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INTERVENTION ON SCUNTHORPE STEEL PLANT – A STEP FORWARD, BUT CCUS MUST FOLLOW
The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) welcomes the Government’s intervention to...
SCOTTISH BUSINESS LEADERS UNITE BEHIND ACORN CARBON CAPTURE
Some of the biggest names in Scotland’s business community have joined forces to urge the U...
GOVERNMENT URGED TO SUPPORT A CLEAR FUNDING PATH FOR THE UK’S CC AMBITIONS
Leading industry body Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) is asking the Chancellor to stick to commitment...
CO2 STORAGE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF COULD BECOME A NEW INDUSTRY
Friday, 7 February marked the christening of the Northern Pioneer, a ship that will transport...
DANISH ENERGY AGENCY INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR EXPLORATION AND CO2 STORAGE
This week, the Danish Energy Agency opened for companies to apply for a licence to explore the su...
TENDERS INVITED FOR CARBON STORAGE STUDIES
The NSTA is inviting bids from contractors to carry out two subsurface modelling projects which w...
CCSA APPOINTS NEW UK DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT THE DEPLOYMENT OF CCUS INDUSTRY
Mark Sommerfeld has been appointed as CCSA UK Director, starting in December 2024, following n...
GESGB CCS4G SYMPOSIUM 2024
Date: 17 Dec Location: London The CCS4G Symposium, organised by the GESGB ‘Explorin...
DANISH ENERGY AGENCY LAUNCHES THIRD FUND FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
The Danish Energy Agency has launched its third fund for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), aiming...
DANISH ENERGY AGENCY BEGINS $4.2B CCS TENDERING PROCESS
The new CCS Fund has DKK 28.7 billion (USD 4.2 billion) to secure capture and storage of CO₂ from...
GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO ESTABLISHING CCS INDUSTRY
The CCSA welcomes Government commitment to fund the UK’s first carbon capture and storag...
UK OFFERS A WORLD-LEADING CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE SECTOR
A new Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Insight published today by Offshore Energies ...
CO2 STORAGE CONFERENCE 2024, ABERDEEN
Date: 1 – 2 October 2024 Location: Chester Hotel, Aberdeen TECHNICAL PROGRAMME NOW ...
SIX COMPANIES APPY FOR CO2 STORAGE ACREAGE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
The Ministry of Energy has received applications from six companies in connection with the announ...
CCS SYMPOSIUM: CHARACTERISATION AND MONITORING OF CONTAINMENT
Date: 11 - 13 September 2024 Event type: Conference, Hybrid Organised by: Geological Societ...
NEW SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR CCS4G SYMPOSIUM
Following a successful call for abstracts, GESGB are pleased to highlight new speakers for Decemb...
NORTH SEA DATA UPLOAD SUPPORTS ENERGY TRANSITION
National Hydrocarbons Data Archive files now accessible through the National Data Repository ...
CCSA WELCOMES LABOUR GOVERNMENT AND COMMITS TO CCUS CLUSTERS
The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) congratulates Prime Minister Keir Starmer and h...
KEY SPEAKERS CONFIRMED FOR CCUS 2024
GESGB share some of the key speakers who will be joining them in October for CCUS 2024: Captu...
SIX COMPANIES OFFERED ACREAGE IN NORWAY FOR CO2 STORAGE
Six companies have been offered exploration licences to store CO2 in four areas in the North Sea....
ANNOUNCING THREE AREAS RELATED TO CO2-STORAGE ON THE NCS
The Ministry of Energy today announced three areas in the Norwegian North Sea for companies to ap...
CCS TECHNOLOGY LANDS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
The leading trade body Offshore Energies UK says a new carbon storage licence being offered in th...
NOD: EIGHT COMPANIES APPLY FOR CO2 STORAGE ACREAGE
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has received applications from eight companies in connection wit...
NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CRITICAL SKILLS GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CCS SECTOR
This week the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Task and Finish Group (T&FG), comprising of th...
DANISH ENERGY AGENCY AWARDS CONTRACTS TO THREE COMPANIES FOR NEW CCS PROJECTS
The fund for negative CO2 emissions (NECCS fund) has been completed, and the Danish Energy Agency...
