naSRPS ISO 27917:2025

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

Scope

This document 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.
This document 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.