In the following sections the monitoringMeasurement and surveillance activities necessary for ensuring safe and reliable operation of a CGS project (storage integrity), and for estimating emission reductions plans of a number of projects, that will operate under the umbrella of the most recent CCSCarbon dioxide Capture and Storage legislation, have been analysed. It must be noted, that none of these projects is operational yet, and the advancement in applying for storage(CO2) A process for retaining captured CO2, so that it does not reach the atmosphere licenses varies widely. Nevertheless, it is instructive to see, how legislation has been interpreted and applied by the various industrial proposers in their applications. The analysis is limited in the sense, that it is only based on information publicly available. A number of potential storage(CO2) A process for retaining captured CO2, so that it does not reach the atmosphere sites in Europe have been analysed, of which the information on one Dutch and two UK projects is furthest advanced. Besides the European sites, also the Quest project in Canada has been analysed, since it received a license with minister's approval together with wellManmade hole drilled into the earth to produce liquids or gases, or to allow the injection of fluids license approval in 2012.
Where the Canadian Quest project is governed by the law of the province of Alberta, the European projects are governed by the EUEuropean Union Directive on CO2Carbon dioxide geological storage(CO2) A process for retaining captured CO2, so that it does not reach the atmosphere (and relevant Guidance Documents, including guidelines of DNV, 2010a), and by national laws implementing provisions of the Directive.