In Salah Details
1. Key Information
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Project ID | 22 |
| Project Name | In Salah |
| Alternative Name | |
| Scale | Commercial |
| Purpose | Upstream |
| Location | In Salah, Central Sahara region |
| Country | Algeria |
| Continent | Africa |
| Latitude | 28.642220 |
| Longitude | 2.825050 |
| Regulation Status | |
| Primary Company / Alliance | BP, Sonatrach, Statoil |
2. Further Information
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Project Description | In Salah gas project processes natural gas from three gas fields in the area. The natural gas is around 10% CO2 which is separated at the Krechba processing facility using an amine process. Captured CO2 is compressed and re-injected into the Krechba reservoir on site. Reservoir is low permeability sandstone so high pressure is required to inject CO2. The In Salah Southern gas Fields Development Project (possible project startup 2013) to expand production to four additional fields to the south is in planning. In 2011 injection operations were suspended 'temporarily' due to concerns over seal integrity, although no leakage was reported. Injection has not restarted. Monitoring will continue for at least 10 years. (Checked 09/01/17) |
| Project Website |
3. Status
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Status | Finished |
| Status Comment | |
| Intended Operational Year | |
| Operation Year | 2004 |
| End Operation Year | 2011 |
| Date Comment | Reported as temporary suspension |
4. Funding
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Estimated Cost | USD 2.7 billion |
| Public Funding | No |
| Public Funding Comment | |
| Public Engagement |
5. Organisation
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Non Commercial Org | |
| CCS Group | |
| Company Comment |
6. Storage
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Fate | Depleted Oil and Gas |
| On / Offshore | Onshore |
| Storage Company | |
| Injection (MT CO2/yr) | 1.0 |
| Total Injection (MT CO2) | 17.000 |
| Storage Distance | |
| Storage Country | Algeria |
| Storage Latitude | |
| Storage Longitude | |
| Storage Comment | |
| Storage Monitoring | Extensive monitoring of injected CO2 using many techniques inc. tracers, seismic and remote sensing. |
7. Production
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Product | Natural gas |
| Source Company | |
| Construction | New |
| Permit | |
| Permit Date | |
| Feedstock | Gas |
| Feedstock Detail | Natural acid gas |
| Feedstock Additional | |
| Power Plant Size | |
| Fuel Capacity | |
| Production Capacity | 9 billion cubic metres gas per annum |
| Plant Capacity Comment |
8. Separation
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Separation Type | Other |
| Separation Technology | Amine |
| Separation Comment | |
| Capture Company | BASF |
| CCS Capacity |
9. Transport
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Transport Method | Pipe |
| Transport Company | |
| Cluster | No |
| Cluster Comment | Gas brought in from different local fields. Expansion to develop additional fields to the south in planning. |
| Trans-boundary | No |
| Transport Comment |
10. Edit History
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Date Entered | 2010-11-01 14:29:33 |
| Entered by | CCSDBA |
| Date Modified | 2021-01-23 11:59:07.166273 |
| Modified by | CCSDBA |
Links
| http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610213007947 |
| Conference Paper (Nov 2012): Ringrose et al - Lessons learned and knowledge transfer |
| http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2014/0527/Can-we-hide-carbon-dioxide-underground-Algeria-site-offers-note-of-caution |
| Press (May 2014): Article on movement of CO2 in reservoir |
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066489/ |
| Journal paper (June 2014): White, J.A et al - Geomechanical behaviour of reservoir and caprock... |