Norway to survey seabed for planned CO2 pipelines - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

Norway to survey seabed for planned CO2 pipelines
Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:16am EDT

OSLO (Reuters) - North Sea gas pipeline operator Gassco
has awarded Swedish Marine Matteknikk AB a contract to
survey 636 km of seabed for potential pipelines to carry
carbon dioxide to offshore burial sites, it said on
Wednesday.

Norwegian Gassco is evaluating possible technical
solutions for transporting captured carbon dioxide from
a gas-fired power plant in Kaarstoe, near Stavanger,
as part of its efforts to lower emissions of heat-
trapping gasses.

The CO2 would then be injected and stored in undersea
reservoirs or empty fields.

"The survey work to be performed by Marine Mätteknikk
AB will provide essential data for the transport routes
to be further developed during the pre-engineering phase,
due to commence in the first quarter of 2009," Gassco
said.

"Suitable locations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
shall be evaluated for the sequestration of the
captured CO2."

(Reporting by Wojciech Moskwa)

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSLK72026720080820