The CO2 Storage Atlas, Norwegian Sea, with Simulation Case Study Nordland Ridge

Studies have shown that it may be possible to store large amounts of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf. A team in Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has, during the last two years, interpreted relevant data on the Norwegian Continental shelf in order to classify potential storage sites. A Simulation model of the The Nordland ridge Åre formation was built for the purpose of assessing its CO2 storage potential. The modeled Nordland Ridge is a closed structure with CO2 storage potentials in two dome like structural highs. The main simulation cases inject 2 mill Sm3 CO2/day (daily rate of 1/5000 of total volume). The simulated injection period last 50 years, and simulation then continues for 1 000 years to check the long term CO2 migration effects.