N.Sea CO2 store at 10 million tonnes: StatoilHydro OSLO
(Reuters) - A store for greenhouse gases under the seabed off
Norway, the first such industrial project in the world, has
stashed away 10 million tonnes since it began in 1996, operator
StatoilHydro said on Tuesday. StatoilHydro said there were no
signs of leaks from the porous rocks beneath the seabed at the
Sleipner gas field. It was looking at the possibility of
receiving carbon dioxide from other sources, including from the
mainland, for injection. "Ten million tonnes of carbon dioxide
are now stored underground at Sleipner in the North Sea,"
StatoilHydro said in a statement, adding that 2,800 tonnes a day
were being pumped into the rocks. "Sleipner documents that
carbon storage is feasible and safe," said Rolf Haakon Holmboe,
StatoilHydro's head of health, safety and the environment at the
Sleipner field. The U.N. Climate Panel says that capturing and
burying carbon dioxide, for instance from coal-fired power
plants or factories, could be one of the