CTSCo’s Surat Basin Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Biography:

Darren is the Project Director at CTSCo.  CTSCo is the proponent for a Surat Basin carbon capture and storage project seeking to reduce emissions from power generation in Queensland.

Darren has over 22 years of oil and gas exploration, development and operations experience including previous executive roles with Senex Energy and the drilling and energy services companies Easternwell and High Arctic Energy Services.  Darren holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from the Queensland University of Technology and is a Chartered Engineer and Engineering Executive with Engineers Australia.

Topic Summary:

  CTSCo’s Surat Basin Carbon Capture and Storage Project

The objective of the Surat Basin carbon capture and storage (CCS) project is to demonstrate the viability of carbon capture from a coal-fired power station and the effective permanent storage or use of the captured CO2. The project is intended as a first step toward large scale CCS within a Surat Basin hub, with emissions from multiple generators and other industrial sources being captured and safely stored. The CTSCo project comprises a proposed demonstration-scale CO2 capture plant and a CO2 sequestration site located in the southern Surat Basin.

To date, CTSCo has investigated several potential storage reservoirs located close to CO2 sources in central Queensland and are currently focused on the appraisal of a site located in the southern Surat Basin with industrial-scale sequestration potential. As part of the project, CTSCO has initiated and supported a range of research and development projects associated with the monitoring and verification of injected CO2, storage reservoir evaluation, containment de-risking and environmental monitoring.