Aquaterra Energy has moved its Recoverable Abandonment Frame system into fabrication for deployment with the Northern Endurance Partnership carbon capture project in the U.K. The technology is designed to safely manage legacy offshore wells and could significantly reduce carbon storage remediation costs and timelines.

Aquaterra Energy announced the launch of its legacy well re-entry and re-abandonment services along with its new patent-pending Recoverable Abandonment Frame (RAF). The combined solution will address challenges in locating, re-entering and re-abandoning legacy wells that penetrate, or pass through, offshore oil and gas reservoirs or saline aquifers that have been earmarked to be repurposed for carbon dioxide (CO2) or hydrogen storage.