Carbon dioxide projects at Mongstad  

It will increase energy efficiency at Mongstad to almost 80%. The plant north of Bergen will make the refinery self-sufficient in terms of power and it will also supply power to Troll A, Gjøa and Kollsnes.

The plan is for the power plant at Mongstad to produce 280 megawatts of electricity and 350 megawatts of heat. The total investment at Mongstad (without the European Carbon Dioxide Test Centre Mongstad) up until 2010 amounts to more than NOK 4 billion, and this also includes a gas pipeline from Kollsnes to Mongstad. The combined heat and power plant at Mongstad is scheduled for completion in 2010.

The Norwegian government and StatoilHydro have entered into an agreement for the building of a full-scale carbon capture facility at Mongstad. As the first stage of the agreement with the authorities, a partnership was established in June 2007 for the European Carbon Dioxide Test Centre Mongstad (TCM). The partnership consists of StatoilHydro, Dong Energy, Vattenfall, Shell and Gassnova SF.

The goal of the test centre is to further develop and test various technologies relating to carbon capture from exhaust gases from the combined heat and power plant, and from emission sources at the refinery. The test centre is scheduled to start up in 2011.

Stage II comprises a full-scale facility that is capable of capturing carbon dioxide from both the combined heat and power plant and other relevant emission sources at the refinery.

A final decision on the size and type of the full-scale facility will be made in 2012, and engineering and building work will start immediately afterwards.

As a result of increased energy efficiency, the combined heat and power plant will boost and further develop Mongstad's position as an industrial centre. The development of the test centre for carbon dioxide capture technology followed by full-scale capture will make Mongstad a forward-looking centre for environmentally friendly industrial activity.