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    Shearwater Geo to assess geology of Liverpool Bay CO2 storage site

    April 19, 2022
    Eni has contracted Shearwater to conduct a 3D multiple technology integrated geophysical survey over a carbon storage site off northwest England.
    Courtesy Shearwater
    Shearwater’s SW Bly vessel.
    Shearwater’s SW Bly vessel.

    Offshore staff

    BERGEN, Norway – Eni has contracted Shearwater to conduct a 3D multiple technology integrated geophysical survey over a carbon storage site in Liverpool Bay, offshore northwest England, with options for a second survey.

    The campaigns will involve bathymetric and 3D seismic surveys, designed to deliver high-resolution imaging of the overburden, and high-resolution data for analysis of the seabed and shallow geology, with a shallow-water seismic node crew supporting operations in the shallow-water areas.

    Shearwater’s SW Bly vessel will perform the initial survey over the Hamilton and North Hamilton fields, and the optional survey over the Lennox field. Each should take around a month to complete.

    All three fields are covered by a carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage license: Eni intends to re-use and re-purpose the depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and associated infrastructure to permanently store CO2 emissions captured from local industries and planned production sites of low-carbon hydrogen in northwest England and north Wales.

    04.19.2022