Offshore drilling contractor ‘Maersk Drilling’ is now onboard a newly formed CO2 storage consortium by INEOS Oil & Gas Denmark and Wintershall Dea.
The drilling contractor stated the consortium is maturing one of the most progressed carbon capture and storage projects inside Danish jurisdiction and targets the development of CO2 storage capacity offshore Denmark based on reusing discontinued offshore oil and gas fields for permanent CO2 storage.
CO2 storage project has received support from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) via the Danish Energy Agency.
As part of its commitment to the consortium, Maersk Drilling has pledged to contribute know-how and limited funding to the initial phases of the project.
The project aims at building infrastructure and capabilities that will enable CO2 captured in onshore facilities to be transported offshore for injection and storage beneath the seabed.
The project aims to store CO2 captured onshore 1700m beneath the seabed.
The first phase of the project will be a feasibility study to validate reservoir compatibility, followed by a pilot to test CO2 injection.
The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) will act as a research partner to the project, conducting specialized laboratory experiments and results analysis.
According to Maersk Drilling, the consortium targets to have the first well ready for injection from the Nini platform offshore Denmark in 2025.
Maersk Drilling expects that its offshore rigs will be used to repurpose the existing oil and gas wells for CO2 injection.