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
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