Nominate a Project for CSLF Recognition

Learn how to nominate a project for recognition by the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF).

Learnings from CSLF-recognized projects are key elements to knowledge-sharing, which will ultimately assist in accelerating the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies.

Descriptions of Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) recognized projects, by country.
Project Title Lead Nominator Sort descending Additional Nominator Description
CarbonNet Project Australia United States

This is a large-scale project that will implement a large-scale multi-user carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, transport, and storage network in southeastern Australia in the Latrobe Valley. Multiple industrial and utility point sources of CO… more

CO2CRC Otway Project Australia United States

This is a pilot-scale project that involves transport and injection of approximately 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into a depleted natural gas well over a two-year period. Besides the operational aspects of processing, transport… more

CO2CRC Otway Project, Stage 2 Australia United States

This is the second stage of a multistage carbon dioxide (CO2) storage program, located in southwestern Victoria, Australia. The goal is to increase the knowledge base for CO2 storage in geologic deep saline formations through seismic visualization of… more

Gorgon Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Injection Project Australia Canada and the United States

This is a large-scale project that will store approximately 120 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a water-bearing sandstone formation two kilometers below Barrow Island, off the northwest coast of Australia. The CO2 … more

South West Hub Project Australia United States and Canada

This is a large-scale project that will implement a large-scale "Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Hub" for multiuser capture, transport, utilization, and storage of CO2 in southwestern Australia near the city of Perth. Several… more

CO2CRC Otway Project, Stage 3 Australia Canada, France, Mexico, Norway, Saudi Arabia, and United Kingdom

This is the third stage of a multistage carbon dioxide (CO2) storage program, located in southwestern Victoria, Australia. The project's goal is to validate cost and operationally effective subsurface monitoring technologies to accelerate… more

Alberta Carbon Trunk Line Canada United States

This large-scale fully-integrated project will collect carbon dioxide (CO2) from two industrial sources (a fertilizer plant and an oil sands upgrading facility) in Canada’s Province of Alberta industrial heartland and transport it via a 240… more

Alberta Enhanced Coal-Bed Methane Recovery Project (Project Completed) Canada United States and United Kingdom

This pilot-scale project, located in Alberta, Canada, demonstrated from both economic and environmental criteria the overall feasibility of coalbed methane (CBM) production and simultaneous carbon dioxide (CO2) torage in deep… more

CANMET Energy Oxy-fuel Project (Project Completed) Canada United States

This was a pilot-scale project, located in Ontario, Canada, that demonstrated oxy-fuel combustion technology with carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. The project focus was on energy-efficient integrated multipollutant control, waste management,… more

Fort Nelson Carbon Capture and Storage Project (Project Completed) Canada United States

This was a large-scale project in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, which developed a feasibility study for a large natural gas-processing plant for CCS into deep saline formations of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB).  Goals of… more

International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas (IEA GHG) Programme Weyburn-Midale Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring and Storage Project (Project Completed) Canada United States (also a lead nominator) and Japan

This was a monitoring-related activity for a large-scale project that utilizes carbon dioxide (CO2) for enhanced oil recovery at a Canadian oil field. The goal of the project was to determine the performance and undertake a thorough risk… more

International Test Centre (ITC) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture with Chemical Solvents Canada United States

This is a pilot-scale project that will demonstrate carbon dioxide (CO2) capture using chemical solvents. Supporting activities include bench and lab-scale units that will be used to optimize the entire process using improved solvents and… more

Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project Canada United Kingdom and United States

Located at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, this large-scale project has integrated capture, transportation, storage, and monitoring that will capture and store up to 1.2 million tonnes per year of carbon dioxide (CO2) from an oil… more

SaskPower Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project at Boundary Dam Unit 3 Canada United States

This large-scale project, located in the southeastern corner of Saskatchewan Province in Canada, is the first application of full stream carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery from flue gas of a 139-megawatt coal-fueled power plant unit. A… more

Zama Acid Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration and Monitoring Project (Project Completed) Canada United States

This was a pilot-scale project that involved utilization of acid gas (approximately 70% CO2 and 30% hydrogen sulfide) derived from natural gas extraction for enhanced oil recovery. Project objectives were to predict, monitor, and evaluate… more

China Coalbed Methane Technology/Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration Project (Project Completed) Canada China and United States

This pilot-scale project successfully demonstrated that coal seams in the anthracitic coals of Shanxi Province of China are permeable and stable enough to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and enhance methane production, leading to a clean energy… more

Jingbian Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project China Australia

