Total Lacq

Project Overview

For the very first time, a French program will test the entire CO2 capture and storage process, from the CO2 emissions source (a boiler) to underground storage in a geological formation. This project entails converting one of the five steam boilers of the Lacq field’s steam generating plant to an oxyfuel combustion unit, then capturing and compressing its CO2 emissions, transporting the gas via a 27km gas pipeline, for injection into the nearly-depleted Rousse natural gas reservoir in the Lacq area, at a depth of 4,500 meters. The pilot plant, which will produce some 40 tonnes of steam per hour for use by the industries of the Lacq complex, will emit up to 150,000 tonnes of CO2 over a two-year period. The Rousse well will be subject to close monitoring, with detectors located throughout the surface and subsoil regions to measure the injection flow, pressure, temperature and concentration of the CO2. The demonstrator unit is scheduled to start up in late 2008, after two years of studies and preparation.

Project Type

Capture & Storage.

Location

Rousse Field, Lacq Basin, France.

Type of CO₂ Storage Operation

Depleted gas field.

Major Stakeholders

Total
Air Liquide
French Petroleum Institute (IFP)
French Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM)

Project Scale

Pilot.

Project Start Year: 2006

	2008/2010

	Unknown
	75 kt
	150 kt

Method of CO ₂ delivery

Pipeline.

Injected Gas Composition

Unknown.

Project Cost

€60 million.

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