NET ZERO MOVES CLOSER WITH NEW GUIDANCE FOR CARBON STORAGE INDUSTRY
New guidance will aid industry in managing storage sites Track 1 and 2 schemes will be...
SAIPEM SECURES OFFSHORE PIPELINES INSTALLATION DEAL FOR UK CCS PROJECTS
The Letter of Intent is related to NEP and NZT Projects for the East Coast Cluster in the UK. The...
NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE TWO AREAS FOR CO2 STORAGE
The Ministry of Energy announces two areas in the North Sea for applications related to CO2 injec...
GESGB: CCS4G SYMPOSIUM
The CCS4G Symposium is back for its third edition and is scheduled for 19 December 2024 in Lo...
CRITICAL STEPS REQUIRED FOR CARBON CAPTURE INDUSTRY SET OUT BY CCSA
The critical steps the UK Government needs to take to secure a thriving carbon capture industry a...
A CCS 'ENVOY' FOR EUROPE?
There is speculation that the Industrial Carbon Management Strategy to be published on 6 February...
MORE THAN 60 NEW CO2 STORAGE UNITS ADDED TO BGS NATIONAL CO2 STORAGE DATABASE
BGS has delivered its first major update of the national carbon dioxide storage database, CO2 Sto...
INDUSTRY REACTION TO UK GOVERNMENT’S CCUS VISION & CLUSTER SEQUENCING ANNOUNC...
Today the Department of Energy Security & Net Zero published its CCUS Vision and updates on t...
A SYMPOSIUM ON CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS) FOR GEOSCIENTISTS
Date: 14 December 2023 Time: 09:00 - 18:00 Venue: 6 Alie Street, London, E1 8QT, United Kin...
LANDMARK AGREEMENT PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF MAJOR CARBON STORE IN NO...
The Crown Estate has awarded an Agreement for Lease for what could become one of the world’...
CCUS 2023: SPRINGBOARD TO NET ZERO
Date: 17-18 October 2023 Location: Central Hall Westminster, London The 2023 conference t...
NET ZERO BOOST AS CARBON STORAGE LICENCES ACCEPTED
21 licences shared by a total of 14 companies Almost 10% of total UK greenhouse ga...
THE BEST WORDS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT CCS
They were a long time coming but well worth the read when they did. Perhaps the importance of the...
AREG COMMENT ON ABERDEENSHIRE ACORN PROJECT BEING SELECTED FOR FUNDING
Jean Morrison, chair of Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), welcomed the government’s a...
CCSA LAUNCHES NEW CCUS SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY
New Carbon Capture Supply Chain Strategy calls for coordinated action from UK Government and indu...
NEW CARBON STORAGE LICENCES MEAN UK COULD BURY 30 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 A YEA...
The UK can become a world leader in carbon storage following today’s announcement of 20 lic...
THE RACE IS ON: POLICY IN A POST-IRA WORLD
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US is a clear front runner when it comes to policy suppo...
FIRST JOINT MARKET ENGAGEMENT ON CCUS IS LAUNCHED
Crown Estate Scotland and The Crown Estate have begun the first round of formal engagement with d...
FIVE COMPANIES HAVE APPLIED FOR CO2 STORAGE ACREAGE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has received applications from five companie...
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE – THE ROAD TO NET ZERO
Dedicated NSTA development team created to oversee the delivery of carbon storage de...
SIX COMPANIES APPLY FOR CO2 STORAGE ACREAGE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has received applications from six companies...
ACREAGE FOR CO2 STORAGE ON THE NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF
On 11 of January 2023, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced an area for CO2 storage pur...
NORWAY: TWO COMPANIES OFFERED ACREAGE TO STORE CO2
Today, two companies have been offered exploration permits for CO2 storage in an acreage in the N...
UK CARBON STORAGE LICENSING ROUND ATTRACTS 26 BIDS
Licences will be awarded early 2023 First injection could take place as early as 2027 ...
DATA UPLOAD BOOSTS SEARCH FOR CARBON STORAGE SITES IN THE UK
132 terabytes of seismic data added to online collection Exploration for renewables sites an...
CASP ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF A WIDE RANGE OF GEOLOGICAL CARBON STORAGE RESEARC...
CASP has announced the launch of several new research themes addressing the storage of CO2 in sub...
