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CO2 storage projects in Europe

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Overview of existing and planned CO2 storage projects in Europe 4
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BULGARIA ITALY
1. ANRAV (IF) 1. Ravenna CCS*
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CROATIA THE NETHERLANDS 1
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1. Petrokemija Kutina* 1. Porthos* (PCI)

2. Bio-Refinery Project* 2. Aramis* (PCI) 2
3. CCGeo (IF) 3. L10 CCS*
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4. CO2 EOR Project Croatia* 8
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NORWAY 2
1

DENMARK 1
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1. Sleipner* 2
5
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1. Greensand* 2. Longship (includes Northern Lights)* (PCI)
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2. Bifrost* 3. Barents Blue 3

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4 7 2
3. Stenlille demo CO2-storage 4. Snøhvit* 1
4. Norne 5. Smeaheia* 6

5. Ruby 6. Trudvang*
7. Luna*
FRANCE 8. Havstjerne*

1. Pycasso* 3 4
UK 1 1 2

GREECE 1. Acorn*
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1. Prinos CCS 2. Caledonia Clean Energy

3. Zero Carbon Humber* 1

ICELAND 4. HyNet*
5. Net Zero Teesside* 1
1. Orca 6. South Wales Industrial Cluster
2. Silverstone (IF) 7. Bacton Thames Net Zero initiative* * Project where IOGP Members are involved
3. Coda Terminal (IF) Projects listed in bold are in operation
EU 16 projects - 35 MtCO2/yr by 2030
4. Mammoth (PCI) – Project of Common Interest
(IF) – Project supported by the EU Innovation Fund
Europe 35 projects - 105 MtCO2/yr by 2030
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

Bulgaria 1 ANRAV Capture Hard To Abate ANRAV aims to develop the first full CCS Devnya Cement Early 2028 0.8 no data Offshore - Depleted Gas
Transport Industry (cement value chain project in Bulgaria and in (Heidelberg Cement), Development Field (Galata), Black Sea
Storage plant) Eastern Europe. The objective is to capture Petroceltic Bulgaria EOOD
the CO2 streams at the Devnya cement plant
in Varna (HeidelbergCement group) and
though an onshore and offshore pipeline
Project supported
system to store them in a depleted gas
by EU Innovation
field in the Black Sea. Subject to regulatory
Fund
and permitting aspects, the full-chain CCS
project could be operational on 2028.

Croatia 1 Petrokemija Capture Fuel Production A pilot, full chain CCS project is currently MOL Group, Petrokemija Early 2026 0.19 no data Onshore - Depleted Oil
Kutina Transport (Ammonia) being conducted at the Petrokemija Development & Gas Fields (Ivanić &
Storage ammonia production plant at Kutina where Žutica)
natural gas is used as the main feedstock.
More specifically, CO2 will be captured
and transported via the existing pipeline
infrastructure to be stored at the depleted
oil and gas fields which are found close to
Ivanić Grad, a town 41 km east of Zagreb.
The project intends to capture, transport and
inject 190.000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

2 Bio-Refinery Capture Fuel Production A pilot, full chain CCS project which is part MOL Group Early 2024 0.055 no data Onshore - Depleted Oil &
Project Transport (Biofuels) of an advanced bioethanol production plant Development Gas Fields
Storage currently being developed at the Sisak
refinery site, where advanced bioethanol from
biomass will be produced. More specifically,
CO2 will be captured and transported via the
existing pipeline infrastructure to be stored
at the depleted oil and gas fields which are
found 40 km away from the site. The project
intends to capture, transport and inject
55.000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

3 CCGeo Capture Power Production CCGeo stands for Closed Carbon Geothermal AAT Geothermae, CLEAG Advanced 2022 no data no data Onshore - Saline Aquifer
Transport (BECCS) Energy – A full chain CCS project which Development
Storage intends to make use of a novel combination
of existing technologies to generate
electricity and heat from the geothermal
brine and from the natural gases dissolved
Project supported
into it. The associated CO2 which will be
by EU Innovation
produced will be injected back at the same
Fund
reservoir from which the geothermal brine
was extracted.

