Statoil carbon dioxide success
Posted: 22 October 2003
A three-year multi-nation project on capturing and storing carbon
dioxide has helped to put the challenge of this greenhouse gas on
the international agenda.
Backed by eight international energy companies, including Statoil,
the carbon dioxide capture project (CCP) has assessed and compared
available technologies in this area.
"The collaboration has moved us a step forward in carbon dioxide
management," says Trude Sundset, Statoil's research manager
for this issue and its representative in the CCP.
"But the project has concluded that a greater commitment to
technological development is needed in order to capture and store
this gas in a cost-effective way.
"We're still a long way from being able to build power stations
with carbon dioxide capture, for instance."
Now completed, the collaboration has been useful for Statoil because
many of the issues tackled relate to the industry as a whole.
The group has operated the Norwegian part of the project and is
hosting a closing seminar today, 14 October. This will present the
status of and results from the research programme.
US, Canadian and Italian energy companies also participated in
the CCP, and will be represented at the seminar along with Norwegian
civil servants and environmental organisations.
Statoil is maintaining its commitment to developing carbon dioxide
technology, and will participate in the sixth European Union framework
research programme.
Due to start next year, this will include carbon dioxide capture
and storage among its subjects.
For more information see http://www.statoil.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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