Goldeneye: The North Sea field that traded in gas for carbon storage
The Goldeneye pipeline previously carried gas from the field it shares a name with and is now set to store carbon emmissions in the North Sea
The Goldeneye pipeline previously carried gas from the field it shares a name with and is now set to store carbon emmissions in the North Sea
Screening legacy wells can be more important than 3D seismic when picking storage areas, Elaine Campbell said. “They provide valuable data but they’re also likely to be the highest risk to containment,” the Storegga official said.
Shell’s new North Sea boss has committed to putting the company’s “upstream business in reverse” as part of a key Aberdeenshire CCS project to drive net zero.
Chinese oil firm Cnooc’s Buzzard platform in the UK North Sea may have a role to play in a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, developers have said.
Shell has received the green light to decommission its Goldeneye platform in the North Sea.
Carbon capture and storage remains firmly on the agenda as a way of mitigating at least some of the impacts of climate change.
Shell filed a draft decommissioning plan for the Goldeneye field with the UK Government today.