For this week’s Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain Lecture Series (GESGB), hosted at the Linnean Society, we took our audience through the latest developments in UK offshore geological CO₂ storage, followed by a deep dive into our Poseidon CCS project.
Huge thanks to Christopher Furby from Perenco CCS (Carbon Storage) for joining us and delivering a fantastic talk on Poseidon’s CO₂ injection test, and to Nick for leading the charge as ever.
Chris shared openly about the UK’s first offshore CO₂ injection test, recently completed on Poseidon, where 3,500 tonnes of CO₂ were injected into the ultra-depleted Leman sandstone reservoir.
Key Takeaways:
- 15 full injection cycles completed with stable injection across gaseous, super-critical & liquid phases
- Commercial-scale injection rates of 1.1 Mtpa achieved (limited only by permitting/topside constraints)
- Fiber optic and seismic monitoring trials show encouraging early signs of delivering high fidelity and low cost MMV solutions for the project
The results point to strong potential for commercialising depleted gas reservoirs — and reinforce the critical role of empirical data in advancing large scale global CO₂ storage 🚀
Extra special mention to both Nick and Chris for turning up in matching outfits, matching passion for CCS. 👔😉
Huge thanks to GESGB (Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain) for the platform and to everyone who came along to hear how Poseidon is helping shape the UK’s role in global CO₂ storage.
