Abstract
To begin with the CCS development for combating the emission problems caused mainly by coal-fired power plant, a pioneering pilot injection and validation test for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) storage into a deep saline aquifer has been set forth since 2008 in Taiwan by Taiwan Power Company (Tai-power), a national owned enterprise. From 2011 onward, a pilot test program will be launched in three phases (I, II, III) by a project team organized by Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Inc. (Sinotech). The phase I project is aiming at developing a characterization well with a vertical depth up to 3000 m underground and among which an overall 1500 m of rock cores at the lower half section containing the target cap rock and reservoir rock will be recovered and tested. The upcoming phase II project will be carried out in 2013 which will cover the construction of 2-3 corresponding wells nearby the first well some 50 m away in relevant azimuth, coupled with a sophisticate measurement and monitoring program to collect the baseline data, prior to the injection test operation. The phase III is scheduled in 2015 onwards and will involve a target amount of 10,000 tons of pilot injection and a relevant post-injection monitoring program for observing the fate of injected CO2 and concluding scientific validation.
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