
Valaris’ rig has come to the North Sea to help a gas field and its infrastructure to get a new lease on life off the coast of the Netherlands as the first CO2 transport and storage project in the European Union (EU).

A joint venture of Perenco UK, Carbon Catalyst and Harbour Energy has concluded the UK’s first-ever CO2 injection test, carried out at a carbon capture and storage (CCS) license in the North Sea that encompasses what is deemed the UK’s largest depleted gas field. The test started in February and inc