Sub-seabed CO2 Storage at Sleipner :

Analysis of Autonomous Underwater

Vehicle Data

Melis Cevatoglu

Supervisors: Jonathan Bull, Tom Gernon and Ian Wright

ECO2: Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems

ECO2: Collaborative Project funded under the European Commission's Framework

Seven Programme, 27 partners.

Investigate the likelihood of leakage from sub-seabed storage sites

Study the potential effects of leakage on benthic organisms and marine ecosystems

Assess the risks of sub-seabed carbon storage

Develop a comprehensive monitoring strategy using cutting-edge monitoring

techniques

Define guidelines for the best environmental practices in implementation and

management of sub-seabed storage sites

ECO2: Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems

More information : http://www.eco2-project.eu

Main Objectives:

ECO2 CCS Study Sites :

www. uib. no

Sleipner, CCS operations

Arts et al., 2008

Solomon et al., 2007

Sleipner, CCS monitoring

Chadwick et al., 2010

Sleipner, AUV monitoring, September 2012

Seabed morphology (EM2000 Multibeam)

Reflectivity of seafloor (Edgetech 2200-FS Side Scan Sonar)

High Resolution Subbotom Profiling (Edgetech 2200-FS Subbotom Profiler)

High Resolution Photography

Coring Operations

Water Sampling

Sleipner, AUV monitoring, September 2012

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