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Table TS.5. Sites where CO2 storage has been done, is currently in progress or is planned, varying from small pilots to large-scale commercial applications.

Project name Country Injection start (year) Approximate average daily injection rate (tCO2 day-1) Total (planned) storage (tCO2) Storage reservoir type
Weyburn Canada 2000 3,000-5,000 20,000,000 EOR
In Salah Algeria 2004 3,000-4,000 17,000,000 Gas field
Sleipner Norway 1996 3,000 20,000,000 Saline formation
K12B Netherlands 2004 100 (1,000 planned for 2006+) 8,000,000 Enhanced gas recovery
Frio U.S.A 2004 177 1600 Saline formation
Fenn Big Valley Canada 1998 50 200 ECBM
Qinshui Basin China 2003 30 150 ECBM
Yubari Japan 2004 10 200 ECBM
Recopol Poland 2003 1 10 ECBM
Gorgon (planned) Australia ~2009 10,000 unknown Saline formation
Snøhvit (planned) Norway 2006 2,000 unknown Saline formation

Source: IPCC  Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage: Technical Summary (2005)
5. Geological storage, p. 30