Company/Alliance: Statoil / Shell.
Location: Tjeldbergodden, Norway
Feedstock: Gas
Size: 860 MW, 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year
Capture Technology: Post-combustion
CO2 Fate: Undetermined due to cancellation of EOR plan. Previously: 2-2.5 million tonnes of CO2 was going to be used for EOR in Draugen oil field.
Timing: Feasibility study (2006), concept selection (2007), and EOR dropped (2007). Previously: Power plant start-up (2010-2011), and first supply of CO2 to Draugen (2011-2012)
Motivation/Economics: Previously estimated to cost NOK 8-10 billion (US$1.2-1.5 billion) with NOK 4-4.5 billion (US$700- 780 million) for building the power plant and similar amounts for building the CO2 capture system and pipeline. It would have been the first project to inject captured CO2 offshore for EOR.
Comments: The plan has been dropped to inject CO2 into the Draugen reservoir because it has been determined by a $67.7 million feasibility study that it is not commercially viable, although the plan is technically feasible.
Project Link: Halten CO2 Project (Draugen) [PDF]
Other Sources and Press Release:
Draugen shutting down (June 2007)
Draugen abandoned because uneconomical (June 2007)
Statoil, Shell Set World's Biggest CO2 Seabed Plan (March 2006)
