Block Energy, a development and production company focused on oil and gas in Georgia, has completed the initial injection for what it claims to be Eastern Europe’s first carbon dioxide mineralisation project.

The company injected 13.6 tonnes of liquid CO2 – supplied by project partner Rustavi Azot (an Indorama company) – and 300m³ of water and sodium fluorescence tracer at pressures of 120 to 130 bar into a wellsite in Georgia.

According to Block, no CO2 was detected at surface during or immediately after the injection at the injector well or the four nearby monitoring wells.

“This represents an important milestone for Block, Georgia and our partner on the pilot project, Indorama, as we seek to demonstrate the [commercial] viability of large-scale, low-cost CCS,” said Paul Haywood, CEO of Block Energy.

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