Company/Alliance: Statoil
Location: Offshore Norway
Start Date: 2008
Size: 0.7 Mt/Yr
CO2 Source:.LNG Processing
Storage: Brine Reservoirs (2600 m depth)
Motivation/Economics: CO2 Tax exemption from Norwegian Government
Comments: First offshore oil field to be produced without offshore installations. Gas production has started (2007) and CO2 capture, using amine techonlogy, is planned for 2008. Statoil has experience with CO2 storage from Sleipner and Snohvit is its second large scale CO2 storage project.
Project Link: Statoil Snohvit project website
Other Sources and Press Release:
Snohvit Oil Field Production starts (Sep 2007)
Statoil Press release (Jan 2005)
Snohvit Project outline (Sep 2006) [PDF]
Statoil Sleipner and Snohvit presentation [PDF]
