Creating a net-zero carbon emissions power sector and economy is an immense endeavor that requires a host of intricate technologies and applications, and the CO2-Locate database is a centralized platform that allows users to quickly and accurately obtain the data they need. Now published on the Energy Data eXchange® (EDX), CO2-Locate is one of several innovative products developed with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Safe and effective geologic carbon capture and storage (CCS) requires data to inform commercial and regulatory decisions. A key element of subsurface storage are wellbores used to obtain information about the prospective subsurface storage reservoir, for use to inject CO2 into a target reservoir, as well as wells for long-term monitoring to assess and ensure long-term permanence of subsurface stored CO2. Globally, there are over six million wells that have been drilled for research and resource purposes, many reaching thousands of feet into the subsurface. Information and data about these wells pose a significant opportunity to inform and assist the carbon storage commercial and regulatory communities.
