sentences:  Norway was the first country to operate an industrial-scale carbon capture and storage project at the Sleipner oilfield, dating from 1996 and operated by Statoil.Carbon dioxide is stripped from natural gas with amine solvents and is deposited in a saline formation.The carbon dioxide is a waste product of the field's natural gas production; the gas contains 9% CO2, more than is allowed in the natural gas distribution network.