07 Oct 2024

The Crown Estate has awarded an Agreement for Lease to global energy company, Eni, for the first carbon capture and storage project in the UK to repurpose existing pipeline infrastructure, reducing both cost and the environmental impact of construction. The Agreement for Lease will enable Eni to access the seabed and repurpose existing pipelines and […]

01 Oct 2024

Norway has opened the gateway to a massive undersea vault for carbon dioxide, marking a significant step towards launching what its operator calls the first commercial service for CO2 transport and storage. The Northern Lights project plans to take CO2 emissions captured across Europe and inject them into geological reservoirs under the seabed. The aim is to […]

23 Jul 2024

Exxon Mobil is seeking approval for the Solent CO2 Pipeline Project, which would see a pipe running from its Fawley oil refinery near Southampton to a CO2 storage site under the English Channel. The company says it is critical for introducing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to the Solent area which would help to reduce […]

06 Feb 2024

British Geological Survey (BGS) adds more than 60 new carbon dioxide storage units to its national carbon dioxide storage database and delivered the first major update to ‘CO2 Stored’. The UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) funded research by BGS and Heriot-Watt University (HWU) to update the UK’s national carbon dioxide (CO2) storage […]

28 Nov 2023

Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage Colocation Forum commissions vital research to support the UK’s first testing & demonstration of the viability of colocation projects. The Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Colocation Forum (“the Forum”), set up to provide strategic coordination of colocation research and activity on the nation’s seabed, has […]

10 Oct 2023

The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, has awarded an Agreement for Lease to BP for what it said could become one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The agreement will allow BP to further progress its planned ‘Endurance’ CCS project, a reservoir in the rock deep below the […]

14 Mar 2023

The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have begun the first round of formal engagement with developers on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). The two organisations have issued a joint survey to industry stakeholders to explore and understand market requirements for future seabed and subsurface carbon store development. The results are expected to shape […]

17 Jul 2018

Norway has given a cautious approval to Europe’s largest carbon-capture project Among all European countries, Norway is the only one making any serious progress on a technology crucial to helping the world reach its climate goals: carbon capture and storage. The concept is simple. Ideally we stop burning fossil fuels and otherwise emitting carbon dioxide […]