One of the methods to cope with the increase of emitted greenhouse gases has been to capture CO2 gas from a point source and storing it within the Earths subsurface; “Carbon Capture and Storage” (CCS). Since 1996, Statoil and its partners have injected CO2 into a saline aquifer called the Utsira formation located in the North Sea. About 0.9Mt of CO2 is injected into the formation yearly, with a ...