Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado
The Longyearbyen CO2 lab project was initiated in 2006 by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) to establish whether subsurface storage of locally produced CO2 is feasible. Over a decade of drilling operations and geoscientific research concluded that the subsurface was suitable for storing the C...
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| description | The Longyearbyen CO2 lab project was initiated in 2006 by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) to establish whether subsurface storage of locally produced CO2 is feasible. Over a decade of drilling operations and geoscientific research concluded that the subsurface was suitable for storing the CO2 generated from the local power plant. The geological ingredients for successful CO2 storage are in place, comprising a ca. 300 m thick, sandstone-dominated reservoir rock capped by an impermeable mudstone-dominated succession. No CO2 was ever injected for storage in Svalbard for economic and political reasons. However, the project generated a wealth of new data, some of which proved critical for studies related to CO2 storage elsewhere. The data were also key to the characterization of fluid flow and geothermal potential in Svalbard, deciphering past climatic changes, unravelling past tectonic events, some of relevance for understanding the plate tectonic evolution of the Arctic, as well as updating the global geological timescale. In this contribution, we briefly outline the history and main achievements of the Longyearbyen CO2 lab project, before describing, categorizing and openly sharing the publicly available data from the project, including peer-reviewed publications (123 so far) and theses (18 PhD and 34 MSc). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-83e1e09794c14d00bee16e6b0723b6c72025-02-06T20:55:15ZengCanadian Science PublishingArctic Science2368-74602025-01-011112610.1139/as-2024-0019Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldoradoKim Senger0Peter Betlem1Alvar Braathen2Snorre Olaussen3Gunnar Sand4Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, PO Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, NorwayDepartment of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, PO Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, NorwayDepartment of Geoscience, The University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, NorwayDepartment of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, PO Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, NorwaySINTEF, Sem Sælands vei 11, Trondheim, NorwayThe Longyearbyen CO2 lab project was initiated in 2006 by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) to establish whether subsurface storage of locally produced CO2 is feasible. Over a decade of drilling operations and geoscientific research concluded that the subsurface was suitable for storing the CO2 generated from the local power plant. The geological ingredients for successful CO2 storage are in place, comprising a ca. 300 m thick, sandstone-dominated reservoir rock capped by an impermeable mudstone-dominated succession. No CO2 was ever injected for storage in Svalbard for economic and political reasons. However, the project generated a wealth of new data, some of which proved critical for studies related to CO2 storage elsewhere. The data were also key to the characterization of fluid flow and geothermal potential in Svalbard, deciphering past climatic changes, unravelling past tectonic events, some of relevance for understanding the plate tectonic evolution of the Arctic, as well as updating the global geological timescale. In this contribution, we briefly outline the history and main achievements of the Longyearbyen CO2 lab project, before describing, categorizing and openly sharing the publicly available data from the project, including peer-reviewed publications (123 so far) and theses (18 PhD and 34 MSc).https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/as-2024-0019digital geologyCCSCO2 storagearcticdata |
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| title | Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado |
| title_full | Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado |
| title_fullStr | Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado |
| title_full_unstemmed | Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado |
| title_short | Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado |
| title_sort | longyearbyen co2 lab project from a vision of a co2 neutral svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado |
| topic | digital geology CCS CO2 storage arctic data |
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