Equinor Low Carbon Solutions, a subsidiary of Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, has drilled two appraisal wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which are said to possess suitable properties for the injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).

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