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The expert assessed the potential of Russia to store carbon dioxide

MOSCOW, Aug 31 Potential carbon dioxide (CO2) injection and storage in Russia could range from 1,000 to 4,000 gigatons, which could be enough to contain all of China's greenhouse gas emissions for 100 years, said Maxim Kanishchev, director of the Anselm Research Center.
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“According to the most conservative estimates, the potential for CO2 injection and storage in Russia is from 1 to 4 thousand gigatons — this is the largest potential in the world. Even the minimum specified volume (1 thousand gigatonnes) of storage is enough, for example, to preserve all the carbon dioxide emitted on the planet for 30 years, or China's emissions — the largest emitter of greenhouse gases — 100 years,» he said.

< br />But, although the technical processes of injection in the world have been worked out, and the transportation of liquefied CO2 is even easier and more profitable than the pipeline transportation of natural gas, the whole range of measures for capturing, transporting and pumping is «catastrophically unprofitable,» Kanishchev explained. Therefore, the possibility of becoming a hub for storing carbon dioxide is limited by economic feasibility, he explained.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation reported that at the moment there are 10 licenses that provide for the geological study of the subsoil and the subsequent construction and operation of underground facilities for CO2 storage.

«A number of large companies-subsoil users, within the framework of licenses, carry out or are preparing to carry out work on the geological study of the subsoil, in order to then prepare materials to justify the possibility of building and operating carbon dioxide storage facilities. Such a possibility is established only after a state examination these materials,» the ministry explained.

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