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6549723 
Journal Article 
Saline Aquifer Storage of Carbon Dioxide in the Sleipner Project 
Kongsjorden, H; Karstad, O; Torp, TA 
1998 
1 
Waste Management
ISSN: 0956-053X
EISSN: 1879-2456 
Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX 
17 
5 (1998) 
303. 
The Sleipner field in the North Sea, will produce a large part of Norway's natural-gas supply to the European Union. The produced gas needs to be treated and carbon dioxide partially removed before the gas can be shipped through the export pipelines to market. The project will extract approximately 1 million tpy of CO sub(2) from its sales gas, which, rather than being emitted to the atmosphere, will be injected into the Utsira aquifer some 1000 m under the seabed. The Sleipner CO sub(2) removal and aquifer-storage scheme is outlined, along with the R&D involved. 
GREENHOUSE EFFECT; AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; NORTH SEA