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International programmes

International Energy Agency (IEA)

IEA runs a greenhouse gas (GHG) R&D programme supported by 15 countries, the European Commission and major industrial groups. France is represented by ADEME, who has entrusted its position at Exectutive Committe meetings to BRGM and IFP.

It mainly involves work on the 'Risk network' and 'Monitoring network' programmes.
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UK Department for Trade & Industry (DTI)

BRGM is called upon as expert to participate in the working group on the monitoring and verification of CO2 capture and storage in the framework of European commerce (CO2 emission quotas).
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London Convention

BRGM was appointed by the French Ministry for Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) to participate in the London Convention's CO2 storage group to control the dumping of substances into the sea.
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Weyburn II (2005 – 2008)

International project coordinated by PTRC (Canada) – follow-up to the Weyburn I project (2001-2004). Work includes monitoring, coupled dynamic modelling, risk assessment, etc.

In 2006, BRGM focused its efforts on microseismic monitoring.

 
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Industrial partnerships

GASIM (2004-2006)

An industry funded research project (BRGM-TOTAL-IFE)

The GASIM project aims to study thermo-kinetic modelling to constrain the petrophysical effects of the injection of acid gas (CO2, H2S) into depleting carbonate oil reservoirs.

BRGM's main input : bibliographical study of the physico-chemical properties and kinetics of water-gas-mineral mixtures, redox and bacterial effects. Modelling reactive percolation experiments. Extrapolation to site scale. Coupled geochemical–hydrodynamic transport, sensitivity calculations.
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