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- Freelancers (1 person company)
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Core Features
SCO₂Tᴾᴿᴼ uses a modelling approach combining geological databases, physics-based reservoir simulations, machine learning-derived reduced-order models and economic calculations. SCO₂Tᴾᴿᴼ focuses specifically on the geological storage stage of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) process. Its principal capabilities include:
Geological Storage Site Screening: Evaluates sedimentary basins and subsurface formations to identify potential CO₂ storage locations. Users can conduct assessments at basin, regional or national scale, including comparisons involving hundreds or thousands of prospective sites.
CO₂ Injection Rate Estimation: Estimates how quickly CO₂ can be injected into geological formations using reservoir characteristics such as permeability, porosity, thickness and depth. This helps assess whether a site can accommodate the required injection volumes.
Storage Capacity Assessment: Calculates potential CO₂ storage volumes using dynamic injection modelling rather than relying exclusively on estimates of available geological pore space. This helps users evaluate the practical storage potential of different reservoirs.
CO₂ Plume Evolution Modelling: Estimates how injected CO₂ spreads through subsurface formations over time. The resulting plume dimensions inform assessments of storage area requirements, injection well spacing and reservoir development.
Storage Cost Estimation: Calculates geological sequestration costs per tonne of CO₂, including injection wells, monitoring and post-injection site care. The software supports cost comparisons between potential onshore and offshore storage projects.
Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis: Examines how variations in geological properties and cost assumptions affect estimated injection performance, storage capacity and project economics. Its fast-running models allow users to evaluate numerous scenarios without conducting full reservoir simulations for every case.
Closing Insights
SCO₂Tᴾᴿᴼ was developed by Carbon Solutions through research combining reservoir engineering, geological datasets and computational modelling. A 2022 peer-reviewed study compared its estimates with the US National Energy Technology Laboratory's saline storage cost model, demonstrating differences in calculated storage capacity, costs and processing speed. The research highlighted the importance of modelling dynamic injection behaviour when screening geological formations.
The platform's development received support from the US Department of Energy, including a $1.15 million Small Business Innovation Research award in 2024. In June 2026, Carbon Solutions researchers published a global geological screening study using SCO₂Tᴾᴿᴼ to assess storage potential and costs across sedimentary basins worldwide.
Carbon Solutions also provides geological storage screening and assessment services, including support for site selection, land acquisition decisions and the US CarbonSAFE programme. SCO₂Tᴾᴿᴼ can operate independently or integrate with SimCCSᴾᴿᴼ for broader CCS infrastructure planning.
Public licensing prices are not disclosed. Interested users should contact Carbon Solutions for access and implementation details.