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Together with its joint venture partners, Chevron will be responsible for any costs associated with leaks and other damage duration the lifetime of the project and for 15 years after CO2 injection ceases.

But the federal and WA governments have agreed to accept responsibility for any long-term liabilities.

Commonwealth and state indemnities will protect the joint venture partners from any common law liability arising from third-party claims for loss or damage, suffered after the site closes……

Unlike most other projects, Gorgon will inject CO2 into a saline aquifer rather than a depleted oil and gas field, providing an opportunity to test how CO2 injections into a saline aquifer behave on a large scale.

The U.S. Department of Energy has identified saline aquifers as a vital storage resource if CCS is to be captured on anything like the scale that will make a difference to the climate……

Little is known about how stored CO2 behaves in saline aquifers.

But with Gorgon, Australia’s government will be sponsoring the world’s largest and most ambitious attempt to lock CO2 away safely underground, even as it tries to water down other elements of climate change policy.: http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/worlds-largest-carbon-capture-begins-even-as-abbott-tax-repeal-looms-20130911-2tj0c.html#ixzz2ejfmzKJy