This integrated large-scale pilot project, located at a coal-to-chemicals company in the Ordos Basin of China’s Shaanxi Province, is capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a coal gasification plant via a commercial chilled methanol process,… more

Carbon Dioxde (CO2) from Capture to Storage (CASTOR) (Project Completed) European Commission France and Norway

This was a multifaceted project that had activities at various sites in Europe, in three main areas: strategy for carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction, post-combustion capture, and CO2 storage performance and risk assessment… more

CO2GeoNet European Commission United Kingdom

This multifaceted project is focused on geologic storage options for carbon dioxide (CO2) as a greenhouse gas mitigation option, and on assembling an authoritative body for Europe on geologic sequestration. Major objectives include… more

Dynamis (Project Completed) European Commission Norway

This was the first phase of the multifaceted European Hydrogen program, which was intended to lay the groundwork for a future advanced commercial-scale power plant with hydrogen production and carbon dioxide (CO2) management. The Dynamis… more

ENhanced CAPture of Carbon Dioxide (ENCAP) (Project Completed) European Commission France and Germany

ENhanced CAPture of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), or ENCAP, was a multifaceted research project consisted of six sub-projects: process and power systems, pre-combustion decarbonization technologies, oxygen (O2… more

Ketzin Pilot Injection and Storage Site (Project Completed) European Commission Germany

The first European onshore carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project was initiated at the Ketzin pilot site in 2004. Between June 2008 and August 2013, about 67 kilotonnes of CO2 were injected into a saline aquifer at depths of 630 to… more

Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage (CGS) Europe Project (Project Completed) France Italy, Norway, and the European Commission

This was a collaborative venture, involving 35 partners from participant countries in Europe, with extensive structured networking, knowledge transfer, and information exchange. A goal of the project wss to create a durable network of experts in… more

Lacq Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture and Storage Project (Project Completed) France Canada

This was an intermediate-scale project that tested and demonstrated an entire integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) process, from emissions source to underground storage in a depleted gas field. The project captured and stored approximately… more

Enabling Onshore CO2 Storage in Europe (ENOS) Italy Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, and the United Kingdom

This is a multi-faceted project whose objectives are to provide crucial advances to help foster onshore CO2 storage in Europe through (a) developing, testing, and demonstrating key technologies specifically adapted to onshore storage, and (… more

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Separation from Pressurized Gas Stream Japan United States

This is a small-scale project that will evaluate processes and economics for carbon dioxide (CO2) separation from pressurized gas streams. The project will evaluate primary promising new gas separation membranes, initially at atmospheric… more

Tomakomai Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Demonstration Project Japan Australia, Canada, France, Norway, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States

This is an integrated large-scale pilot project, located at a refinery complex in Tomakomai City on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, which is capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the refinery’s hydrogen production unit with a steam methane… more

Dry Solid Sorbent Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture Korea United Kingdom

This is a pilot-scale project, located in southern Korea, that is demonstrating the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from a 10 megawatt electric power plant flue gas slipstream, using a potassium carbonate-based solid sorbent. The project’s… more

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Field Lab Project (Project Completed) Norway France and the United Kingdom

This is a pilot-scale project, located at Svelvik, Norway, that will investigate carbon dioxide (CO2) leakage characteristics in a well-controlled and well-characterized permeable geological formation. Relatively small amounts of CO2… more

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) STORE (Project Completed) Norway European Commission

This project, a follow-on to the Sleipner project, involved the monitoring of carbon dioxide (CO2) migration (involving a seismic survey) in a saline formation beneath the North Sea and additional studies to gain further knowledge of… more

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) Project Norway Netherlands

Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) is one of the world’s largest facilities for testing and improving carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. It started operating in May 2012 and has an annual capacity for handling up to 100,000 tons of CO2… more

Norcem Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture Project (Project Completed) Norway Germany

The Norcem test facility is one of the world’s first pilot plants for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a cement plant. The project started in 2013, and four different technologies will be tested: amine-based capture, membranes, solid… more

Uthmaniyah Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2-EOR) Demonstration Project Saudi Arabia United States

This large-scale project, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, is capturing and storing approximately 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year from a natural gas production and processing facility and includes pipeline… more

Carbon Capture and Utilization Project / Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Network Project Saudi Arabia South Africa

This is a large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization project, including approximately 25 kilometers of pipeline infrastructure, that captures and purifies COfrom an existing ethylene glycol production facility located in… more

