Prediction of dynamic CO2 saturation evolution in subsurface storage sites is critical to support carbon capture and storage deployment. Machine learning has gained important relevance to model CO2 injection in real time, reducing the uncertainty through inverse modeling techniques. However, conventional models rely on monitoring data from a limited number of wells to update the initial reservoir realizations. In this work, we introduce a deep-learning workflow for the use of inverted CO2 maps from seismic as an innovative data source for improved data assimilation.
We first built a deep-learning model (forward model engine) based on convolutional neural networks (CNN) and Fourier neural operators to predict CO2 saturation from reservoir properties and operational conditions. Next, we applied a deep CNN model to invert seismic gathers into encoded and reconstructed CO2 map responses. Finally, we developed a data assimilation module coupled with the forward model engine to reduce the uncertainty in the predicted CO2 saturation using the geophysics-derived CO2 maps from seismic gathers. To verify the applicability of our framework, we investigated the Frio-II storage site. The results obtained demonstrate the importance of assimilating inverted CO2 maps, enabling a correct match of the spatial and temporal advance of the ground truth CO2 plumes with discrepancies in the root mean square error less than 0.05. In addition, the calibrated permeability distributions resulted in maps very similar to the ground truth model. The work presented here describes a novel framework to generate more accurate data-driven estimations exploring the assimilation of inverted seismic information.
{"title":"Unified deep-learning workflow for uncertainty reduction in subsurface carbon storage modeling through data assimilation of seismic-inverted CO2 maps","authors":"Moises Velasco-Lozano , Bailian Chen , Zhiwei Ma , Rajesh Pawar","doi":"10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104582","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104582","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prediction of dynamic CO<sub>2</sub> saturation evolution in subsurface storage sites is critical to support carbon capture and storage deployment. Machine learning has gained important relevance to model CO<sub>2</sub> injection in real time, reducing the uncertainty through inverse modeling techniques. However, conventional models rely on monitoring data from a limited number of wells to update the initial reservoir realizations. In this work, we introduce a deep-learning workflow for the use of inverted CO<sub>2</sub> maps from seismic as an innovative data source for improved data assimilation.</div><div>We first built a deep-learning model (forward model engine) based on convolutional neural networks (CNN) and Fourier neural operators to predict CO<sub>2</sub> saturation from reservoir properties and operational conditions. Next, we applied a deep CNN model to invert seismic gathers into encoded and reconstructed CO<sub>2</sub> map responses. Finally, we developed a data assimilation module coupled with the forward model engine to reduce the uncertainty in the predicted CO<sub>2</sub> saturation using the geophysics-derived CO<sub>2</sub> maps from seismic gathers. To verify the applicability of our framework, we investigated the Frio-II storage site. The results obtained demonstrate the importance of assimilating inverted CO<sub>2</sub> maps, enabling a correct match of the spatial and temporal advance of the ground truth CO<sub>2</sub> plumes with discrepancies in the root mean square error less than 0.05. In addition, the calibrated permeability distributions resulted in maps very similar to the ground truth model. The work presented here describes a novel framework to generate more accurate data-driven estimations exploring the assimilation of inverted seismic information.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":334,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 104582"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146035925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
<div><div>One of the key elements for large scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the selection of appropriate sites to store the captured <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>. To achieve this goal, various factors such as plume migration, storage capacity, and containment need to be validated over long-time horizons. Flow simulators, which accurately model the complex interplay of buoyancy, viscous, and capillary forces, are typically used for modeling plume migration, and thereby optimizing storage efficiency subject to subsurface constraints. However, large reservoirs and long-time horizons associated with CCS often render conventional flow simulators computationally expensive to apply. The computational efficiency challenge is further intensified for site screening applications in which typically large ensembles of forward simulations are necessary due to the uncertainty associated with subsurface variables. We develop a novel FNO-based surrogate modeling framework for the rapid prediction of plume-migration quantified by spatio-temporal evolution of <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> accumulation and saturation fields. The FNO can approximate underlying physics such as multiphase/multicomponent reservoir simulation equations by using large, annotated datasets of input–output pairs. Finite-volume method based subsurface fluid flow simulation is used to generate a comprehensive dataset for a wide range of realistic subsurface parameters that are encountered in CCS sites globally. The outcome of the surrogate model is spatial distributions of <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> accumulation and saturation for multiple time snapshots from end-of-injection to the end of a long-term migration period (1000 years post end-of-injection). To evaluate the performance of FNO-based surrogate models in the context of CCS site screening applications, we propose a range of novel physics-based metrics, such as plume distance to the injection location and normalized cumulative <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> accumulation. The evaluation of the FNO-based model within probabilistic assessment workflow demonstrates that the statistics of different metrics is captured with high accuracy, including extreme cases. We also obtain <span><math><mrow><mi>O</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup><mspace></mspace><mtext>to</mtext><mspace></mspace><mn>1</mn><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> computational acceleration when compared to numerical simulations used in this work, with minimal sacrifice of prediction accuracy for <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>
{"title":"Accelerated CCS site screening using Fourier Neural Operator based surrogates for flow simulations","authors":"Suraj Pawar , Aniruddha Panda , Anirban Chandra , Pandu Devarakota , Faruk O. Alpak , Jeroen Snippe , Detlef Hohl","doi":"10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104583","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104583","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>One of the key elements for large scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the selection of appropriate sites to store the captured <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>. To achieve this goal, various factors such as plume migration, storage capacity, and containment need to be validated over long-time horizons. Flow simulators, which accurately model the complex interplay of buoyancy, viscous, and capillary forces, are typically used for modeling plume migration, and thereby optimizing storage efficiency subject to subsurface constraints. However, large reservoirs and long-time horizons associated with CCS often render conventional flow simulators computationally expensive to apply. The computational efficiency challenge is further intensified for site screening applications in which typically large ensembles of forward simulations are necessary due to the uncertainty associated with subsurface variables. We develop a novel FNO-based surrogate modeling framework for the rapid prediction of plume-migration quantified by spatio-temporal evolution of <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> accumulation and saturation fields. The FNO can approximate underlying physics such as multiphase/multicomponent reservoir simulation equations by using large, annotated datasets of input–output pairs. Finite-volume method based subsurface fluid flow simulation is used to generate a comprehensive dataset for a wide range of realistic subsurface parameters that are encountered in CCS sites globally. The outcome of the surrogate model is spatial distributions of <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> accumulation and saturation for multiple time snapshots from end-of-injection to the end of a long-term migration period (1000 years post end-of-injection). To evaluate the performance of FNO-based surrogate models in the context of CCS site screening applications, we propose a range of novel physics-based metrics, such as plume distance to the injection location and normalized cumulative <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> accumulation. The evaluation of the FNO-based model within probabilistic assessment workflow demonstrates that the statistics of different metrics is captured with high accuracy, including extreme cases. We also obtain <span><math><mrow><mi>O</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup><mspace></mspace><mtext>to</mtext><mspace></mspace><mn>1</mn><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> computational acceleration when compared to numerical simulations used in this work, with minimal sacrifice of prediction accuracy for <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>CO</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> ","PeriodicalId":334,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 104583"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146035923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a viable option for achieving large-scale and cost-effective reduction in global CO2 emissions. The Taixi Basin, spanning the Taiwan Strait, is a potential storage field for reducing CO2 emissions in the Fujian and Taiwan regions. It hosts multiple effective reservoir-seal combinations, with abundant sandstone formations. These combinations divide the Taixi Basin into five dominant sags, namely the Taizhong Sag, Xinzhu Sag, Jiulongjiang Sag, Jinjiang Sag, and Chongwu Sag. However, the resource assessment of CO2 storage in the Taixi Basin is typically conducted at the basin-scale, which makes it difficult to determine the resources of the target areas with optimal burial depths and superior reservoir conditions. This study estimates the prospective CO2 storage resources for each sag of the Taixi Basin using DOE volumetric methods, both without and with considering the pressure limitations. This approach allows for a more in-depth and accurate characterization of regional storage resources. The results show that the theoretical storage resources of the Taixi Basin range between 16.3 Gt and 62.2 Gt, and the effective resources range between 5.03 Gt and 12.3 Gt. This not only provides a clear range of theoretical and effective storage resources but also serves as a guide for implementing real-world CO2 storage projects.
