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 depleted gas field

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Major Stakeholders

Statoil
IEA

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Project Scale

Commercial

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Project Start Year: unknown

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1996

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approx daily 2800 t/d
approx annual 1 Mt/a
total sequestration 20 Mt

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  Additional Data  
  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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