Denmark Grants 1St Permission For Carbon Storage In North Sea
Date
12/6/2022 3:20:47 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The Danish energy Agency (DEA) on Tuesday approved the injection
and storage of up to 15,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a
former offshore Danish oil field in the North Sea, trend reports citing
xinhua .
Oil and gas companies INEOS E&P (UK) and Wintershall Dea
(Norway) have been granted permission to use the former Nini West
oil field, located in the southern North Sea off the coast of
Denmark, for a four-month period 'to test, develop, and demonstrate
that CO2 can be stored.'
The venture, known as Greensand Pilot Injection Project, is
publicly funded to the tune of 197 million Danish kroner (27
million U.S. dollars) from Denmark's Energy Technology Development
and Demonstration Program (EUDP).
Greensand is the first time permission has been granted for a
carbon storage project in Denmark, and it is therefore 'an
important step in relation to developing the methods and technology
for cost-effective and environmentally and safety-responsible
carbon storage in the country,' said Henrik Sulsbruck, Head of
Office at the DEA.
The pilot phase will involve pumping CO2 into a sandstone
reservoir 1,800 meters below sea level, where it will be naturally
trapped and stored, DEA explained.
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