Geology, and especially the study of sedimentology, is based on understanding the environment that existed at the time the sediments were deposited. This is the most critical factor for understanding the capacity of depositional basins to retain fluids such as hydrocarbons or supercritical carbon dioxide (SC CO2). Fortunately, extensive reservoirs…

The mountain range, paralleling the Gulf of Aqaba, is called the Medyan Mountains (several spelling variations). The mountains are west of the inland (Tabuk based) high plateau of the Hebedat Hisma with its distinctive high multi-colored layered sandstone hills and underneath, Saudi ‘s large aquifer called the Saq. The Medyan…

Climate Change Mitigation by Carbon Capture and Storage for Centuries 15-years ago I completed Al Gores’ Australian version of an Inconvenient Truth and it certainly reinvigorated my focus on fighting for the environment and especially anthropocentric climate change despite seeing the green light and fighting the good fight from when…

Introduction In order to achieve net zero emissions (NZE) and more importantly for humans the need for negative emissions (NGE), carbon capture reduction use transport and storage (CRUST) or just CCUS/CCS are necessary according to both the IPCC Special Report (SR:1.5%oC[1]) …

I recently read an article by an otherwise reputable ‘scientist’ who said that carbon capture and storage (CCS) was impossible because once a reservoir/aquifer had been drained it couldn’t be refilled. …

A key solution to permanent carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) is long-term geological sequestration but many believe it just prolongs the oil and gas industry, even though liquid fuels will still be required at least for the foreseeable future during the transition phase until 2050 and beyond e.g…

Despite all the hot air Australian pollies are still propping up uneconomic (diminishing ROI) outdated energy infrastructure, including unethically diverting funds from Australia’s largest renewable energy project (Snowy 2.0), …

The world has committed to keep the global temperature to 1.5oC by 2050, however we’ve locked in climate changes we’ve yet to experience. We think that recent extreme weather events and their downstream implications have been horrendous but we haven’t seen the full impacts yet! Due to the lag-time from…

Don’t migrate from southern Australia to the Gold Coast, climate change is coming to you! Yes, you heard it here first. You’ll soon be experiencing the ‘climate’ of the Gold Coast so why move? …