CO₂ storage in Denmark

Equinor has been awarded its first CCS exploration permit in Denmark as operator, together with partners Ørsted and Nordsøfonden.

The partnership will start surveys to assess if the onshore licence in the North West Zealand can be developed into a safe CO₂ storage facility.

It could start storage of CO2 at the end of this decade.

The project is named CO₂ Storage Kalundborg, with a reservoir approximately 1400 meters below ground, and with a potential capacity to store up to 12 million tons of CO₂ per year.

If the partnership over the next years successfully develops the permit into a CO₂ storage facility approved by the Danish authorities, it could start storage of CO₂ at the end of this decade.

“Developing large-scale CO₂ solutions is critical for hard-to-abate industries to reduce emissions while maintaining industrial activity and value creation. Our first important task in the project is to ensure that environmental requirements are met before seismic and subsurface data collection can start. The exploration phase will last several years, before the Danish authorities approves the licence area as suitable for safe and permanent CO₂ storage,” says Grete Tveit, senior vice president for Low Carbon Solutions in Equinor.

Our first important task in the project is to ensure that environmental requirements are met before seismic and subsurface data collection can start.

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