The first CO2 storage of our Greensand project will soon start in Denmark.
(Photo: Wintershall Dea/Sören Weper)
Esbjerg, Dusseldorf If you want to know how carbon dioxide can be stored deep under the seabed, you have to fly an hour and around 200 kilometers north-west from the Danish port of Esbjerg onto the North Sea by helicopter. Here, the British chemical group Ineos and the German gas company Wintershall Dea are pushing ahead with the “Greensand” project.
It should start in just a few weeks: the ship with the first load is already waiting in the port of Esbjerg. Before the end of March, the “Aurora Storm” is to transport its cargo of 800 tons of liquefied carbon dioxide out to sea from Belgium in 40 special containers.
The key roles in Greensand are played by the oil rigs Siri and her smaller sister Nini. Siri is the control center of the project. The Nini platform provides the infrastructure to which ships such as the “Aurora Storm” can dock.
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