TY - JOUR
T1 - CO2 geological storage capacity analysis in Estonia and neighbouring regions
AU - Shogenova, Alla
AU - Shogenov, Kazbulat
AU - Vaher, Rein
AU - Ivask, Jüri
AU - Sliaupa, Saulius
AU - Vangkilde-Pedersen, Thomas
AU - Uibu, Mai
AU - Kuusik, Rein
N1 - Funding Information:
Regional options for geological storage of large industrial CO2 emissions produced in Estonia were analysed in the research ordered by the national company Eesti Energia. The CO2 emissions produced in Estonia are the highest in the Baltic Region and among the highest per capita in Europe due to the use of local oil shale for energy production. The export of energy to Finland, Latvia and Lithuania nearly doubled the production of energy and CO2 emissions in 2009 compared to 2005. The research covers the Baltic and Nordic countries, Poland, north-western and central Russia and is based on the results of the GESTCO and EU GeoCapacity projects funded by EU FP5 and FP6. The onshore option for CO2 geological storage nearest to Estonia is available in Cambrian sandstones of Latvian anticline structures and in not yet estimated Cambrian aquifers in western Russia. Norwegian North Sea aquifers and hydrocarbon fields have the highest potential in the Nordic Region. Western Russia has high potential for enhanced oil and gas recovery. The offshore options in Norway and NW Russia are the farthest from the largest Estonian CO2 source. The potential for CO2 geological storage in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland is close to zero, but various promising possibilities for CO2 mineral carbonation are available.
Funding Information:
This article is a dissemination activity of CO2NetEast - a coordination action/project sponsored by Statoil, Schlumberger, Enel, Technology Initiatives, Alstom and Vattenfall. The research was supported by Eesti Energia company, EU GeoCapacity project (FP6-518318) and partly by governmental target funding project No SF0320080s07 and SF0140083s08 fromthe Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Regional options for geological storage of large industrial CO2 emissions produced in Estonia were analysed in the research ordered by the national company Eesti Energia. The CO2 emissions produced in Estonia are the highest in the Baltic Region and among the highest per capita in Europe due to the use of local oil shale for energy production. The export of energy to Finland, Latvia and Lithuania nearly doubled the production of energy and CO2 emissions in 2009 compared to 2005. The research covers the Baltic and Nordic countries, Poland, north-western and central Russia and is based on the results of the GESTCO and EU GeoCapacity projects funded by EU FP5 and FP6. The onshore option for CO2 geological storage nearest to Estonia is available in Cambrian sandstones of Latvian anticline structures and in not yet estimated Cambrian aquifers in western Russia. Norwegian North Sea aquifers and hydrocarbon fields have the highest potential in the Nordic Region. Western Russia has high potential for enhanced oil and gas recovery. The offshore options in Norway and NW Russia are the farthest from the largest Estonian CO2 source. The potential for CO2 geological storage in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland is close to zero, but various promising possibilities for CO2 mineral carbonation are available.
AB - Regional options for geological storage of large industrial CO2 emissions produced in Estonia were analysed in the research ordered by the national company Eesti Energia. The CO2 emissions produced in Estonia are the highest in the Baltic Region and among the highest per capita in Europe due to the use of local oil shale for energy production. The export of energy to Finland, Latvia and Lithuania nearly doubled the production of energy and CO2 emissions in 2009 compared to 2005. The research covers the Baltic and Nordic countries, Poland, north-western and central Russia and is based on the results of the GESTCO and EU GeoCapacity projects funded by EU FP5 and FP6. The onshore option for CO2 geological storage nearest to Estonia is available in Cambrian sandstones of Latvian anticline structures and in not yet estimated Cambrian aquifers in western Russia. Norwegian North Sea aquifers and hydrocarbon fields have the highest potential in the Nordic Region. Western Russia has high potential for enhanced oil and gas recovery. The offshore options in Norway and NW Russia are the farthest from the largest Estonian CO2 source. The potential for CO2 geological storage in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland is close to zero, but various promising possibilities for CO2 mineral carbonation are available.
KW - Baltic
KW - Mineral carbonation
KW - Nordic
KW - Russia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.182
DO - 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.182
M3 - Conference article in journal
SN - 1876-6102
VL - 4
SP - 2785
EP - 2792
JO - Energy Procedia
JF - Energy Procedia
T2 - 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies
Y2 - 19 September 2010 through 23 September 2010
ER -