Geoptic heads to Norway for the world's first use of muons for the carbon capture and storage industry.

Comprising more than 1 km of plastic scintillator and over 3000 photosensors, 30 muon borehole detectors were recently collected from Geoptic HQ for the start of their long journey to Norway where they will be used for a world's first application of muon tomography to the carbon capture and storage industry.

In much the same way as an x-ray works, muon tomography is a technique which exploits muons, naturally-occuring highly-penetrating particles, to return information on density variations in the field of view of the muon sensors. As such it makes an ideal potential tool to monitor plume development and migration following an injection of CO2 into the subsurface. We’re indebted to our progressive partners who are supporting the project.