Advances in the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

Contributing Authors.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere.- Study of Long-Term Variations of CO2 and CO Concentrations in the Ground Atmospheric Layer near the City of Tomsk (Western Siberia); B.D. Belan et al.- Dynamics of the Vertical Distribution of CO2 and CO Concentrations over Western Siberia (1997-2003); M.Yu. Arshinov et al.- Carbon Balance and the Emission of Greenhouse Gases in Boreal Forests and Bogs of Siberia; E.A. Vaganov et al.- The Interaction of CO2 Between the Atmosphere and Surface Waters of Lake Baikal and the Influence of Water Composition; V.M. Domysheva et al.- Remote Sensing and GIS for Spatial Analysis of Anthropogenic Carbon Oxide Emissions; Yu.M. Polishchuk, O.S. Tokareva.- The Sources of Carcinogenic PAH Emission in Aluminium Production using Soderberg Cells; L.I.Kurteeva et al.- Part II: Permafrost CO2 Storage. Distribution of Permafrost in Russia; V.P. Melnikov and D.S. Drozdov.- Characteristics of Permafrost in Siberia; A.D. Duchkov.-Possibilities of SO2 Storage in Geological Strata of Permafrost Terrain; A.G. Anshits et al.- Cryogels - A Promising Material for Underground Works in Permafrost; L.K. Altunina et al.- Subsurface Carbon Dioxide Storage Through Clathrate Hydrate Formation; P. Jadhawar et al.- Part III: Natural Analogues of CO2 Storage.-What Can We Learn from Natural Analogues?; J. M. Pearce.- Near-Surface Gas Geochemistry Techniques to Assess and Monitor CO2 Geological Sequestration Sites; S. Lombardi et al.- Geochemical Interactions between CO2, Pore-Waters and Reservoir Rocks; I. Czernichowski-Lauriol.- Study of Natural CO2 Emissions in Different Italian Geological Scenarios; N. Voltattorni et al.- Natural Leakage of Helium from Italian Sedimentary Basins of the Adriatic Structural Margin; G. Ciotoli et al.- Tectonically Controlled Methane Escape In Lake Baikal; J.Klerkx et al.- Part IV:Active CO2 Injection Sites.- The IEA Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project; J.B. Riding.- Assessment of the Long-Term Fate of CO2 Injected into the Weyburn Field; M.J. Stenhouse et al.- Strontium Isotope (87Sr/86Sr) Chemistry in Produced Oil Field Waters: The IEA CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project; F. Quattrocchi et al. Optimization of CO2 Injection for Sequestration / Enhanced Oil Recovery and Current Status in Canada; T. Babadagli.- The Use of CO2 and Combustion Gases for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Russia; V.A. Kuvshinov.- Controls of CO2 Filtration in Heterogeneous Reservoirs with Foam-Emulsion Systems; A.G. Telin.- State of CO2 Capture and Subsurface Storage Activities in Germany; B.M. Krooss, F. May.- Geophysical Monitoring of the CO2 Plume at Sleipner, North Sea; A. Chadwick et al.- 4-D Seismics, Gas-Hydrate Detection and Overpressure Prediction as a Combined Methodology for Application to CO2 Sequestration; S. Persoglia et al.- Part V:The Way Forward.- The Role of Fossil Fuels in the 21st Century; I. Lakatos, J. Lakatos-Szab³.- Stakeholder Acceptance and Understanding of CO2 Geological Storage; S. Vercelli, R. Tambelli.-CO2GeoNet - An EC-funded 'Network of Excellence' to study the geological Storage of CO2; N. Riley.-