ISO/DIS 27917

Carbon dioxide capture, transportation and storage — Vocabulary — Cross cutting terms

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ISO

ISO/TC 265 Carbon dioxide capture, transportation, and geological storage

International Standard

01.040.13   Environment. Health protection. Safety (Vocabularies) | 13.020.40   Pollution, pollution control and conservation

Scope

ISO 27917:2017 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.
ISO 27917:2017 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.

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