When the injectionThe process of using pressure to force fluids down wells period starts, the storage(CO2) A process for retaining captured CO2, so that it does not reach the atmosphere site is allowed to inject CO2Carbon dioxide within certain site-specific license conditions. The operation phase is considered vulnerable with respect to risks, as it may be the first time that CO2Carbon dioxide is injected to the selected formationA body of rock of considerable extent with distinctive characteristics that allow geologists to map, describe, and name it and some unexpected events may happen. Risks can be classified to health, safety and technical risks in local environmental, general operational risks related to injectionThe process of using pressure to force fluids down wells, operational risks related to the CO2 streamA flow of substances resulting from CO2 capture processes, or which consists of a sufficient fraction of CO2 and sufficiently low concentrations of other substances to meet specifications of streams permitted for long term geological storage composition and risks related to CO2 streamA flow of substances resulting from CO2 capture processes, or which consists of a sufficient fraction of CO2 and sufficiently low concentrations of other substances to meet specifications of streams permitted for long term geological storage pressure and temperature.
Considering legislation, operators are obliged mainly to monitor, report and allow inspections during the injectionThe process of using pressure to force fluids down wells. There are some specific CCSCarbon dioxide Capture and Storage dedicated legislations in act and also a number of international agreements and legislations, which are not directly related to CCSCarbon dioxide Capture and Storage, but are relevant and should be used to guide the operations on- and offshore. These non-specific legislations may pose some problems for CCSCarbon dioxide Capture and Storage activities, some pertinent questions have not been answered to this date and it is uncertain how these may affect possible CO2Carbon dioxide storage(CO2) A process for retaining captured CO2, so that it does not reach the atmosphere site projects. However, most of such legislations are being revised. At national level, most of the EUEuropean Union countries have transposed the EU CCS directiveDirective 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide to national legislation; while the U.S, Canada and Australia have their own legislations on CCSCarbon dioxide Capture and Storage and CO2Carbon dioxide geological storage(CO2) A process for retaining captured CO2, so that it does not reach the atmosphere.