The mission to store CO 2 beneath the Danish North Sea has cleared its first major hurdle after the chosen subsea reservoir was confirmed feasible for CO 2 injection by independent certification body DNV GL.
The mission to store CO2 beneath the Danish North Sea has cleared its first major hurdle after the chosen subsea reservoir was confirmed feasible for CO2 injection by independent certification body DNV GL.
The certification of feasibility issued by DNV GL concerns the Nini West reservoir operated by Ineos, which is leading the Project Greensand consortium in partnership with Wintershall Dea and Maersk Drilling.
DNV GL confirms that the Nini West field is conceptually suitable for injecting 0.45 million tonnes of CO2 per year per well for a 10-year period, and that the subsea reservoir can safely contain the CO2 in compressed form. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) acts as research partner to the project and is in the process of performing laboratory experiments of core material from the actual Nini West reservoir.
Project Greensand hopes to have the first well ready for injection from the Nini platform in 2025. Longer term, the ambition is to develop the capacity to store approx. 3.5 million
