed by microbial demethylation associated with the degradation at the oil/water contact of an oil accumulation.

Paul Farrimond

Director & Technical Advisor