Denmark Starting Signal for successful CCS
Off Denmark's coast, Wintershall Dea is using further potentials for low-carbon energy supply.
Wintershall Dea has been producing oil successfully off the coast of Denmark since 2003. Today, Wintershall Dea has equity in the two oil fields Cecilie and Nini which are located in the Danish Central Graben and expected to remain in production until 2024. Further, as a core member of the CCS consortium Project Greensand in Denmark, Wintershall Dea is showcasing the feasibility of cross-border transport and safe underground storage of industrial CO2.
Where we operate in Denmark
Wintershall Dea’s concessions are located off the western coast of Denmark: Close to the border of the Norwegian North Sea, oil is produced from the Nini and Cecilie fields.
Up to
8
million tonnes CO2 can be stored in the Greensand project per year from 2030
23
partners have teamed up to store CO2 emissions in the Danish North Sea
Project Greensand
The Greensand Consortium aims to use depleted offshore oil reservoirs in the Danish North Sea to permanently and safely store CO2 captured at onshore industrial facilities. The project has cleared a first major hurdle in fall 2020 with the certification of the Nini West subsea reservoir as a feasible gas storage. This certification confirms that the reservoir is conceptually suitable for injecting 0.45 million tonnes CO2 per year per well for a 10-year period and that it can safely contain the CO2 in compressed form. In August 2021, the consortium moved ahead to the pilot phase. In December 2021, the project was granted a 197 million DKK (€26 million) funding award from the Danish Energy Agency. The first successful offshore injection took place at the beginning of March 2023. From 2026, up to 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 are to be stored here annually and up to 8 million tonnes of CO2 from 2030.
