Prior to first injection, feasibility studies on the reservoirs, the sealing layers, the wells and the facilities will be executed to assure safe CO2 storage and reservoir behaviour.

TAQA Energy BV is also the intended storage provider for the ROAD (Rotterdam Capture, Storage and Demonstration) project. ROAD is the first large-scale CCS demonstration project in the Netherlands. ROAD aims to demonstrate the full chain of CCS and has received funding from the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP) and the Dutch Government. Post-combustion capture technology will be used to capture up to 25% of CO2 emissions from a 1,100 MW power plant in the Rotterdam port area. 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 per year will then be delivered via pipeline for injection into the TAQA-operated P18 depleted reservoirs. According to the project planning, the capture, transport and storage of CO2 should be operational in 2015.

The collaboration with CATO-2 will result in better understanding of the facility design, the possibilities of Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR) and the suitability of the existing equipment such as wells, platforms and interfield pipelines for CO2 storage. Research results will also be used to improve reservoir modelling to allow better prediction of dynamic reservoir behaviour.