Global warmingclass was great!

What the…!!

CCS is a technology where
you collect carbon dioxide(CO2) and bury it very deepunderground!

Nozomi, youalways enjoy thatkind of stuff.

Seriously! Sho!
The Earth is going to bein BIG trouble if we can’t
stop it!

Ok, ok! But how can
we prevent globalwarming?

CO2 is a part ofair, right? How canit be captured?

Hi guys!
My name is CAP!

Subsea pipeline

Well
Look, what’s
this “CCS”?

Seafloor wellhead

but instead be collected,
transported, and stably stored
deep under the seafloor.

Well

Ask me!
???

CO₂ emitted by industrial
plants and power stations
will not be released into
the atmosphere

Who areyou?

If you wanna
know about
CCS…

CCS is a fantastic way tofight global warming which
reduces massive amountsof CO2!
1Oh, really?
2

Is “CCS” being
done in Japan?

CCS? Never heardof that word before!

Is there enough information
about the underground?

This is what
they do!

Is there enough CO₂ for
conducting tests?

Yes!
One place in Japanwas chosen out of115 candidates.

They started building
onshore facilities in 2012,

CO₂ is removed from thegas emitted by an oil
refinery and injected into
deep underground layers
at 1,000 m and 2,400 m,…and Tomakomai was chosen
for the first CCS demonstration
project in Japan.

Thanks to the understanding
and support from city
officials and local people, theproject has been going well.

3and drilled wells tosend CO₂ deep
underground andalso monitor to
make sure the CO₂that has been injected doesn’t cause
any earthquakes...

Based on surveys
conducted ona variety of items,…the layers below the seafloor around Tomakomai City,
Hokkaido were suitable forinjecting CO₂…

Injection of CO2
actually started in2016.

Tomakomai CCS
Demonstration Project

Is the demonstration
project some kind oftest?

…and they check if the CO₂
is being stored as planned.

Injection of CO₂,
which started in
April 2016 is goingsmoothly, and will
be continued forthe next 3 years
until 2018.

Afterwards, they will continue
monitoring to make sure the CO₂
remains inside the layers without
leaking for another 2 years.

4The Tomakomai
demonstration projectwill keep going until
2020!

Wow! That long!?
We’ll be junior high schoolstudents by then!

As a matter of fact, CCS
is already being carriedout overseas… It’s used
to extract oil!

So I see that they’vebeen carrying it out very
carefully!

What happens to
the injected CO2,though?

You meanlike this?

It’s environmentallyfriendly and solves
two problems at once!

That’sreal cool!

I wonder if the layers
become swollen?

The layers are not balloons
so there’s no problem!

Not that easy!

Because oil istrapped in small
spaces in rocks,
it’s very hard to
get it out.

5The CO2 from oilrefineries and power
plants can be used to
extract more oil!

CO₂ is injected into a layer called a“reservoir”, a layer composed of
porous rocks such as sandstonewhich can store CO₂.

The CO₂ stored underground can become
dissolved in the water inthe layer,

It’s called
CO2-EORor mix with otherminerals and turn into
limestone over a long
period of time.

It’s also necessary that above thereservoir there is a “caprock”,
which is a layer that does not let
the CO₂ pass through.

Right, CO2 already…and throughnatural processes

exists in nature

become rock!

The amount of emitted
CO2 is increasing rapidly…
and CCS is very effective
in reducing it.

Many people in the world
are saying that we won’t
be able to stop global
warming without CCS!

That’s why CCS isvery important inpreventing global
warming.

People have started toutilize CO2 for many
new technologies.

In the Netherlands, it’sused on farms to boost
the tomato harvest…

CCS must be anincredible technology!

In Japan, they’ve beenchecking whether places
other than Tomakomai
are suitable for CCS.

All the countries need towork together to prevent
global warming!

CO2 might beutilized as treasurein the future!

We’ve been talking
for hours and it’sgotten dark…

I get it. To stop global
warming, we need toreduce CO2 by CCS

Even when weplay soccer,
working together
is important.

Oh!

Let’s work
together tofight CO2!
7

Wait a minute!

and also think offuture uses for CO2 !

WWhat?
8

Tomakomai CCS
Demonstration Project
Pipelines transport CO₂-containing gas tothe three towers which capture only the CO₂from the gas.
Sis!
What are you
doing here?

(Towers from left : Low pressure flash tower, CO₂ stripping
tower, CO₂ absorption tower)Your sister?

Wow!
You don’t need todress up like thatto impress me!

Takumi,shut up!

Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project Facility
I just can’t get used
to this costume!

There’s going to anevent! Please come!

I want everyone tolearn about CCS!

Offcourse!

9I’m rehearsing
for tomorrow.

I’ll bringall my friends!

They’ll beamazed by CCS!