Intertek West Lab will do the analytical testing of all samples generated from the operation unit, operated by Petrolink. Cansolv will decide how the job is to be executed and will draw the final conclusions of the analyses Intertek will undertake in the lab. Intertek will run the necessary tests and provide analytical testing data for evaluation, says Managing Director at Intertek West Lab in Tananger, Marvid Skjæveland.

The Risavika Gas Centre in Norway received its first contract from Canadian Cansolv, which will have their CO2-cleaning technology evaluated for the joint power plant and Norwegian Sea project.

The Risavika Gas Centre will be completed in 2008. The first testing of new CO2-technology will commence in May 2008.

Testing CO2 Capture:
"Actually, it is incredible. We are not yet properly installed, however, we are already working on a project", says Gro Cederløf, Manager at Risavika Gas Centre.

Just before Easter the Risavika Gas Centre signed a contract with the Canadian company Cansolv. It is one of three companies competing for the job to deliver CO2 Cleaning technology to Statoil and Shell`s collaboration to build a power-station at Tjeldbergodden. Here, CO2 cleaning performed by amin-cleaning of the fumes will allow the usage of CO2 to be used in improved oil recovery technologies (EOR). The plan is to re-inject the CO2 from the power-station into the oil-wells on the Draugen field, and later on, the Heidrun field.

The purpose of the re-injections is to extract more oil from the wells, Cederløf explains. Before the employers make their choice of contractors, Cansolv has to prove that its technology can deliver as promised.

The testing and documentation will take place in Risavika, just outside Stavanger. Cansolv will closely monitor the process, with local companies, such as Petrolink and Intertek West Lab, respectively running the testing-station and performing the analyses, says Gro Cederløf.

Why will Cansolv carry out the testing in Risavika?

A great advantage is the proximity to the Halten CO2-project; close to the client. The testing could be done in alternative locations, such as a refinery, but the advantage in this case is the fact that the facility is designed exclusively for them. They will not have to be concerned about other risk-factors involved with using a refinery, Cederløf states.

Leif Olav Moe at Petrolink thinks this is a prestigious project; regardless whether the outcome of the testing makes Cansolv the winner of the contract or not. "Our mission is to run the testing-station which is under construction in Risavika. The testing will continue on a day and night basis over a period of three months. There will be 2000 hours of testing altogether. The technology involves the usage of Amine-fluids, which shall capture the CO2 from the fumes."

Petrolink employees include experienced personnel with long experience as employees at the Shell refinery. The work will be managed by former refinery-employees, says Leif Olav Moe, who, like Gro Cederløf, has a background from the refinery.

"Risavika Gas Centre has responsibility of the project, but we do not employ our own technical specialists .We work with companies such as Petrolink and Intertek West Lab to carry out jobs on behalf of our clients", Cederløf says.

"We are the first in Norway to physically do something concrete in the work of CO2-cleaning, beyond scientific research and theoretical calculations. We will perform the testing with commercial development in mind. This project is in line with our vision, and is therefore rather valuable to us", Gro Cederløf adds.

"To us, the priority is to deliver quality and to meet the client’s requirements, but of course this is an exciting and prestigious project for all parties", Skjæveland adds.

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