Northern Endurance Partnership finds strong sealing rock for CO2 storage in North Sea well
gasworld.comThe Northern Endurance Partnership, backed by BP, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, reported positive preliminary results from its first exploration well in the southern North Sea. The well found around 500 meters of strong sealing rock above a 250-meter Bunter sandstone storage site, which the partnership says supports safe storage of millions of tonnes of CO2. The data will help shape future carbon storage developments, especially for saline aquifers that are expected to be a major part of the UK's CO2 storage capacity. This is a key step for the East Coast Cluster, which aims to decarbonize industrial regions in Teesside and the Humber. However, the article also notes that new CCS project announcements in Europe have fallen sharply in recent years, with cancellations highlighting economic and technical hurdles. The NEP's results are encouraging but come against a backdrop of broader industry challenges in reaching final investment decisions.