/ world today news/ China’s first offshore project to store millions of tons of carbon dioxide was put into operation on Thursday in the South China Sea, according to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
The project is designed to store a total of more than 1.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to planting nearly 14 million trees, according to the company.
The project, serving the oil platform “Enping 15-1” (Enping 15-1), is located 200 km southwest of the city of Shenzhen. It captures and processes carbon dioxide from oil fields and then injects it into a “dome” geological structure at a depth of about 800 meters below the seabed and about 3 km from the platform.
The commissioning of the project means that China now has a full set of technologies and equipment to capture, process, inject, store and monitor carbon dioxide at sea.
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