Sleipner gas field
OverviewCarbon capture and storage projectReserves and productionMiocene Utsira Formation
The Sleipner Vest (West) field is used as a facility for carbon capture and storage (CCS). It is the world''s first offshore CCS plant, operative since September 15, 1996. The project, in the initial year, proved insecure due to sinking top sand. However, after a re-perforation and an installation of a gravel layer in August 1997, CCS operations were secure. Equinor reported that as of 2018, one million tonnes of CO2 have been transported and injecte
