29 July 2021 – the collaborative agreement between the University of Cambridge, University of Melbourne, and Stanford University has been finalized as part of the second phase of GeoCquest. The three universities will again share more than $3 million sponsored by BHP and continue their research into understanding carbon storage in rock formations and to improve methods for quantifying trapping efficiency and risk assessment in complex geological settings. Contributing to the project are:

 

  • Two research groups within the Peter Cook Centre for CCS Research at the University of Melbourne – led by Professor Stephan Matthai from the Melbourne School of Engineering and Professor Ralf Haese from the Faculty of Science.
  • Dr Jerome Neufeld from the Departments of Earth Sciences and Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • Professors Sally Benson and Hamdi Tchelepi from the Department of Energy Resources Engineering in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University.