Fact box 6.3 - Storage atlas

The NPD has mapped areas suitable for long-term and secure CO2 storage on the NCS, resulting in an atlas of such sites (figure 6.9[26]).

A range of storage opportunities have been evaluated, such as large aquifers, structural closures, abandoned fields and in combination with improved oil recovery.

The calculated reservoir volume on the NCS is theoretically sufficient to accommodate more than 80 billion tonnes of CO₂, which corresponds to 1 000 years of Norway’s annual emissions at the current rate.

 

 

Figure 6.9 CO2 storage atlas. Source: NPD (2014)