Venezuelan technicians from the ministries of People’s Power for Environment, Energy and Oil and the state-owned oil company PDVSA will revise the technologies implemented in Norway over the last 10 years to separate carbon molecules in order to fight the effects of climate change.

The information was stated by the ministers of environment of Venezuela and Norway, Alejandro Hitcher and Eric Solheim, after a meeting held on Wednesday in Caracas to establish strategic environmental alliances.

Hitcher stated that Norway, in the technological aspect, has developed an advanced technique to capture carbon in geologic formations.

Since 1996, one million metric tons of CO2 per year have been separated from gas production on the Sleipner Vest field in the North Sea for storage in Utsira, a geological formation 1,000 meters below the seabed, according to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Furthermore, both ministers commented about the Venezuelan participation in the Summit on Climate Change held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and its position before the Norwegian proposals in the discussion panel for the financing for the mitigation of greenhouse effect emissions.

Finally, both nations took a stand regarding each country’s proposal for the coming Summit on Climate Change to be held in Mexico, from November 29 to December 10.

Minamb/Press Office – Venezuelan Embassy to the U.S./August 25, 2010