International Demonstrations

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is partnering with many international organizations that are advancing carbon storage research at projects located throughout the world. The benefits of U.S. scientists’ participation range from opportunities to field test innovative technologies at large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations around the world to providing U.S. expertise on multinational CCS investigative research and development (R&D) teams. Supporting these projects directly enhances U.S. efforts to develop technologies and tools to meet the strategic goals of the Carbon Storage Program's Advanced Storage R&D Technology Area. The figure below displays the location of each DOE-supported international demonstration project.

In addition, these collaborations provide a means to encourage the transfer of technical lessons learned between industry and academia to facilitate the adoption of these technologies in the field. The table below details DOE-supported international CCS projects.

Displays the location of each DOE-supported international demonstration project.

Active DOE Support
#	Project Location Name / Dates	Operator / Partner	Research Setting	DOE Contribution
1	North America, Canada, Saskatchewan Aquistore / 2013-2018	Petroleum Technology Research Centre	Saline Fluvial Sandstone	Supporting seismic testing and distributed acoustic sensor (DAS) monitoring, as well as reservoir modeling and simulation.
2	North America, Canada, Alberta CMC CaMI Field Research Station / 2015+	CMC Containment & Monitoring Institute	Saline Shallow Marine Sandstone	Supporting borehole monitoring technology testing (e.g., electromagnetic, DAS, crosswell).
3	North America, Canada, Alberta Quest / 2016+	Shell Canada, Chevron Canada, Marathon Oil Sands	Saline Fluvial Sandstone	Supporting field testing and validation of advanced monitoring, verification, accounting (MVA), and assessment technologies.
4	North America, Canada, B.C. Cascadia / 2017-2018	University of Victoria	Cascadia Subduction Zone	Supporting long-term monitoring test of new technology–discrete fiber optic accelerometer sensors cemented in a 1,500-foot borehole–for detection of weak microseismic tremors.
5	Europe, Switzerland Mont Terri / 2015-2018	Swisstopo – Swiss Geological Survey	Clay-Rich Fault Zone	Modelling of small-scale fluid injections to understand fault zone frictional properties, stress changes, fault movement, and induced seismicity.
6	Europe, Spain, Burgos Hontomin / 2017+	Enabling Onshore CO2 Storage in Europe (ENOS)	Saline Carbonate	Supporting characterization and modeling of storage site.
7	Australia, Victoria Otway Basin / Stage I: 2008 Stage II: 2011 Stage III: 2017	CO2CRC	Gas-Charged Saline Sandstone	Supported scientists to test multiple monitoring technologies at depleted gas field and saline formations.
8	Asia, Japan Tomakomai / 2016-2018	Japan CCS Co. Ltd.	Saline Marine Sandstone	Supporting ultra-high-resolution marine seismic acquired by the Bureau of Economic Geology of Austin, Texas.
Past DOE Support
#	Project Location Name / Dates	Operator / Partner	Research Setting	DOE Contribution
9	North America, Canada, Saskatchewan Weyburn-Midale / Commercial 2000	Cenovus, Apache, Petroleum Technology Research Centre	Carbonate Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)	DOE was a lead sponsor of the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Program (IEAGHG) research project and U.S. scientists tested multiple monitoring and simulation technologies.
10	North America, Canada, Alberta Zama Oilfield / 2005-2009	Apache (via Plains CO₂ Reduction [PCOR] Partnership)	Carbonate EOR	Supported the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs) to conduct monitoring and reservoir modeling of CO₂ injection into pinnacle reefs.
11	Europe, North Sea, Norway Sleipner / Commercial 1996	StatoilHydro	Saline Marine Sandstone	Supported reservoir modeling and time-lapse gravity surveys.
12	Europe, North Sea, Norway Snøhvit / Commercial 2008	StatoilHydro	Saline Marine Sandstone	Supported analyses to simulate geo-mechanical conditions of the reservoir and caprock.
13	Europe, Germany CO2SINK, Ketzin / Demonstration 2008	GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam	Saline Sandstone	Supported deployment of downhole monitoring technology based on seismic and thermal perturbation sensors and electromagnetic monitoring.
14	Europe, Iceland CarbFix / 2012-2014	Reykjavik Energy	Saline Basalt	Supported the testing of tracer methods to assess trapping mechanisms in basalt formations.
15	Africa, Algeria In Salah Commercial 2004 / Injection completed	BP, Sonatrach, StatoilHydro	Saline Sandstone down the flank from a gas field	Supported testing of field and remote sensing monitoring technologies and modeling geomechanical and geochemical reservoir processes.
16	Asia, China Ordos Basin / 2011-2014	Shenhua Coal	Saline Sandstone & Carbonate	Supported assessment of capacity for storage, and simulation of hydrogeologic and geochemical reservoir conditions.