Oxy-Combustion of Heavy Liquid Fuels Project Saudi Arabia United States

This is a large pilot project (approximately 30–60 megawatts in scale), located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, whose goals are to investigate the performance of oxy-fuel combustion technology when firing difficult-to-burn liquid fuels such as… more

Al Reyadah Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage (CCUS) Project United Arab Emirates Australia, Canada, China, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Kingdom, and United States

This is an integrated commercial-scale project, located in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which is capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue gas of an Emirates Steel production facility and injecting the COmore

Demonstration of an Oxy-fuel Combustion System (Project Completed) United Kingdom France

This project located at Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom, demonstrated oxyfuel technology on a full-scale 40-megawatt burner. The goal of the project was to gather sufficient data to establish the operational envelope of a full-scale oxy-fuel burner… more

Geologic Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Storage Assurance at in Salah, Algeria (project located in Algeria) United Kingdom Norway

This multifaceted project will develop the tools, technologies, techniques, and management systems required to cost-effectively demonstrate, safe, secure, and verifiable carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in conjunction with commercial natural… more

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture Project - Phase 2 (Project Completed) United Kingdom Italy, Norway, and United States

This pilot-scale project continued the development of new technologies to reduce the cost of carbon dioxide (CO2) separation, capture, and geologic storage from combustion sources such as turbines, heaters, and boilers. These technologies… more

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture Project - Phase 3 (Project Completed) United Kingdom United States

This was a collaborative venture of seven partner companies (international oil and gas producers) plus the Electric Power Research Institute. The overall goals of the project were to increase technical and cost knowledge associated with carbon dioxide… more

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture Project, Phase 4 United Kingdom Canada and United States

This is a multidiscipline project whose goal is to further increase understanding of existing, emerging, and breakthrough carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies applied to oil and gas application scenarios (now including separation from… more

Frio Project (Project Completed) United States Australia

This pilot-scale project demonstrated the process of carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in an onshore underground saline formation in eastern Texas, United States. This location was ideal, as very large scale sequestration may be needed in… more

Illinois Basin – Decatur Project United States United Kingdom

This is a large-scale research project that will geologically store up to 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) over a 3-year period. The CO2 is being captured from the fermentation process used to produce ethanol at… more

Illinois Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Project United States France

This is a large-scale commercial project that will collect up to 3,000 tonnes per day of carbon dioxide (CO2) for deep geologic storage. The CO2 is being captured from the fermentation process used to produce ethanol at an… more

Michigan Basin Development Phase Project United States Japan and Canada

This large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project, located in Michigan and nearby states in the northern United States, will, over its 4-year duration, inject a total of one million tonnes of CO2 into different types of… more

NET Power 50 Megawatts thermal (MWth) Allam Cycle Demonstration Project United States Japan, Saudi Arabia, and United Kingdom

This is a capture-only large-scale pilot project, located in La Porte, Texas, in the United States, whose overall objective is to demonstrate the performance of the Allam power cycle. The Allam cycle is a next-generation gas turbine-derived power… more

Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships United States Canada

This multifaceted project will identify and test the most promising opportunities to implement sequestration technologies in the United States and Canada. There are seven different regional partnerships, each with their own specific program plans,… more

Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration (SECARB) Partnership Early Test at Cranfield Project United States Canada and United Kingdom

This is a large-scale project, located near Natchez, Mississippi, United States, that involves transport, injection, and monitoring of approximately one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year into a deep saline reservoir associated… more

Plant Barry Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project (Project Completed) United States Japan and Canada

This large-scale, fully-integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, located in southeastern Alabama in the United States, brought together components of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, transport, and geologic storage, including… more

Air Products Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture from Hydrogen Facility Project United States Netherlands and United Kingdom

This is a large-scale commercial project, located in eastern Texas in the United States, that will demonstrate a state-of-the-art system to concentrate carbon dioxide (CO2) from two steam methane reformer (SMR) hydrogen production plants… more

Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative / Carbon Capture Simulation for Industry Impact (CCSI/CCSI2) United States China, France, and Norway

This is a computational research initiative, with activities ongoing at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, four other national laboratories, and five universities across the United States, with collaboration from other organizations outside… more

National Risk Assessment Partnership (NRAP) United States Australia, China, and France

This is a risk assessment initiative, with activities ongoing at the National Energy Technology Laboratory and four other national laboratories across the United States, including collaboration with industry, regulatory organizations, and other types… more

Regional Opportunities for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture and Storage in China (Project Completed) United States China

This project characterized the technical and economic potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage technologies in China. The project goals were to compile key characteristics of large anthropogenic CO2 sources (… more