Operator Statoil now work intensively to find alternative solutions for getting more CO2 into the reservoir, TU.no reports. -What we have seen is that the pressure in the reservoir increases more than anticipated when the CO2 is injected, company press spokesman Gisle Johanson says. -This makes the storage capacity less than we had anticipated. Statoil now intends to well intervention technology to break up the geological formations. Another alternative is to drill a new well, Mr. Johansen confirms. The Snøhvit project is the first hydrocarbon field in production in the Barents Sea and has the northernmost LNG plant in the world. Operator Statoil has had serious technical problems with the project, something which has resulted in CO2 emission far above the original plans.
