About CAGS

The China Australia Geological Storage of CO₂ (CAGS) Project is a collaborative, bilateral project between Australia and China. It is supported through the Cleaner Fossil Energy Task Force of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (project CFE-06-01). The project is funded by the Australian Government and is being jointly managed by Geoscience Australia (Australia) and the Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21, Ministry of Science and Technology (China).

We aim to help accelerate the development and deployment of geological storage of carbon dioxide in both China and Australia. We are doing this by helping to develop China and Australia's technical skills in the area of geological storage of carbon dioxide through a number of capacity building and research programs.

The project has a total of Au$2.86 million of cash funding for its programs, which will be carried out over the period 2009-2011. The work program is divided into the following areas:

• Capacity building events, including a series of technical workshops, a summer school, and a technical symposium towards the end of the project;
• Building awareness of CCS in China through a study tour for policymakers and business leaders;
• Research into geological storage in saline formations, oil and gas fields, and CO₂-enhanced oil recovery, as well as research into environmental impacts and risk assessment;
• Researcher and student exchanges between China and Australia, and support for Chinese researchers and professionals working in CCS to attend international CCS conferences.

We will endeavour to make available presentations, publications, and any other materials resulting from CAGS publicly available through this website.

We are pursuing this project in coordination and collaboration with other CCS capacity building and research efforts in China. For more information on these other programs, please use the links on the left.

If you would like to find out more, or become involved in our project or any of our activities, please contact us at info@cagsinfo.net.