▁van ▁der ▁Ve er , ▁former ▁CE O ▁of ▁Royal ▁Dutch ▁Sh ell ▁St ig ▁L æ gre id , ▁board ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Society ▁of ▁Engine ers ▁and ▁Techn olog ists ▁In grid ▁Elisabeth ▁di ▁Val er io , ▁board ▁representative ▁for ▁T ek na ▁ ▁Environment al ▁record ▁Stato il ▁and ▁Sh ell ▁were ▁planning ▁on ▁building ▁a ▁gas - f ired ▁power plant ▁in ▁Norway ▁that ▁would ▁inf use ▁CO 2 ▁under ground ▁or ▁beneath ▁the ▁se ab ed , ▁but ▁they ▁disc arded ▁the ▁plan ▁due ▁to ▁economic ▁reasons . ▁ ▁Stato il ▁has ▁inject ed ▁CO 2 ▁into ▁the ▁Ut si ra ▁formation ▁on ▁the ▁S le ip ner ▁gas ▁field ▁for ▁environmental ▁storage ▁purposes ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁Natural ▁gas ▁containing ▁approximately ▁ 8 . 5 % ▁CO 2 ▁is ▁produced ▁on ▁the ▁S le ip ner ▁V est ▁field . ▁The ▁gas ▁is ▁transport ed ▁to ▁the ▁S le ip ner ▁Tre at ment ▁platform , ▁where ▁the ▁CO 2 ▁is ▁removed . ▁The ▁gas ▁is ▁export ed ▁to ▁the ▁UK , ▁Germany , ▁and ▁Belg ium , ▁and ▁the ▁CO 2 ▁is ▁inject ed ▁into ▁the ▁Ut si ra ▁formation . ▁ ▁Stato il ' s ▁strong ▁focus ▁on ▁sust ain ability ▁has ▁earned ▁them ▁recognition ▁that ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁un common ▁for ▁the ▁oil ▁and ▁gas ▁industry . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁they ▁ranked ▁as ▁the ▁fourth ▁most ▁sust ain able ▁corpor ation ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁regardless