ADNOC has spudded the first well on the world’s first fully sequestered CO2 injection well as part of its $15 billion plan to decarbonise operations, the company announced in LinkedIn post.
Originally announced earlier this year during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the project is expected to become operational in the second half of this year.
“We’ve spudded the first well for a first-of-its-kind project that will see CO2 from our operations injected into a carbonate saline aquifer deep underground,” ADNOC said.
“In a world first, we are deploying a ‘fully sequestered’ CO2 injection well in such an aquifer to safely trap the CO2,” ADNOC added.
The CO2 injection well project builds on ADNOC’s experience with its carbon capture facility at Al Reyadah, which has the capacity to capture up to 800,000 tons of CO2 per year. The well location for CO2 injection as well as targeted geological formations were identified using the results of ADNOC’s extensive 3D seismic survey and the company’s state-of-the-art subsurface modelling capacity.