Equinor Low Carbon Solutions, a subsidiary of Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, has drilled two appraisal wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which are said to possess suitable properties for the injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
The wells 32/7-1 and 32/4-4 in the North Sea, about 20 kilometers east of the Troll A platform and about 70 kilometers west of Bergen, were drilled with Odfjell Drilling ’s Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible rig in the Gamma and Alpha areas, respectively. While the wells have been permanently plugged and abandoned, the drilling results for the appraisal well duo indicate that the reservoir is suitable for the injection and storage of CO2.