Aspects of the storage permit application for CO2 Storage in the depleted gas field offshore the Netherlands

摘要

The Rotterdam Capture and Storage Demonstration Project (ROAD, for 'Rotterdam Opslag and Afvang Demonstratieproject') is a 250MWe equivalent carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project being developed by E.ON and GDF SUEZ. The project receives funding from the EU as one of six selected projects within the EEPR funding scheme, the Dutch Government, and the Global CCS Institute. The post-combustion capture unit will be retrofitted to E.ON's coal-fired Maasvlakte Power Plant 3 (MPP3) and will capture ca. 90% of the CO2 from approximately 25% of the flue gas. On average 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 per year will be compressed, transported via a 25km insulated pipeline to the P18-A platform operated by TAQA, and permanently stored offshore in the P18-4 depleted gas reservoir. In the five year demonstration period a total amount of 5 million tonnes CO2 is envisaged to be stored. The project will be the first of its kind and is intended to demonstrate the economic, regulatory, and technical feasibility of Carbon Capture and Storage in a safe and responsible manner to reduce carbon emissions to the atmosphere. This paper discusses selected aspects of the permit application for CO2 storage in the PI8-4 reservoir, filed for by TAQA to the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (EL&I). The European Commission has stated its positive opinion towards the Dutch ministry EL&I on the permit application and the draft storage permit [5]. Once a permit for CO2 storage is received, this project will be the first in Europe to hold a storage permit following a national implementation of the CCS-Directive 2009/31/EC [4].