ACT ALIGN CCUS Project No 271501 This project has received funding from RVO (NL), FZJ/PtJ (DE), Gassnova (NO), UEFISCDI (RO), BEIS (UK) and is cofunded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme ACT, Grant Agreement No 691712 Accelerating Low carboN Industrial Growth through CCUS Deliverable Nr. D5.5.2 (M30) Description of CCUS Pathways for the Oltenia region, Romania Dissemination level Public Written By Alexandra Dudu, Constantin Sava, Sorin Anghel 28.02.2020 (GeoEcoMar), Andreea Burlacu (CO2Club), Bogdan Gheorghe, Florentina Anghel, Alexandra Dinulescu, Iolanda Alexe (PicOil) Checked by WP5 Leaders Tom Mikunda and Lydia Rycroft (TNO) 28.04.2020 Approved by the coordinator Peter van Os (TNO) 10-05-2020 Issue date 10.05.2020 Document No. ALIGN-CCUS D5.5.2 Description of CCUS Pathways for the Oltenia region, Romania Issue date 10.05.2020 Dissemination Level Public Page 2/36 Executive summary This report summarizes the work done within Task 5.5: Evaluating CO2 transport and storage routes in the Oltenia region, sub-tasks 5.5.1. Identification and description of possible CCUS pathways in the Oltenia region and sub-task 5.5.2: Assessment of possibilities to use captured CO2 in the western Black Sea area. It is a continuation of deliverable D5.5.1: Identification of CCUS pathways in the Oltenia region. The Oltenia region corresponds to the South-West Development region, one of the most developed regions of Romania. The region has a good transport infrastructure and is connected to the European TEN-T networks of roads and railways and to the Black Sea through the ports Orșova, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Cetate, Calafat, Bechet and Corabia. The region is also traversed by the national oil and gas pipeline networks, offering a good opportunity for the transport of CO2 through pipelines. The total major emissions of the Oltenia region were almost 15 megatons (Mt) in 2018, representing 38 % of the total industrial emissions at national level (approximately 40 Mt). The major emissions in this region were almost constant during recent years (since 2013), except for emissions from the chemical company Oltchim S.A. which filed for bankruptcy in 2018. The region comprises the largest CO2 emitters in Romania (except Liberty Steel situated in Galați) as the four coal-fired power plants own by Oltenia Energy Complex are situated in the region. Eight CCUS pathways were identified in the Oltenia region in the previous report, deliverable D5.5.1. For each source and sink pair identified, three types of transport options have been listed (roads, railways and pipeline). After analysis of the identified CCUS chains, it is concluded that, for large scale CCUS projects, only the pipeline option is truly viable in the case studies highlighted, taking into account the relatively short distances between sources and sinks and the existence of hydrocarbon transport corridors. The existence of the Danube river at the southern border of the Oltenia region presents a good opportunity for the transport of CO2 for utilisation in the Black Sea. The ports of interest for the transport of CO2 from Oltenia region to the Black Sea storage and utilisation possibilities are: Orșova, Drobeta-Turnu-Severin, Calafat, Bechet, Corabia, Turnu Măgurele, Zimnicea, Giurgiu, Oltenița, Călărași, Cernavodă, Brăila, Galați, Tulcea, Midia, and Constanța și Medgidia. Document No. ALIGN-CCUS D5.5.2 Description of CCUS Pathways for the Oltenia region, Romania Issue date 10.05.2020 Dissemination Level Public Page 3/36 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2 OLTENIA REGION .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGION .......................................................................................... 5 2.2 ECONOMY ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2.1 Gorj County ................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2.2 Dolj County ................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2.3 Olt County .................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2.4 Mehedinți County ....................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.5 Vâlcea County............................................................................................................................ 6 2.3 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................. 7 2.3.1 Roads ......................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3.2 Railways ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.4 HYDROCARBON PIPELINES .................................................................................................................. 13 2.4.1 Gas pipelines ........................................................................................................................... 13 2.4.2 Oil pipelines ............................................................................................................................. 14 2.5 CO2 EMISSIONS ................................................................................................................................. 15 3 DESCRIPTION OF CCUS PATHWAYS IN THE OLTENIA REGION .................................................... 17 3.1 SE IȘALNIȚA – BRĂDEȘTI .................................................................................................................... 17 3.1.1 Transport routes....................................................................................................................... 17 3.1.2 Potential for oil recovery .......................................................................................................... 17 3.2 SE CRAIOVA II - SAMNIC, GHERCEȘTI ................................................................................................. 19 3.2.1 Transport routes....................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.2 Potential for oil recovery .......................................................................................................... 19 3.3 CET GOVORA, OLTCHIM, CIECH SODA ROMANIA – CĂZĂNEȘTI, BĂBENI ............................................... 19 3.3.1 Transport routes....................................................................................................................... 19 3.3.2 Potential for oil recovery and storage ...................................................................................... 19 3.4 SE ROVINARI - BÂLTENI ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.4.1 Transport routes....................................................................................................................... 20 3.4.2 Potential for oil recovery .......................................................................................................... 20 3.5 SE TURCENI – BIBEȘTI-BULBUCENI ..................................................................................................... 21 3.5.1 Transport routes....................................................................................................................... 21 3.5.2 Potential for oil recovery .......................................................................................................... 21 3.6 ALRO - SAMNIC, GHERCEȘTI ............................................................................................................... 22 3.6.1 Transport routes....................................................................................................................... 22 3.6.2 Potential for oil recovery .......................................................................................................... 22 4 MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS AND UTILIZATION IN THE BLACK SEA ...................... 23 5 CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 10 6 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Document No. ALIGN-CCUS D5.5.2 Description of CCUS Pathways for the Oltenia region, Romania Issue date 10.05.2020 Dissemination Level Public Page 4/36 1 Introduction This report summarizes the work completed within Task 5.5: Evaluating CO2 transport and storage routes in the Oltenia region, sub-tasks 5.5.1: Identification and description of possible CCUS pathways in the Oltenia region and Task 5.5.2: Assessment of possibilities to use captured CO2 in the western Black Sea area. It is a continuation of deliverable D5.5.1: Identification of CCUS pathways in the Oltenia region. The objectives of the work described