The Deep Australian Water Resource Information System (DAWRIS) and the petroleum

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 599
Author(s):  
Stephen Hostetler ◽  
Tom Loutit
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Reservoir Properties ◽  
Deep Groundwater ◽  
Australian Water ◽  
Resource Information

The total sustainable yield of groundwater in Australia is not known even though many regions of Australia rely on groundwater for urban and rural water supply. Knowledge of deep groundwater resources is particularly poor, with little known about reservoirs below about 100 metres depth. The resource industries often discover and produce large volumes of groundwater that is subsequently evaporated, reinjected, cleaned and discharged into the ocean or streams, or supplied to urban and rural users. In addition, geothermal power and carbon capture and storage projects are also reliant on understanding groundwater processes at depth. Despite this need, Australia as a nation does not have an information system that provides data and interpretation on all groundwater reservoirs from the basement to the surface. The Deep Australian Water Resource Information System (DAWRIS) is designed to integrate existing groundwater knowledge with previously under-utilised datasets (such as basin analysis, petroleum wells, seismic sections and geophysics) to place deep groundwater within existing government water frameworks. In addition, DAWRIS will also use technologies developed and applied within the petroleum industry to assess groundwater resources. The challenge for DAWRIS is to build a consistent tectonostratigraphic framework (geofabric) in which to place observations on reservoir properties, groundwater sustainability and water quality. The geofabric will then act as a basis in which to predict these properties away from control points. The petroleum industry will be able to use DAWRIS to predict the volume and quality of groundwater co-production, plan remediation and reuse strategies, and to help shape Australia’s water agenda.

Carbon capture and storage—deelopments in Australia

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Stuart Barrymore ◽  
Ann-Maree Mathison
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Gas Storage ◽  
Commercial Scale ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Offshore Petroleum

Legal and non-legal developments in the carbon capture and storage (CCS) arena continue to gain momentum in Australia. On 22 November 2008 the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 (Cth) (GGS Amendments) came into force. The GGS Amendments follow the amendment in February 2007 of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 and 1996 Protocol Thereto (London Protocol) which allows the storage of carbon dioxide under the seabed. The GGS Amendments amend the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth) (OPA), which has now been renamed the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth) (Act), to establish a system of offshore titles that authorises the transportation, injection and storage of greenhouse gas (GHG) substances in geological formations under the seabed and manage the inevitable interaction with the offshore petroleum industry. In addition, the States of Queensland and Victoria have now enacted onshore CCS legislation. In September 2008, the Federal Government announced $100 million in funding for an Australian Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (AGCCSI), which will be an international hub for co-ordinating public and private sector funding of CCS research projects and will provide international policy and management oversight. The AGCCSI was formally launched on 16 April 2009. The goal of the AGCCSI is to deliver at least 20 commercial scale CCS plants around the world by 2020. There are numerous examples in Australia and internationally of CCS pilot projects underway with the goal of deploying CCS on a commercial scale. The Callide Oxyfuel Project in Central Queensland that began construction recently will retrofit an existing coal fired power station with a CCS facility, with plans for the oxyfuel boiler to be operational in the Callide A power plant by 2011.

scholarly journals Development of web enabled water resource information system using open source software for Patiala and SAS Nagar districts of Punjab, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banjeet Singh ◽  
Samanpreet Kaur ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Litoria ◽  
Susanta Das
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Information System ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Resource Information ◽  
Supply Planning

Abstract Over the globe efforts are being made to collect data and develop an adequate water resource information system for optimising its use. India is the largest consumer of water with an estimated usage of around 300 cubic kilometers per year. Punjab, a north-western state of India, is an example of severe crises aquifer depletion due to unconstrained consumption of groundwater leads to degrade the quantity as well as quality of it. Thus it is of great importance to compile up to date information about the water requirement for its appropriate and sustainable use. Remote sensing and Geographic Information system (GIS) are the technologies that can provide efficient & effective information system to tackle the water quality & water supply planning parameters. Thus, under the present study, a web enabled water resource information system has been developed in GIS environment for the SAS (Sahibzada Ajit Singh) Nagar and Patiala districts of Punjab by using the open source software – MS4W and pmapper. This system provides digital information of natural i.e. drainage & man made features like roads, canals, tube well with its location etc., and also provide the information related to water level, water quality of wells, and well depth for the study area. Such an information system can be very helpful for the administrators and can serve as a decision support system for the planners and policy makers so that the areas where the problem related to water quality can be identified and focused upon. The system can provide an effective and meaningful direction for the planning and development of both districts.

Petroleum Industry Guidelines for Emission Reductions from Carbon Capture and Storage

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Siveter ◽  
Karin Ritter ◽  
Fredde Cappelen ◽  
Theresa M. Shires
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Emission Reductions ◽  
And Storage

2009 Release of offshore petroleum exploration acreage

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 463
Author(s):  
John Hartwell
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Wide Range

John Hartwell is Head of the Resources Division in the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Canberra Australia. The Resources Division provides advice to the Australian Government on policy issues, legislative changes and administrative matters related to the petroleum industry, upstream and downstream and the coal and minerals industries. In addition to his divisional responsibilities, he is the Australian Commissioner for the Australia/East Timor Joint Petroleum Development Area and Chairman of the National Oil and Gas Safety Advisory Committee. He also chairs two of the taskforces, Clean Fossil Energy and Aluminium, under the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate (AP6). He serves on two industry and government leadership groups delivering reports to the Australian Government, strategies for the oil and gas industry and framework for the uranium industry. More recently he led a team charged with responsibility for taking forward the Australian Government’s proposal to establish a global carbon capture and storage institute. He is involved in the implementation of a range of resource related initiatives under the Government’s Industry Action Agenda process, including mining and technology services, minerals exploration and light metals. Previously he served as Deputy Chairman of the Snowy Mountains Council and the Commonwealth representative to the Natural Gas Pipelines Advisory Committee. He has occupied a wide range of positions in the Australian Government dealing with trade, commodity, and energy and resource issues. He has worked in Treasury, the Department of Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Primary Industries and Energy before the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. From 1992–96 he was a Minister Counsellor in the Australian Embassy, Washington, with responsibility for agriculture and resource issues and also served in the Australian High Commission, London (1981–84) as the Counsellor/senior trade relations officer. He holds a MComm in economics, and Honours in economics from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Prior to joining the Australian Government, worked as a bank economist. He was awarded a public service medal in 2005 for his work on resources issues for the Australian Government.

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