Seamless pipe leader Vallourec will carry out a series of tests to validate materials for Neptune Energy’s safe injection of CO2 in depleted wells in the Dutch North Sea. At the end of 2020, Neptune Energy announced a feasibility study into plans for a large-scale offshore Carbon Capture and Storage project in the Dutch North Sea, with the potential to safely store 120-150 million tonnes of CO2 in depleted gas fields. If developed, the project would become one of the largest CCS facilities in the area.When dealing with CCS projects, a relatively new practice in the Energy industry, there are currently no standards to properly validate the integrity of steel materials exposed to CO2 in different conditions. Vallourec is committed to closing this knowledge gap by leveraging its long-lasting expertise in materials for Oil and Gas applications, performing in-house testing and collaborating in external research partnerships.In this context, Neptune Energy called on Vallourec in early 2022 to perform a series of tests to validate different materials for CO2 injection. Vallourec’s intended testing protocol, approved by Neptune Energy experts, is built based on NACE standards for stress corrosion cracking tests in CO2 and H2S environments with adaptations specific to CCS.Last year, Vallourec carried out a series of tests on its VAM connections to validate their sealability and integrity in CCS conditions with very promising first results. Read how this methodology was developed and what the results were here.
Seamless pipe leader Vallourec will carry out a series of tests to validate materials for Neptune Energy’s safe injection of CO2 in depleted wells in the Dutch North Sea. At the end of 2020, Neptune Energy announced a feasibility study into plans for a large-scale offshore Carbon Capture and Storage project in the Dutch North Sea, with the potential to safely store 120-150 million tonnes of CO2 in depleted gas fields. If developed, the project would become one of the largest CCS facilities in the area.When dealing with CCS projects, a relatively new practice in the Energy industry, there are currently no standards to properly validate the integrity of steel materials exposed to CO2 in different conditions. Vallourec is committed to closing this knowledge gap by leveraging its long-lasting expertise in materials for Oil and Gas applications, performing in-house testing and collaborating in external research partnerships.In this context, Neptune Energy called on Vallourec in early 2022 to perform a series of tests to validate different materials for CO2 injection. Vallourec’s intended testing protocol, approved by Neptune Energy experts, is built based on NACE standards for stress corrosion cracking tests in CO2 and H2S environments with adaptations specific to CCS.Last year, Vallourec carried out a series of tests on its VAM connections to validate their sealability and integrity in CCS conditions with very promising first results. Read how this methodology was developed and what the results were here.
