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A major issue concerning CCS is the lack of field demonstration. Plausible theories have been developed to cover most aspects of this process. However, there are at present only four major operational examples where \(\hbox{CO}_{2}\) is injected for the purposes of storage: Statoil’s Sleipner and Snøhvit sites in the North Sea, BP’s In Salah Field (Algeria), and Weyburn. These pilot scale projects are intended to be used as experiments where ideas and theories relating to \(\hbox{CO}_{2}\) storage can be tested, and where principles of best practise can be developed for future application to larger projects. Other projects likely to become operational in the near future are at the Gorgon Field (West Australia), and Shell’s QUEST (Alberta) and Barendrecht (The Netherlands) projects. The EU has mandated that 12 CCS demonstration projects come online by 2015.
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Verdon, J.P. (2012). The Weyburn \(\hbox{CO}_{2}\) Injection Project. In: Microseismic Monitoring and Geomechanical Modelling of CO2 Storage in Subsurface Reservoirs. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25388-1_2
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