CCS world projects: Snøhvit
Snøhvit is a liquid natural gas (LNG) facility in northern Norway, built by the oil and gas company Statoil. The project involves bringing huge volumes of natural gas to land for liquefaction and export from the first plant of its kind in Europe and the world’s northernmost LNG facility. The plant also includes an installation to capture CO2 from the natural gas, using amine techonlogy, with injection into a saline aquifer below the gas reservoir in the Barents Sea. Gas production began in 2007 and CO2 storage commenced in 2008.
Project Type
Storage
Location
Barents Sea
Type of CO2 Storage Operation
Offshore saline aquifer 
Major Stakeholders
Norwegian government
Statoil
Petoro
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Gaz de France
Norsk Hydro
Amerada Hess Norge
RWE-DEA Norge
Svenska Petroleum Exploration
Project Scale
Commercial.
Project Start Year: unknown
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2000 t/d |
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0.75 Mt/a |
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| Depth of Injection Interval | 2600 m | |
| Type of Reservoir | Sandstone | |
| Type of Seal | Shale | |
| Distance Source to Sink | 153 km |
Method of CO2 Delivery
Pipeline
Injected Gas Composition
Unknown
Project Cost
$US 5.2 B (incl 4 LNG Ships)
