
Aberdeen-based services firm Expro has won a deal to deliver well testing for the East Coast Cluster carbon capture storage (CCS) project in Teesside.
The firm will service the project from its Granite City base, where it claims its latest contract will “safeguard local jobs”.
The East Coast Cluster is operated by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), a joint venture between BP, TotalEnergies, and Equinor, and will be located around 47 miles east of Flamborough Head, off Teesside on England’s east coast.
The project aims to use the Endurance reservoir to store carbon dioxide beneath the seabed.
Expro has been contracted to appraise two wells in the Endurance reservoir for future CCS suitability.
Operations are set to kick off in the first quarter of next year, with Expro currently in the “planning phase” of the work.
In May, the Noble Innovator jack-up rig was commissioned by BP for a six well campaign on the CCS site, scheduled for the back half of 2026.
Expro helps ‘kick off the carbon storage industry in the UK’
Iain Farley, regional vice president for Europe and sub-Saharan Africa at Expro, said: “Our success in securing this contract for the Northern Endurance Partnership demonstrates Expro’s ability to use our reservoir appraisal and well test capabilities, that have traditionally been used for the development of oil and gas reservoirs, to help kick off the carbon storage industry in the UK.”
The results from Expro’s production and injection tests will go on to inform the project’s field development plan.
The Aberdeen-based services firm has contracted Baker Hughes to provide the technology needed to carry out the reservoir examination.
The US business is set to supply its electrical submersible pumps (ESP) and Metrol Technology for Drill Stem Testing (DST), Downhole Data Acquisition and Wireless Telemetry Services.
This is not the first CCS project Expro has worked on, having recently announced work on NEP member Equinor’s Northern Lights project in Norway.
“This contract win builds on the success of the integrated well testing services that Expro has also provided to Equinor for the Northern Lights CCS project in Norway” Farley added.
“It also demonstrates our commitment to the UK’s CCS program and the opportunities it is expected to create for local employment, economies, and supply chains.”
Expro could not disclose the value of the contract.
The latest in ‘landmark’ Teesside CCS contracts
This is the latest of many contracts dished out for the East Coast Cluster, with Aberdeen’s Aquaterra Energy securing “landmark” contracts with the project this month.
The first of two contract Aquaterra signed will see the company address the challenge of safely re-abandoning two legacy wells at the Endurance field.
The second contract covers seabed to surface well access services for the drilling of the upcoming six CO2 injection subsea wells, set to be drilled by Noble.
Last year, the consortium behind the CCS project also dished out £4 billion in contracts to tier 1 contractors who have since engaged with the supply chain and offered up tenders.
NEP was awarded the UK’s first carbon storage permit in 2024.
The UK regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority, said that it “historic day” for the UK CCS market and the project itself.