{"title":"Assessment of prospective CO2 geological storage resources in the Taiwan Strait","authors":"Jianghui Li , Yanni Hou , Fengling Yu , Daolong Zhou , Hengnian Dong , Xiaokang Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104578","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104578","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) is a viable option for achieving large-scale and cost-effective reduction in global CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. The Taixi Basin, spanning the Taiwan Strait, is a potential storage field for reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in the Fujian and Taiwan regions. It hosts multiple effective reservoir-seal combinations, with abundant sandstone formations. These combinations divide the Taixi Basin into five dominant sags, namely the Taizhong Sag, Xinzhu Sag, Jiulongjiang Sag, Jinjiang Sag, and Chongwu Sag. However, the resource assessment of CO<sub>2</sub> storage in the Taixi Basin is typically conducted at the basin-scale, which makes it difficult to determine the resources of the target areas with optimal burial depths and superior reservoir conditions. This study estimates the prospective CO<sub>2</sub> storage resources for each sag of the Taixi Basin using DOE volumetric methods, both without and with considering the pressure limitations. This approach allows for a more in-depth and accurate characterization of regional storage resources. The results show that the theoretical storage resources of the Taixi Basin range between 16.3 Gt and 62.2 Gt, and the effective resources range between 5.03 Gt and 12.3 Gt. This not only provides a clear range of theoretical and effective storage resources but also serves as a guide for implementing real-world CO<sub>2</sub> storage projects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":334,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 104578"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146035922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-14DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104569
Awan Bhati, Mark Hamalian, Vaibhav Bahadur
This study is motivated at the development of a novel approach for long-term carbon sequestration as CO2 hydrates on the seabed (under marine sediments or with artificial sealing). Our approach involves rapid formation of CO2 hydrate foam, followed by compaction, sealing and disposal of hydrates. Hydrate formation kinetics and the techno-economics depends strongly on the thermodynamic (pressure, temperature) conditions. This study integrates in-house experimental results with a techno-economic model to study the impact of thermodynamic conditions on key techno-economic parameters including sequestration rate, sequestration factor, energetics, scale, cost/ton and initial investment for megaton (MT) projects. Experiments are conducted over a wide pressure-temperature space to quantify formation kinetics and other key technical parameters. Results feed into a techno-economic modeling framework, with the objective of identifying conditions which yield high scale and low cost. Results show that the cost per ton of hydrate formation stays within 17% of the mean cost, over a range of conditions. However, the scale of the sequestration project significantly depends on the conditions; it varied from 3–9 MT/yr. We note that such scales will be typical of future CCS projects. Forming hydrates at close-to liquid CO2 formation conditions favors sequestration, which is maximized at 9 Mton/yr. With the minimum cost for hydrate formation being 21 $/ton, the total cost for hydrates-based sequestration is between 21–31 $/ton. Importantly, all experiments were conducted with water with sodium chloride levels mimicking seawater. Overall, this study quantifies the costs and tradeoffs associated with scalable hydrate formation; and can enable optimization studies.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-14DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104566
Jacob Ladenburg, Matteo Zuch, Jiwon Kim
Today, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an emerging technology that remains relatively unknown to the public. Informing and educating lay people about the technology, including, e.g., technical processes, potential and associated risks, is essential for obtaining well-informed public opinions about the technology, its deployment, and choices between storage locations. Based on the stated acceptance of offshore, nearshore, rural onshore and urban onshore CCS from 3877–3879 respondents from a Danish national survey, we test how three information experiments and question framing (order) affect location-specific acceptance and relative cross location acceptance while controlling for CCS familiarity. We find significant effects from information about international CCS experience, Danish onshore underground gas storage experience and question order effects. The significance of the effects, though, varies with CCS location. The results also denote that information and question order effects significantly affect the relative acceptance of nearshore CCS, onshore rural and urban CCS, but not offshore CCS. Offshore CCS is always significantly more accepted than the other CCS locations. Finally, we find a significant positive correlation between CCS familiarity and accepting offshore, nearshore and rural CCS locations.
