{"id":"denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","canonicalSlug":"denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","language":"en","title":"Greensand opens commercial CO₂ storage using the Nini West reservoir","summary":"INEOS describes a Danish supply chain linking CO₂ capture at biomethane plants, shipping and injection into a depleted oil reservoir.","body":["INEOS announced the commercial opening of Greensand on 18 September 2026. The project, led by INEOS Energy with Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden, expects to store up to 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually in its first commercial phase. This is an expected capacity, not a measured annual injection total.","CO₂ is sourced primarily from Danish biomethane plants, liquefied and trucked to the Esbjerg terminal, then shipped aboard Carbon Destroyer 1 for injection into Nini West. The depleted oil reservoir lies about 250 kilometres offshore and roughly 1,800 metres below the seabed; the latter is a reservoir-location reference, not a reported measured well depth.","The announcement describes potential later expansion to 4–8 million tonnes per year. Those volumes remain a future scale-up possibility. Actual stored mass, operating availability and verified net emissions outcomes require separate measurements."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Greensand opens commercial CO₂ storage using the Nini West reservoir\n\nINEOS describes a Danish supply chain linking CO₂ capture at biomethane plants, shipping and injection into a depleted oil reservoir.\n\nINEOS announced the commercial opening of Greensand on 18 September 2026. The project, led by INEOS Energy with Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden, expects to store up to 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually in its first commercial phase. This is an expected capacity, not a measured annual injection total.\n\nCO₂ is sourced primarily from Danish biomethane plants, liquefied and trucked to the Esbjerg terminal, then shipped aboard Carbon Destroyer 1 for injection into Nini West. The depleted oil reservoir lies about 250 kilometres offshore and roughly 1,800 metres below the seabed; the latter is a reservoir-location reference, not a reported measured well depth.\n\nThe announcement describes potential later expansion to 4–8 million tonnes per year. Those volumes remain a future scale-up possibility. Actual stored mass, operating availability and verified net emissions outcomes require separate measurements.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["denmark","injection-wells","carbon-storage","nini-west"],"eventDate":"2026-09-18","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T13:39:44Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-08T13:39:44Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-08T13:27:30Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-18","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"INEOS","url":"https://www.ineos.com/news/shared-news/ineos-opens-the-first-full-scale-co%E2%82%82-storage-site-in-the-eu/","publishedAt":"2026-09-18","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/denmark-greensand-nini-west-commercial-carbon-storage-september-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"country-dk","type":"country","countryCode":"DK","name":{"en":"Denmark","tr":"Danimarka","ar":"الدنمارك","fr":"Danemark","es":"Dinamarca","ru":"Дания","pt":"Dinamarca"},"context":{"en":"Country identified in the primary source; no site coordinates asserted.","tr":"Birincil kaynakta belirtilen ülke; saha koordinatı iddiası yok.","ar":"البلد المحدد في المصدر الأصلي؛ لا ندعي إحداثيات موقع.","fr":"Pays identifié dans la source primaire; aucune coordonnée de site affirmée.","es":"País identificado en la fuente primaria; no se afirman coordenadas del sitio.","ru":"Страна указана в первоисточнике; координаты площадки не заявлены.","pt":"País identificado na fonte primária; não se afirmam coordenadas do local."},"source":{"name":"INEOS","url":"https://www.ineos.com/news/shared-news/ineos-opens-the-first-full-scale-co%E2%82%82-storage-site-in-the-eu/","publishedAt":"2026-09-18","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}}]}