澳大利亚指定北海岸外海底岩层为碳封存点 博拿巴项目年封存二氧化碳800万吨
澳大利亚政府10月16日宣布，正式指定该国北部海岸外海的西佩伦（West Peron）海底岩层为博拿巴碳捕集与封存项目的储存地点。该项目由日本最大的石油天然气生产商国际石油开发帝石公司（Inpex）牵头，设计年封存能力为800万吨二氧化碳。
按Inpex的方案，该项目拟在最长35年内，把多达4.43亿吨二氧化碳永久封存于海床深处的多孔岩层中。项目初期将接收Inpex旗下伊希斯（Ichthys）液化天然气项目产生的二氧化碳，之后逐步扩展至多家工业设施。
澳大利亚资源部长马德琳·金表示，碳捕集与封存将在难以减排的行业减少排放方面发挥重要作用，支持澳大利亚向净零排放过渡。澳大利亚已立法设定2050年实现净零排放的目标。
Australia Names Offshore Site for Inpex-Led Bonaparte Carbon Storage Project
Australia on October 16 designated the West Peron undersea rock formation, off the country's north coast, as the storage site for the Bonaparte carbon capture and storage project proposed by Inpex, Japan's largest oil and gas producer. The project is designed to store 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Inpex proposes to permanently store up to 443 million tons of carbon dioxide deep beneath the seabed in the porous rock formation over a period of up to 35 years. The project would initially receive carbon dioxide from Inpex's Ichthys liquefied natural gas project, before expanding to serve multiple industrial facilities.
Resources Minister Madeleine King said carbon capture and storage would play an important role in reducing emissions from hard-to-abate industries and supporting Australia's transition to net zero. Australia has a legislated target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
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图片来源：图：海上油气平台（资料图）。图片来源：Glenn Beltz，CC BY 2.0。Photo: An offshore oil and gas platform (file photo). Image: Glenn Beltz, CC BY 2.0.
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