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Total and Shell team up with Statoil to develop a CCS project (Norway)

Total E&P Norge and Norske Shell have inked a partnership agreement with Statoil to support the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The deal fits into the Norwegian authorities' strategy, which intends to develop full-scale CCS in Norway. Statoil has been working on CCS projects since June 2017, when it was selected by the Norwegian state-run CCS company Gassnova to to monitor and evaluate the potential development of a CCS project on the NCS. Shell and Total will enter the project as equal partners while Statoil will lead the project.



The three companies will prepare concept and pre-engineering studies in order to get accurate cost estimates for a possible final investment decision, which is expected to be made by the Norwegian Parliament in 2019. Several studies were already completed in 2016 and pointed out that Norway has the potential for a CCS project, both in terms of technical feasibility and in capture and storage supply chain.



The current project design entails a facility which will capture, compress and temporarily store 1.5 Mt/year of CO2 from three industrial plants and then transport it by ship from the capture area to an onshore receiving facility in Norway. The CO2 will be pumped from the ship to tanks onshore and then be exported via offshore seabed pipelines to several injection wells on the offshore Troll field. The CO2 will be then permanently stored in reservoirs below the sea level (approximately 1000-2000 metres below the seabed).