IMO PLOTS CARBON UNDERSEA STORAGE REGULATIONS
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation (IMO) members have amended a protocol on marine pollution allowing the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) under the seabed from February 2007. The London Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter allows CO2 to be stored in a "sub-seabed geological formation", when overwhelmingly pure CO2.
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INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation (IMO) members have amended a protocol on marine pollution allowing the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) under the seabed from February 2007. The London Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter allows CO2 to be stored in a "sub-seabed geological formation", when overwhelmingly pure CO2.
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