AIMS3 team presents its research in new Perspectives paper

A few days ago, researchers from the CDRmare consortium AIMS³ published a new Perspectives paper in the online portal of the scientific magazine “Carbon Capture Science & Technology”.

In the paper, AIMS³ project leader Achim Kopf and his team of authors present the diverse research and development work they have carried out over the past three years to prepare a CO₂ storage experiment in oceanic crust and the results they have achieved.

The research highlights include:

• two ship expeditions to the Reykjanes Ridge, a marine region south of Iceland, where researchers used seabed drilling, in-situ measurements and long-term monitoring to prove that CO₂ storage in oceanic basalt crust would be feasible;
• the development of new low-energy sensors, underwater vehicles and observation stations that allow the seabed to be monitored for possible CO₂ seeps over a larger area than before;
• laboratory experiments on the mineralisation of the injected carbon dioxide in young, reactive basalt rock and
• the use and further development of numerical models, with the help of which the researchers can simulate the behaviour of CO₂ in the reservoir rock over long periods of time and evaluate and improve strategies for CO₂ storage in the oceanic crust.

The paper can be downloaded here:

Cite as:
Achim Kopf, Sayoni Bhattacharya, Melanie Dunger, Alexander Hinz, Marcel Kamrad, Isabel Kremin, Isabel Lange, Eric Pieter Achterberg, Wolfgang Bach, Ralf Bachmayer, Raimund Brunner, Martin Eickhoff, Mario Esposito, Tim Freudenthal, Nike Fuchs, Christian Meurer, Lars Rüpke, Heinz Schelwat, Gerd Seidel, Matthias Zabel (2024). Initial results of a pilot project for sub-seabed basalt storage of carbon dioxide on the Reykjanes Ridge, Carbon Capture Science & Technology, Volume 13, 2024, 100265, ISSN 2772-6568, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccst.2024.100265.