Sleipner
Project Overview
The Sleipner Project is the first large scale commercial application of carbon dioxide storage in a deep saline aquifer in the world and has been operating successfully since 1996 when Statoil began injecting CO2 separated from natural gas produced from the Sleipner West gas field into a large, deep saline formation some 800 metres below the bed of the North Sea in Norway. The project is expected to store a total of 20 million tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime. CO2 capture is done using Amine techonolgy. Injection currently costs $17 US / Tonne CO2.
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Project Type
Storage
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Location
Sleipner Field, North Sea
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Type of CO2 Storage Operation
Offshore saline aquifer 
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Major Stakeholders
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Project Scale
Commercial
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Project Start Year: unknown
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1996 | |
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2800 t/d |
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1 Mt/a |
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20 Mt |
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| Depth of Injection Interval (average) | ~1000 m | |
| Type of Reservoir | Sandstone | |
| Type of Seal | Unknown | |
| Distance Source to Sink | Unknown |
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Method of CO2 Delivery
Unknown
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Injected Gas Composition
Unknown
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Project Cost
Cost of CO2 treatment module = >350 M Euro
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