澳大利亚周五指定，该国北部海岸外海的西佩伦海底岩层，作为日本英维克斯公司（Inpex）提议的年储量800万吨的波拿巴碳捕获与封存项目的储存地点。
Australia on Friday designated the West Peron undersea rock formation, off the country's north coast, as a storage site for the 8 million metric ton-per-year Bonaparte carbon capture and storage project proposed by Japan's Inpex .
波拿巴项目最初预计将接收来自英维克斯英奇斯液化天然气（LNG）项目的二氧化碳，随后最终将储存服务扩展至多个工业设施。
The Bonaparte project is initially expected to receive carbon dioxide from Inpex's Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project before eventually expanding storage services to multiple industrial facilities.
英维克斯提议，在未来最长35年期间，将最多4.43亿吨二氧化碳永久储存在西佩伦岩层深层地下。该岩层是位于海床深处的多孔岩层。
Inpex proposes to permanently store up to 443 million tons of carbon dioxide deep underground in the West Peron formation over a period of up to 35 years. The formation is a layer of porous rock located deep beneath the seabed.
澳大利亚资源部长马德琳·金表示，该决定体现了政府对旨在减少那些温室气体减排仍然困难的行业排放的技术的支持。
Australia Resources Minister Madeleine King said the decision demonstrated the government's support for technologies aimed at reducing emissions from industries where cutting greenhouse gas emissions remains difficult.
“碳捕获与封存将在减少难以减排行业的排放、支持澳大利亚实现净零排放转型方面发挥重要作用，”金表示。澳大利亚有立法目标，计划在2050年前实现净零排放。
"Carbon capture and storage will play an important role in reducing emissions from hard-to-abate industries, supporting Australia's transition to net zero," King said. Australia has a legislated target to reach net zero emissions by 2050.