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Haldager S<strong>and</strong> Formation gain an increased thickness <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gassum Formationreaches a maximum of more than 350 metres in this trend (e.g. Hans-1 <strong>and</strong> Terne-1wells). Zechstein salt is not present at <strong>the</strong> Skagerrak-Kattegat plat<strong>for</strong>m area (Michelsen& Nielsen, 1991) <strong>and</strong> salt induced structures are <strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e absent, but <strong>the</strong> zone is stronglyblock-faulted <strong>and</strong> fault blocks with Skagerrak Formation, Gassum Formation orHaldager S<strong>and</strong> Formation may <strong>for</strong>m potential structures <strong>for</strong> CO 2 storage.The annual emission from large point sources in Denmark roughly corresponds to <strong>the</strong>volume of natural gas produced from <strong>the</strong> Danish part of <strong>the</strong> North Sea, which amounts to10 billion m3 (Frykman 2009), which is transported in pipe lines <strong>and</strong> tankers <strong>and</strong>processed at plants <strong>and</strong> refineries. The comparable size of <strong>the</strong> potential volume of CO 2 ,to be moved around at surface <strong>and</strong> injected into <strong>the</strong> subsurface (although compressed tosmaller volumes at depth), points to <strong>the</strong> large scale at which a CCS-related processing<strong>and</strong> transporting industry has to be established.3 CO 2 storage in <strong>the</strong> near future – possibilities<strong>and</strong> challengesResearch projects concerning CCS in Europe have gradually increased in numbersthrough <strong>the</strong> last 10 – 15 years. These projects seek to close <strong>the</strong> gaps in knowledge <strong>and</strong>reduce costs on capture, transport <strong>and</strong> storage. One of <strong>the</strong> obvious possibilities in aninitial phase of establishing a CCS infrastructure is to use <strong>the</strong> limited amounts ofavailable CO 2 <strong>for</strong> enhanced oil/gas recovery. Many oil <strong>and</strong> gas fields in Europeexperience declining production rate <strong>and</strong> using CO 2 <strong>for</strong> EOR/EGR in depleting oil <strong>and</strong>gas fields has proven successful in e.g. USA <strong>and</strong> Hungary. One of <strong>the</strong> research projectsaddressing <strong>the</strong> opportunity to use CO 2 being produced from power plants <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rindustries in Europe <strong>for</strong> enhanced hydrocarbon production (EOR/EGR) is <strong>the</strong> ECCOproject (European Value Chain <strong>for</strong> CO 2 ), where results will be available in autumn 2011.The results will comprise strategies <strong>and</strong> recommendations regarding deployment of <strong>the</strong>CO 2 infrastructure in <strong>the</strong> near- <strong>and</strong> mid-term future, liability issues <strong>and</strong> cross-borderregulations, Emission Trading Schemes (ETS), financing schemes, <strong>and</strong> regime ofincentives, <strong>and</strong> organization of <strong>the</strong> supply chain.In a later stage, when an initial infrastructure is established <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> amount of CO 2 fromincreasing numbers of capture facilities has exceeded <strong>the</strong> amount required <strong>for</strong> enhancedoil <strong>and</strong> gas recovery (EOR/EGR), CO 2 storage in aquifers can be <strong>the</strong> next step. Aquiferstorage has large potential although it will take time <strong>and</strong> economic resources to carry outmore detailed surveys of promising geological <strong>for</strong>mations <strong>and</strong> structures. Geoscience<strong>and</strong> geo-engineering will play a major role in <strong>the</strong> analysis of <strong>the</strong> geological foundation,<strong>the</strong> assessment of site per<strong>for</strong>mance, <strong>and</strong> will be critical in securing <strong>the</strong> safety of <strong>the</strong>operations.In Denmark <strong>the</strong> subsurface has ability to store large amounts of CO 2 <strong>and</strong> almost <strong>the</strong>whole Danish territory has suitable reservoir <strong>for</strong>mations within <strong>the</strong> optimal depth intervalof 800 – 2500m. So far only 10 geological structures have been evaluated but manystructures <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong>mations will possibly reveal increased storage volume if investigatedmore intensively. Thus, geological storage of CO 2 may contribute considerably to <strong>the</strong>reduction of <strong>the</strong> Danish CO 2 emission, if we can be assured about safety issues, <strong>and</strong> ifpolitical <strong>and</strong> public acceptance can be obtained.ReferencesBertelsen, F. 1980. Lithostratigraphy <strong>and</strong> depositional history of <strong>the</strong> Danish Triassic.Geological Survey of Denmark. Series B 4, 59 pp.Christensen, N.P. & Holloway, S. 2004. Geological storage of CO2 from combustion offossil fuel. European Union Fifth Framework Programme <strong>for</strong> Research <strong>and</strong>7Risø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 54

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