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The Variability in Formation Water Composition and its Implications for CO2 Storage Conditions

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Regional geological properties of sedimentary basins play a significant role in determining the safety of CO2 storage. Four major trapping mechanism have been identified: Structural and stratigraphic trapping is the containment of supercritical CO2 by low permeability / low porosity rocks and is the dominant mechanism during injection and initial storage phase. Residual or capillary trapping is the retention of supercritical CO2 in the pore space between grains and tends to be most relevant on a scale of tens to thousands of years. Solubility trapping is the uptake of CO2 into the formation water, which is considered to be the most important trapping mechanism over hundreds to millions of years (1). Mineral trapping leads to the permanent immobilization of carbon through the precipitation of carbonate minerals. This study assesses the conditions for solubility trapping in major Australian sedimentary basins. The total dissolved solid (TDS) concentration of the formation water has been compiled from over 900 wells as it, along with pressure and temperature, is a key variable controlling CO2 solubility and the associated change in fluid density. Fluid density is a critical factor in driving fluid advection which determines the rate of solubility trapping and downward migration in the formation. This process is vital in reducing the amount of highly mobile supercritical CO2 at the top of the formation and storing it as dissolved CO2 in deeper parts of the formation.

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Title The Variability in Formation Water Composition and its Implications for CO2 Storage Conditions
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4ddab347-bdaf-40dc-9dd0-97ef15584d72
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The Variability in Formation Water Composition and its Implications for CO2 Storage Conditions". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-variability-in-formation-water-composition-and-its-implications-for-co2-storage-conditions1