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The Endurance CO2 Storage Site, Blocks 42/25 and 43/21, UK North Sea
Gluyas, J.G.; Bagudu, U.
Authors
U. Bagudu
Abstract
The Endurance, four-way, dip-closed structure in UK Blocks 42/25 and 43/21 occurs over a salt swell diapir and within Triassic and younger strata. The Lower Triassic Bunter Sandstone Formation reservoir within the structure was tested twice for natural gas (in 1970 and 1990) but both wells were dry. The reservoir is both thick and high quality and, as such, an excellent candidate site for subsurface CO2 storage. In 2013 a consortium led by National Grid Carbon drilled an appraisal well on the structure and undertook an injection test ahead of a planned development of Endurance as the first bespoke storage site on the UK Continental Shelf with an expected injection rate of 2.68 × 106 t of dense phase CO2 each year for 20 years. The site was not developed following the UK Government's removal of financial support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects, but it is hoped with the recent March 2020 Budget that government support for CCS may now be back on track.
Citation
Gluyas, J., & Bagudu, U. (2020). The Endurance CO2 Storage Site, Blocks 42/25 and 43/21, UK North Sea. Memoirs, 52, 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1144/m52-2019-47
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 6, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 30, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jan 14, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 30, 2021 |
Journal | Memoirs |
Print ISSN | 0435-4052 |
Electronic ISSN | 0435-4052 |
Publisher | The Geological Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 52 |
Pages | 163-171 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1144/m52-2019-47 |
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Gluyas, J.G. & Bagudu, U. (2020). The Endurance CO2 Storage Site, Blocks 42/25 and 43/21, UK North Sea. Geological Society Memoirs 52: 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1144/M52-2019-47 © Geological Society of London 2020.
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