European Union set to get first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site

The Nini oil field in the North Sea. PIC/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe's rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter.

Used to extract fossil fuels, the field is now getting a second lease on life as a means of permanently storing planet-warming carbon dioxide beneath the seabed. In a process that almost reverses oil extraction, chemical giant INEOS plans to inject liquefied CO2 deep down into depleted oil reservoirs, 1800 metres beneath the seabed.

The final stage in INEOS' carbon capture and storage efforts, named Greensand Future, are currently underway. When the project begins commercial operations next year, Greensand is expected to become the European Union's first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site.

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