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CCS world projects: HECA

The Hydrogen Energy partnership between BP and Rio Tinto plans to build a new 390MW IGCC Plant in Kern County, California with the potential to capture and store 2 million tonnes of CO2 annually from 2014.

Project Type

Capture & Storage

Location

Kern County, California, U.S.A.

Type of CO2 Storage Operation

CO2-EORdepleted gas field

Major Stakeholders

Hydrogen Energy

Project Scale

Unknown

Project Start Year: 2008

status_header
2008/2014

injectionrate_header
approx daily Unknown
approx annual 2 Mt/a
total sequestration Unknown

  Additional Data  
  Depth of Injection Interval Unknown
  Type of Reservoir Unknown
  Type of Seal Unknown
  Distance Source to Sink Unknown

Method of CO2 Delivery

Unknown

Injected Gas Composition

Unknown

Project Cost

Unknown

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