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Carbon dioxide plays a central role in driving climate change. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) has emerged as a critical mitigation option, particularly for hard-to-abate industrial sectors. This study introduces an optimization framework to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of establishing a large-scale CO2 infrastructure for the iron and steel, cement, and refining industries in Türkiye. The framework, developed using a mixed-integer linear programming approach, seeks to minimize the overall system costs by integrating multiple capture technologies, transportation means, geological storage options, and the possibility of CO2 utilization through electro-Methanol production. The results indicate that the most economically efficient solution is achieved under a scenario which combines rail and pipeline transportation, and geological storage within national borders. For a 10% carbon reduction target, the lowest specific CO2 avoidance cost is 68.0 €/t, while for a 90% target, the cost rises to 110.2 €/t.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2025.104560
Vanja Buvik , Andreas Grimstvedt , Kai Vernstad , Hanna K. Knuutila , Muhammad Zeeshan , Sundus Akhter , Karen K. Høisæter , Fred Rugenyi , Matthew Campbell
A sample of CESAR1 solvent, aqueous solution of 3 M 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol (AMP) and 1.5 M piperazine, which had been subjected to a series of test campaigns with industrial flue gases was analysed for identified degradation compounds with newly developed analytical techniques. A total of 35 degradation compounds were found in the solvent sample, whereof 14 have not previously been identified in CESAR1 from pilot-scale CO2 capture operation. Three new major degradation compounds were found among the ten most abundant degradation species. By comparing the quantified solvent amines and degradation compounds with the total concentration of nitrogen in the sample, it was found that all major nitrogen containing degradation compounds are accounted for, and that the nitrogen containing species in the solvent have been identified and quantified within the analytical uncertainty. This contributes to closing one of the major knowledge gaps associated with CO2 capture operations with the CESAR1 solvent, which is a target of the Horizon Europe project AURORA.
采用新开发的分析技术,对CESAR1溶剂、3 M 2-氨基-2-甲基丙醇(AMP)水溶液和1.5 M哌嗪样品进行了一系列工业烟气测试,以确定降解化合物。在溶剂样品中发现了35种降解化合物,其中14种以前没有在CESAR1中从中试规模的CO2捕获操作中鉴定出来。在10个最丰富的降解物种中发现了3个新的主要降解化合物。通过将定量的溶剂胺和降解化合物与样品中氮的总浓度进行比较,发现所有主要的含氮降解化合物都被考虑在内,并且溶剂中的含氮种类已经在分析不确定度内被识别和定量。这有助于缩小与CESAR1溶剂二氧化碳捕集作业相关的主要知识差距之一,这是地平线欧洲项目AURORA的目标。
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2025.104565
Iwona Galeczka , Martin Voigt , Daniel Andres Duque Carrillo , Kjartan Marteinsson , Thomas Ratouis , Sandra Ósk Snæbjörnsdóttr , Fríða Jónsdóttir , Paula Fernandez-Acosta , Gunnar Hrafn Gunnarsson , Bergur Sigfússon , Jóhann Gunnarsson Robin , Sif Pétursdóttir , Salka Kolbeinsdóttir , Magnús Á. Sigurgeirsson , Helga M. Helgadóttir , Gunnlaug Ásgeirsdóttir , Ólafur Elínarson
Freshwater scarcity can limit the scalability of subsurface CO2 mineralization projects which rely on dissolving CO2 in water before injection into basaltic reservoirs. While ongoing Carbfix projects primarily use freshwater or process water such as geothermal condensate to dissolve CO2, in the Coda Terminal project, in Straumsvík, SW Iceland, it is proposed to use seawater due to its availability. The storage reservoir contains a mix of freshwater, brackish, and saline groundwater, with measured conductivities ranging from ∼100 to ∼40,000 μS/cm. Water chemistry of the brackish and saline water indicates extensive water-rock interaction with depletion of Na, K, B, and Mg, and strong enrichment in Ca - essential for calcite precipitation, the dominant carbonate mineral in low-temperature basalt alteration.
