Valuing national and basin level geologic CO2 storage capacity assessments in a broader context

By their very nature, early national and basin scale assessments of geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) storage capacity must rely on simplifying assumptions and generalizations across a broad range of deep geologic structures. Key aspects of the technical literature and much of the public policy dialogue surrounding these assessments tend to emphasize the lack of detailed data and uncertainties at these scales. However, looking beyond the imperfections of data and methodology, the results of such assessments offer significant value in helping us to understand the potential for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies to deploy across various regions of the world. Published by Elsevier Ltd.