Abstract
In mid 2011, the Australian Government announced funding for a four-year National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to accelerate the identification and development of sites suitable for the long-term storage of CO2 in Australia that are within reasonable distances of major energy and industrial CO2 emission sources. The NCIP program supports pre-competitive storage exploration and provides a basis for the development of transport and storage infrastructure. The Plan follows the recommendations of the Carbon Storage Taskforce and the National CCS Council, formerly, the National Low Emissions Coal Council for pre-competitive data acquisition. It builds on the work funded under the National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (NLECI) and the need for adequate storage to be identified as a national priority. Geoscience Australia is providing strategic advice in delivering the plan and will take a lead role in the acquisition of pre-competitive data and geological studies to assess storage potential. Four offshore sedimentary basins (Bonaparte, Browse, Perth and Gippsland basins) and several onshore basins have been identified for precompetitive data acquisition and storage assessment.
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