£3M FUNDING BOOST TO ACCELERATE INNOVATIVE SMART DIRECT AIR CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY
£3m funding awarded as part of the BEIS GGR Innovation Competition for the developme...
NEW PAPER SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR SAFE STORAGE OF CO2 OFFSHORE
A world-first study led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) following research off the ...
BIDS INVITED IN UK’S FIRST-EVER CARBON STORAGE LICENSING ROUND
New areas could make significant contribution to government target of four CS clusters c...
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF CARBON STORAGE ON THE UKCS
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), The Crown Estate (TCE) and Crown Estate Scotland (CES)...
SCIENTISTS TO STUDY MARINE CARBON STORAGE AROUND THE ISLE OF MAN
A study is underway on the Isle of Man to investigate, for the first time, the Island’s...
THREE COMPANIES OFFERED ACREAGE TO STORE CO2 OFFSHORE NORWAY
On 5 April 2022, three companies were offered exploration licences to store CO2 in two areas ...
‘STRONG INTEREST’ FROM OIL AND GAS SECTOR IN CARBON CAPTURE ACREAGE RELEASES
Australia’s oil and gas industry says there has been strong interest in acreage releases fo...
FIVE COMPANIES WANT TO STORE CO2 ON THE NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from five companies in connect...
NOK 160 MILLION FOR NEW NATIONAL PETROLEUM CENTRES
The Research Council of Norway has announced that two new national petroleum centres will rec...
SHARING CCS KNOWLEDGE IN GLASGOW
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's Eva Halland is giving two CCS presentations this week d...
£1MILLION DECARBONISATION COMPETITION FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF OFFSHORE OIL...
A total of 29 bids have been submitted for the £1million competition for ideas that co...
OGA GRANTS CARBON STORAGE LICENCE TO HARBOUR ENERGY
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded a carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence ...
£1MILLION COMPETITION LAUNCHED TO HELP DECARBONISE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS PRODU...
A £1million competition has been launched to help decarbonise offshore oil and gas prod...
OFFSHORE OIL, GAS AND RENEWABLE INDUSTRIES LAUNCH DIGITAL AND DATA TASKFORCE
A new offshore energy taskforce is set to launch on Tuesday 21st September, aiming to create a Di...
NORWAY HIGHLIGHTS AREAS RELATED TO CO2 STORAGE
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announces two areas for applications related to injection an...
NEW LEASING PROCESS TO DECARBONISE OIL & GAS AND BOOST INNOVATION
Crown Estate Scotland will launch a new leasing process for offshore wind farms to help decarboni...
ANALYSIS: OIL AND GAS COMPANIES WILL PREVENT WORLD FROM HITTING 1.5°C WARMING...
The most comprehensive study of the oil and gas industry’s performance against the Paris cl...
ROCKFIELD GEOMECHANICS DATABASE
The Oil and Gas Authority have recently collaborated with Rockfield to deliver a training course ...
BACTON IDEALLY POSITIONED TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT HUB FOR CLEAN, GREEN ENERGY
Energy Hub could power London and the South East for decades Hydrogen power will h...
TIME TO FOCUS ON SCOTLAND’S LOW CARBON ENERGY FUTURE
Jean Morrison, Chair of AREG I thought that it would be timely to reflect on AREG’s ...
OGA SEEKS TENDERS FOR CARBON STORAGE RESEARCH PROJECT
As the licensing authority for carbon storage projects in the UK offshore domain, the Oil & G...
REVISED OGA STRATEGY FEATURES A RANGE OF NEW NET ZERO OBLIGATIONS FOR THE UK ...
A revised Strategy from the Oil & Gas Authority featuring a range of new net zero obligations...
SIR IAN WOOD COMMENTS ON THE UK COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE’S SIXTH CARBON BU...
In light of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) publishing its landmark report, which sets out ...
UK PRIME MINISTER’S EMISSIONS TARGETS REINFORCE THE NEED FOR SECTOR DEAL
The leading UK oil and gas industry body OGUK has today reinforced the significance of securing a...
NEW JV PROGRAMME LAUNCHED TO OPTIMISE THE INTEGRATION OF OFFSHORE WIND
A new joint industry programme launched today by the Carbon Trust aims to maximise the contributi...
SCDI PUBLISH CLEAN GROWTH MANIFESTO
A report by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) unites public, private and t...
