It said the seminar is a co-operation between Norwegian standards agency Standard Norge, Norway's state promoter of carbon capture solutions Gassnova and the NPD. A link to register for the event, and see the programme, can be accessed here.

NPD said that several of Norway’s top CCS experts from industry, the authorities, research and development have participated in international standardisation for many years. Along with experts from 15 other countries, they have developed the first international CCS standards.

These that are being launched November 1 relate to storage of CO₂ and transport of CO₂ by pipeline. The pipeline transportation systems standard, ISO 27913, covers the composition of the CO₂ stream, requirements relating to pipeline design (including material selection, wall thickness, valves), as well as construction and operation of the pipelines. The geological storage standard, ISO 27914, comprises requirements for the chosen storage site, operation (injection) and shutdown, and also covers well infrastructure, risk management and monitoring of the storage site.

CO₂ behaves very differently from methane in a pipeline, requiring different operating pressures in order to flow smoothly, for example.

Mark Smedley