Dissolution experiments conducted on Straumsvík basalt show similar trace element mobility in both freshwater and seawater, with only Al, Fe, and Mn exceeding WHO drinking water limits, suggesting low risk of groundwater contamination. Reaction path modelling indicates that mineralization efficiency can reach 100% for both water types, and that mixing of CO2-charged injection water with reservoir water does not significantly affect water chemical evolution or secondary mineral formation.
These results support the feasibility of using seawater for CO2 storage in basaltic settings and high potential for CO2 mineralization in Straumsvík. However, complex groundwater stratification and regulatory framework highlight the need for integrated hydrogeological, geochemical, and regulatory planning to ensure safe and effective implementation of large-scale CO2 mineral storage at coastal sites.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104567
Andrzej J. Osiadacz, Maciej Chaczykowski, Łukasz Kotyński, Tomasz Bleschke, Ferdinand E. Uilhoorn
Carbon capture utilization and storage is crucial for reducing emissions from energy sources and industrial clusters with significant CO emissions. To ensure the appropriate sizing of the pipeline transport infrastructure, hydraulic modeling tools are used, which allow engineers to analyze and predict the performance of transmission systems under design conditions and to assess their efficiency and reliability. In this work we solve a single-phase steady-state, nonisothermal flow model with composition tracking that incorporates the GERG-2008 and Peng–Robinson equations of state using efficient Newton loop-node coupling. The solver enables evaluation of the deliverability of the pipeline system under varying CO2 stream compositions. We considered pure CO and CO mixtures containing impurities obtained from pre-combustion and post-combustion carbon capture technologies. We investigated the influence of impurities, pipe inclination, and heat transfer between the CO-rich stream and its surroundings. The network model was solved using the Newton loop-node method coupled with the non-pipe element model in matrix notation. The model was benchmarked against a commercially available hydraulic modeling software package using data from a fictitious but plausible multi-source transmission system. The applicability of the model was demonstrated through a case study of a complex meshed network. The results indicated a good agreement between the software tools, but the proposed model showed a two orders of magnitude smaller computational burden. The model also showed superior insensitivity to the topology of the computed network in terms of computational complexity.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2025.104557
Vitória Cruz Paluri Piedade , Saulo B. de Oliveira , Carlos Henrique Tozzi de Oliveira
The Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology encompasses integrated processes to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from reaching the atmosphere, including storage in deep geological formations. This technology supports international carbon reduction objectives, such as those established by the Paris Agreement. This study focuses on the Cuiabá Paulista natural gas occurrence, chosen for its proximity to one of Brazil's largest concentrations of CO2 stationary emitters and its favorable geological attributes, which present future opportunities combining gas exploitation with CO2 storage, besides tight gas potential, reassessing the historical gas occurrence that was previously considered subeconomic. This research aims to evaluate key geological parameters for CO2 storage and to develop a 3D stratigraphic model based on lithological and petrophysical data from drilling wells, emphasizing the subdivision of formations into electrofacies to identify reservoirs with the potential for CO2 storage. The analysis reveals that saline aquifer storage is a potential geological option, with a theoretical capacity of approximately 930 Mt of CO2. The key findings demonstrate that integrating geological, petrophysical, and reservoir data enables a robust reassessment of the Cuiabá Paulista gas occurrence as a potential CO₂ storage site, which implicates the broader applicability of an electrofacies-based capacity evaluation within a methodological workflow that can be replicated for other historical gas occurrences with limited data availability. The identified reservoir could function as a CO2 sink not only for the local emitters but also as a regional hub, contributing to emission reduction efforts in the Southeast region of Brazil.
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