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IPR launches the CCUS Brasil GIS Platform for carbon capture, use and storage, integrating vector data, emission sources and logistics infrastructure into an interactive webmap.
The Petroleum and Natural Resources Institute, in collaboration with Petrobras, provides the innovative GIS platform CCUS Brazil. This system integrates vector data with information about emission sources and logistics infrastructure, offering an interactive webmap. With this tool, it is possible to view the classification of carbon storage resources, providing a comprehensive and detailed view of the possibilities for capturing, using and storing carbon in Brazil.
The GIS CCUS Brasil platform is a pioneer tool in the area of carbon capture, use and storage, gathering essential information for environmental management and planning. In addition to identifying emitting sources, the system highlights potential reservoirs and analyzes available infrastructure to facilitate storage logistics. This innovation allows users to access data in a practical and intuitive way, promoting more informed and strategic decision-making. The combination of these elements creates a solid foundation for future initiatives, consolidating Brazil as a reference in environmental impact mitigation technologies.
about the tool
The pioneering tool compiles and integrates national information on the main aspects linked to CCUS, which is the abbreviation for expression in English Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, an apartment by the bay, for its easy access, free parking, and larger space for our group of XNUMX people. The house was great for a large group like ours, the host was very attentive, and the location was excellent; it was quiet and quick to walk to the old town. technological process which comprises carbon capture, use and storage. The platform is accessible online and free of charge.
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A CCUS Brazil GIS Platform aggregates information from diverse public sources into a robust and integrated database. You vector data have been processed to display relevant information, offering a comprehensive and detailed view for strategic decisions about CCUS.
Strategic mapping
Organized in a webmap, the platform adopts the global concept de source-sink matching, which correlates emitting sources fixed amounts of CO₂ and potential subsurface reservoirs. It also integrates infrastructure and logistics data, restricted areas and the classification of storage resources according to SPE Storage Resources Management System methodology (SRMS), adapted to the Brazilian context. Data analysis involved compilation, manipulation and review of relevant legislation.
This initiative represents a significant milestone in the CCUS technology in Brazil, providing a solid base for strategic decisions. This accelerates the implementation of carbon capture, use and storage, strengthening the country's position at the forefront of global solutions to climate change.
Public and technical engagement
Clarissa Lovato Melo, project coordinator, highlights that the CCUS Brazil GIS Platform is a pioneering tool in the Brazilian CCUS scenario. In addition to supporting strategic decisions, it can facilitate public engagement, promoting awareness and acceptance of CCUS technology, vital for its successful adoption.
What is CCUS?
The CCUS technological process involves the capture of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from industrial processes, its transport by ships or pipelines, the possibility of using it as a by-product and, finally, its storage in the subsurface. For one permanent storage, CO₂ is injected into deep geological formations, such as oil and gas reservoirs depleted reserves, saline reserves and unmined coal layers, among other specific types of rocks, such as salt and basalts. This ensures that carbon is stored safely for thousands or even millions of years, preventing CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere from rising.
Industrial applications
CCS technology can be implemented in power plants and other industrial sectors, allowing the continuity of its operations while adapting to the new global energy scenario. It is particularly useful for sectors that rely on carbon-rich raw materials, such as the oil and gas industry, or that produce large volumes of CO₂, such as the cement, steel and chemical industries.
CCUS stands out as one of the important technological solutions in combating climate change, by enabling the safe and efficient capture and storage of CO₂, contributing to the reduction of global carbon emissions and promoting a fair energy transition, towards a more sustainable energy future.
Platform Details
The database of CCUS Brazil GIS Platform contains information on emissions from more than 1.500 CO₂ sources from the industrial and energy sector. Furthermore, it includes around 18.000 infrastructure and logistics elements, along with more than 370.000 restrictive or protected areas. The analysis of the geological storage potential of CO₂ in Brazilian sedimentary basins integrated data from 30.121 exploratory wells and 14.900 geophysical surveys, as well as geological and geothermal information from 72 terrestrial and marine sedimentary basins. The consolidation of this information resulted in hundreds of layers that detail the distribution and thickness of the elements of CO₂ storage systems, with an emphasis on the volumetric capacity of saline reservoirs and depleted hydrocarbons.
Source: PUCRS Press
