1PointFive announces a new CCUS hub in Texas
1PointFive announced it has leased more than 55,000 acres along the Texas Gulf Coast to develop a CCUS hub with the capacity to hold approximately 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. The Bluebonnet Hub is located near refineries, chemical plants and manufacturing facilities along the Gulf Coast between Beaumont and Houston. The hub, which is […]
Denmark grants its first permits for full-scale CO2 storage
Denmark has awarded its first three permits for full-scale CO2 storage in the North Sea. Two go to TotalEnergies for a deleted gas reservoir and a saline aquifer; the other to a consortium of INEOS and Wintershall Dea. This marks the next step in Denmark’s sprint to achieve in just a few years what other […]
Saudi Arabia plans one of the largest CCS hubs in the world
In partnership with the Ministry of Energy, Aramco has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Linde and SLB to establish a CCS hub in Jubail Industrial City on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The hub plans to start operations in 2027, capturing and storing up to 9 million tonnes of CO2 per year. Phase […]
Solent Cluster launches with key role for ExxonMobil
Founding partners ExxonMobil, the University of Southampton and the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership have launched a new low carbon initiative in southern England. The Solent Cluster involves more than 30 manufacturers, engineering companies, academic institutions, logistics and infrastructure operators and other regional and international businesses. Once operational later this decade, and with low carbon hydrogen […]
Possible CO2 pipeline between Germany and Norway
Equinor and Wintershall Dea are exploring the possibility of building a CO2 pipeline under the North Sea that could transport around 20% of all German industrial emissions and store them offshore in Germany. This would be part of developing a European CCS value chain.
Northern Lights signs first commercial agreement
Northern Lights has signed its first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage. Yara Sluiskil, an ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands, have agreed terms with Northern Lights to transport and store 800,000 tonnes of captured CO2 per year starting in 2025.
Malaysia and Korea start work on a regional CCS hub
Six Korean companies have signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia’s state energy company Petronas to establish the Shepherd CCS Project, aiming to create a full carbon capture, transport and storage value chain between the two countries. The project will undertake conceptual and feasibility studies and involves evaluating potential CO2 storage sites in Malaysia and […]
EU supports Devnya Cement project to kickstart first CCUS hub in the Balkans
The European Innovation Fund granted €190 million HeidelbergCement’s Bulgarian subsidiary Devnya Cement for its ANRAV CCS project. The aim is to capture 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from the high-tech clinker and cement plant and transport it by pipeline to a depleted offshore gas field under the Black Sea for permanent storage. The project […]
China’s new offshore CCUS hub in Guangdong
CNOOC, ExxonMobil, Shell, and the Guangdong Provincial Development & Reform Commission signed a memorandum of understanding for the evaluation of a world-scale CCUS project in China at the Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou. The project could capture up to 10 million mt/year of carbon dioxide from one of China’s largest industrial areas. The project […]
bp and Linde advance a CCUS hub in the Texas Gulf coast
bp is working with Linde to advance a CCS project that will capture and store CO₂ from Linde’s hydrogen production facilities in the greater Houston area. That will enable Linde to produce low carbon hydrogen for the region, while creating infrastructure to store CO₂ captured from other industrial facilities. bp will appraise, develop and permit […]
