Latest progress in R&D for technologies for CO2 storage in marine geological structure in Republic of Korea

Abstract

The present paper briefly overviews the latest progress in R&D for technologies for CO2 storage in marine geological structure in Korea, which has been launched in 2005 as one option of portfolio to mitigate climate change. In line with the fact that carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology has been globally entered in the stage of deployment as one of mitigation technologies to reduce the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere during the last 10 years, the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF) also started relevant R&D project, which cover the initial survey of potentially suitable marine geological structure for CO2 storage site and identification of its characteristic, basic design for CO2 capture and storage process and potential assessment of environmental risk related to CO2 storage in geological structure in Korea. ？2008 IEEE.