DUC considers adapting North Sea Harald field for CO2 storage

Offshore staff

OSLO, Norway – Noreco has entered a carbon capture and storage (CCS) partnership that will assess the potential for CO₂ transport and storage for the Harald field in the Danish North Sea.

Also involved in Project Bifrost are Noreco’s partners in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC), TotalEnergies and Nordsøfonden (the DUC is responsible for most of Denmark’s offshore production); Ørsted, which owns the pipeline infrastructure connecting the DUC’s offshore installations to the shore; and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

The anticipated start-up storage capacity is 3 MMt/yr of CO₂. The CCS partnership has applied for funding under Denmark’s Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program, to help develop and select the CO₂ transport and storage concept.

Their application includes a study to qualify the potential of adding further DUC North Sea reservoirs as these become available, and potential use of the established offshore pipeline as a first step to a future European cost- and ‘climate-efficient’ CO₂ transportation system.

Noreco COO John Hulme said an integrated domestic and international CO₂ transportation system may be more efficient. “CCS can be an important part of achieving Denmark’s ambitious CO₂ reduction targets, especially if there is cooperation between the CCS players.”

Ørsted will conduct technical studies for repurposing the existing pipeline infrastructure, while DTU will perform laboratory testing and simulation and socioeconomic studies exploring sector integration potential, export opportunities, and job creation from a new Danish CCS industry.

09/08/2021