WORKING TOGETHER FOR A NET ZERO FUTURE ANNOUNCED AS THEME FOR SPE OFFSHORE EU...
Working together to deliver a decarbonised, net zero future will form the theme and direction for...
RENEWABLEUK'S MEMBER VALUES CHARTER COMMITS TO JOB CREATION AND ACHIEVING NET...
RenewableUK has published a Member Values Charter, developed by our Shadow Board, setting out our...
OGCI REPORTS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON AGGREGATE UPSTREAM METHANE AND CARBON IN...
OGCI achieves collective average upstream methane intensity target of 0.25% and aims for its a...
NETHERLANDS TAKING A WELL-BALANCED APPROACH IN TRANSITION TO A CARBON-NEUTRAL...
The Netherlands is taking a well-balanced approach to its plans for a rapid transition to a carbo...
SCOTLAND’S NET ZERO ROADMAP
The UK Government has committed to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and the Scottish Gov...
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS UNITE TO BOOST UK GREEN ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND REACH NET ZE...
Renewable UK, techUK and the Solar Trade Association are announcing a new partnership to promote ...
UK GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES REVIEW INTO FUTURE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LICENSING REGIME
The Government today announced it will review its policy on the future UK offshore oil and gas li...
OGUK ROADMAP 2035 ON COURSE DESPITE INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
Over eight actions identified by the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry as essential if it ...
OFFSHORE ENERGY INTEGRATION CAN DELIVER 30% OF UK’S NET ZERO TARGET
The integration of offshore energy systems, including oil and gas, renewables, hydrogen and carbo...
NEW PROJECT TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND UNLOCK AUSTRALIA’S ENERGY POTENTIAL
NERA and CO2CRC have announced a new landmark study into Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage ...
4 IN 5 UK ENERGY PROFESSIONALS URGE RESILIENT GREEN RECOVERY
Energy Barometer 2020 survey finds 4 in 5 want stimulus channelled into green industries and j...
UK BUSINESSES FORGING AHEAD TO MEET CHINA’S UNDIMMED LOW CARBON ENERGY DEMAND
Eight UK organisations have signed significant new agreements to develop and provide renewable en...
OGA TO TRACK AND MONITOR INDUSTRY PROGRESS TOWARDS NEW EMISSIONS TARGETS
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) welcomes the oil and gas industry’s commitment to becoming ...
NORTH SEA GAS HAS LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT THAN IMPORTED LNG
The production of natural gas from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) creates less than half as much...
UK OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY EYES NET ZERO OPPORTUNITIES IN RECOVERY PLAN
The leading representative body for the UK’s offshore oil and gas sector has convened a gro...
ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY FOCAL POINT FOR STRENGTHENING LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY INN...
Providing one academic and industry focal point for driving low carbon innovation Focused on...
BP, ENI, EQUINOR, SHELL AND TOTAL FORM CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP THE NET ZERO TEE...
BP, Eni, Equinor, Shell and Total assume leadership of the Net Zero Teesside project, with BP ...
NEW STUDY TO MAP CARBON STORAGE POTENTIAL OF UK OFFSHORE AREAS
A new study will identify the UK’s best sites and produce a road map for carbon storage to ...
OFFSHORE ENERGY INTEGRATION IN THE UK A STEP CLOSER
Innovative partnering between oil and gas, renewables, hydrogen and carbon capture can accelerate...
UNDP AND IRENA POISED TO SUPPORT BREAKTHROUGHS ON RENEWABLES
Nations around the world can make breakthroughs in the shift to renewable energy, the United Nati...
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO STOP UK FALLING SHORT OF RENEWABLES GOAL FOR NET ZERO
RenewableUK is today warning that the UK is significantly off track to meet the level of onshore ...
INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENTS BACK NEW NET ZERO SOLUTION CENTRE AT OGTC
Accelerating technologies to help the UKCS become a net zero carbon oil and gas basin Suppor...
UK’S OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE RE...
Oil & Gas UK, the leading representative body for the UK’s oil and gas industry has com...
UK OIL & GAS AUTHORITY AWARDS FIRST CARBON CAPTURE STORAGE LICENCE
The Oil and Gas Authority has awarded its first carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licenc...