K12-b

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The K12-B gas field is located in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, approximately 150 km northwest of Amsterdam.

Since 1987, it has been producing natural gas with a relatively high CO₂ content (13%). Prior to transport to shore the CO2 is separated from the natural gas. Until recently the CO₂ was vented, but it is now re-injected into the gas field, at a depth of approximately 4000 m.

K12-B is the first site where CO₂ is being injected into the same reservoir from which it was, together with methane, produced.

Several research projects are using the CO2 storage project at K12-B as a source of data to validate models and gain insight in various processes.

[edit] See also

• List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
• North Sea oil