BS ISO 27917:2017

Carbon dioxide capture, transportation and geological storage. Vocabulary. Cross cutting terms. | Status: Current, Project Underway

1 Scope This document defines a list of cross-cutting terms commonly used in the field of carbon dioxide capture, transportation and geological sub-surface storage including through storage in association with enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations. This document only deals with CO2 geological sub-surface storage. The terms are classified as follows:

• — general terms and definitions relating to carbon dioxide;
• — general terms and definitions relating to carbon dioxide capture, transportation and storage;
• — general terms and definitions relating to monitoring and measuring performance in carbon dioxide capture, transportation and geological storage;
• — general terms and definitions relating to risk;
• — general terms and definitions relating to relationships with stakeholders;

A list of the main acronyms used is given in Annex A.