In Brazil, Equinor and the Center for Research and Innovation in Greenhouse Gas (RCGI) of the University of São Paulo (USP) announced on Wednesday during the Summit Agenda SP + Verde — event of the Government of the State of São Paulo that integrated the programming of the 8th edition of the Energy Transition Research & Innovation Conference (ETRI) — the project CABRA (CABRACABon in Brazil). With investments of about R$10 million, the research, development and innovation initiative will evaluate the feasibility of basaltic formations as reservoirs for CO2 storage from bioethanol plants.
The project will be focused on the basaltic formations of the Sedimentary Basin of Paraná, where the bioethanol plants of the Southeast Region are concentrated. These igneous rocks, formed by cooling the magma on the earth’s surface, have chemical characteristics that allow them to react quickly with injected CO2, transforming it into solid minerals.
In addition to the geological characterization, engineering studies will be carried out necessary for the execution of a possible pilot project. Thus, it is intended to evaluate the injectivity capacity, storage volume and CO2 mineralization time injected into the rock formations.
Tags: Brazil, Equinor, USP
Category: Research
