Perenco stated it has efficiently accomplished the UK’s (UK) first carbon dioxide (CO2) injection check for carbon seize and storage (CCS).
The check concerned the injection of CO2 right into a depleted pure fuel reservoir within the UK’s Southern North Sea, marking a significant milestone for Undertaking Poseidon and the UK’s broader decarbonization technique, Perenco stated in a information launch.
The Poseidon injection check concerned 15 injection cycles carried out within the Leman fuel subject, mobilizing 11 CO2 offshore batch refills. The operational program didn’t encounter any injection points and was capable of outcome within the acquisition of a helpful dataset, the corporate stated.
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In accordance with Perenco, the operation proves not solely that carbon storage could be a actuality for the depleted fields of the Southern North Sea, but in addition that it’s doable to “extensively reuse petroleum manufacturing infrastructure to unlock cost-effective tasks”.
Perenco stated it’s hopeful that the challenge will strengthen confidence within the CCS trade by “progressing the regulatory path and contributing to setting the technical commonplace for future UK CCS tasks”.
Perenco CEO Armel Simondin stated, “This check has met our expectations, each when it comes to technical execution and the standard of information gathered. These insights are instrumental as we transfer to the following part of creating the Poseidon Undertaking. The profitable check highlights the position our trade can play within the UK’s decarbonization efforts. The Perenco CCS group and our three way partnership companions are actually totally centered on decoding the outcomes and changing new insights into an evidence-based improvement plan for Undertaking Poseidon”.
The Undertaking Poseidon three way partnership consists of Perenco UK, Carbon Catalyst Ltd, and Harbour Power.
The CO2 injection check, which began in February, has the potential to unlock the Poseidon CCS challenge, which has an preliminary injection capability of 1.5 million metric tons each year (mtpa) with the potential to extend to 40 mtpa, starting in 2029. The injection check follows the UK authorities’s current pledge of roughly GBP 22 billion for CCS by the funding of two carbon seize websites, in line with an earlier assertion.
Perenco UK Basic Supervisor Jo White stated, “As the primary check of its form within the UK, right this moment’s information is a key second, not just for Perenco and the broader Undertaking Poseidon three way partnership, but in addition for the UK’s decarbonization ambitions”.
Perenco CCS Supervisor Louis Hannecart stated, “We’re very happy with the progress of the challenge thus far. This can be a groundbreaking check and the outcomes, that are anticipated within the coming weeks, will allow us to additional develop our strategy to delivering the Poseidon CCS challenge. The power trade is uniquely positioned to make use of its geological and engineering experience for this vital initiative as we transfer down the trail to Web Zero”.
Perenco UK stated it has been current within the UK Southern North Sea Basin since 2003 and has operated Europe’s largest onshore oil subject at Wytch Farm since 2011. The corporate stated it operates 7 p.c of pure fuel manufacturing from oil and fuel fields within the UK, and owns and operates the biggest infrastructure on the UK Continental Shelf, composed of 45 offshore platforms, 14 subsea wells, and a community of greater than 2,400 kilometers of pipelines related to its two onshore terminals at Bacton and Dimlington.
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