Well 31/5-7, known as “Eon”, aims to verify whether subsea strata can be used for CO2 injection and storage

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Image: Drilling is scheduled to begin in mid-October 2019. Photo: Courtesy of skeeze from Pixabay.

Well 31/5-7 belongs to exploitation licence E001, for which Equinor is the operator. The area in E001 is to be used for CO2 injection and storage. This is the first exploitation licence to be awarded on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Well 31/5-7, known as “Eon”, aims to verify whether subsea strata can be used for CO2 injection and storage. The well is to be drilled in the area west of the Troll field in the North Sea. The geographical coordinates are: 60° 34′ 35.14″ N, 03° 26′ 36.13″ E Water depth at the site is 307 metres.

Drilling is scheduled to begin in mid-October 2019. The drilling operations are expected to last around 79 days. The well is to be drilled by West Hercules, a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility built in South Korea in 2008. It is owned and operated by North Atlantic Management AS.

Source: Company Press Release