CAGS Workshop is held in Optics Valley Kingdom Plaza Hotel in Wuhan on Nov 18 to 20. The Workshop is jointly hosted by Ministry of Science and Technology, Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21, Department of Industry of Australia and Geoscience Australia; and organized by China University of Geoscience. IRSM, institutes and many universities are present at the workshop.

The topics of this Workshop include CCUS project progress, WP1-WP5 project achievement reporting and discussion of China-Australia CCUS cooperation and development. Researchers and students from IRSM are present at the workshop.

LI Qi from IRSM hosts the project achievement seminar in the afternoon on Nov 18. LI Xiaochun hosts the corporation CCUS demonstration project seminar on Nov 19. The work of IRSM in project WP3- WP5 fully shows the research features and technology potential of CAS. (WP3: Current Status and Gaps in Essential Technology, Equipment and Material for Implementing CO2 Saline Aquifer Storage Projects in China; WP4: Key Parameters for Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment for CO2 Geological Sequestration; WP5: Preliminary Research on CCUS Technology Roadmap in Xinjiang.)

Participants discuss on the latest research progress and achievements of CCUS technology in CAGS programs at the workshop, and talk about the next China-Australia CCUS cooperation area.

The China Australia Geological Storage of CO2 (CAGS) Project is a collaborative, bilateral project between Australia and China. By helping to develop China's and Australia's technical skills in the area of geological storage of carbon dioxide through a number of capacity-building and research activities，CAGS aims to help accelerate the development and deployment of geological storage of carbon dioxide in both China and Australia.