4 CO2 EOR Project Capture Upsteam Oil & Gas At Gas Treatment Plant (GTP) found at MOL Group In operation The injection no data no data Onshore - Depleted Oil
Croatia Transport (EOR) Molve Municipality 640.000 m3/d of CO2 are of CO2 in Ivanić & Gas Fields (Ivanić &
Storage produced from the purification of natural oilfield started in Žutica)
gas. The CO2 is compressed at 30 bar, October 2014 and
dehydrated and transported via onshore northern part of
pipeline 88 km long to the Fractionation Žutica oilfields in
Facilities of Ivanić Grad. Subsequently, the October 2015.
CO2 is compressed, liquefied and transported
(200 bar) for injection at the mature oil fields
Ivanić and Žutica for Enhanced Oil Recovery.
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

Denmark 1 Greensand Transport Not applicable Greensand project has successfully entered Wintershall Dea, INEOS In operation If successful, 1.5 8 Offshore - Depleted Oil
Storage its demonstration phase on Wednesday 8th of Oil, Energy Cluster the pilot would & Gas Field (Nini West),
March 2023 marking a milestone for the CCS Denmark, Blue Water lead to full-scale Danish North Sea
industry, since it became the first operational Shipping, SpotLight, CO2 storage in the
full value chain CCS project in Europe. More Danish Technological Nini West field by
specifically CO2 was captured at the INEOS Institute, Welltec, Semco 2025
Oxide site (chemical industry) in Antwerp, maritime, Maersk Drilling,
Belgium, shipped cross border and stored GEUS, Geelmuyden Kiese,
permanently 1800 meters below the seabed, Ramboll, Aker Carbon
at the Danish Nini West field (depleted oil Capture, Resen Waves,
field) in the southern North Sea. Following Magseis Fairfield, ESVAGT,
its successful demonstration phase, the DTU, Wind Power Lab, DHI,
full scale deployment of Greensand project Dan-Unity CO2, University
is anticipated by 2025 with a CO2 storage of Southampton, National
capacity of 8 Mtpa. Oceanography Centre,
EUDP, Schlumberger New
Energy

2 Bifrost Transport Not applicable Bifrost project is evaluating the potential TotalEnergies, Noreco, Early 2030 3 16 Offshore - Depleted Oil &
Storage for CO2 transport and storage at the Harald Nordsøfonden, Ørsted, Development Gas Field (Harald West),
field and at several other reservoirs found at The Technical University of Danish North Sea
the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) Denmark (DTU)
North Sea . The use of existing pipeline
Expansion date:
infrastructure connecting the DUC fields to
2032
Denmark is also evaluated for CO2 transport.

3 Stenlille demo Storage Not applicable The Stenlille aquifer (which is also used GEUS, Gas Storage Advanced 2025 0.5 Expansion is Onshore - Saline Aquifer
CO2-storage for gas storage) does not have a large CO2 Denmark Development not possible (Stenlille)
storage capacity. However, the project offers
low-risk and an easily accessible CO2-storage
option. In 2023 the FID is expected. This
project could store 0.5 Mtpa CO2 by 2025.

4 Norne Storage Not applicable Norne is a CO2 storage project which has no data no data no data no data no data no data
been announced by the Danish Energy
Agency (DEA). No further details about the
project are publicly available.

5 Ruby Storage Not applicable Ruby is a CO2 storage project which has been no data no data no data no data no data no data
announced by the Danish Energy Agency
(DEA). No further details about the project
are publicly available.

France 1 Pycasso - Capture Cluster Pycasso stands for PYrenean Carbon Avenia, CAPBP, Teréga, In Planning 2030 1 no data Onshore - Depleted Gas
PYrenean Carbon Transport (multiple industrial Abolition through Sustainable Sequestration Schlumberger, Lafarge, Fields, South West of
Abolition through Storage sources) Operations. PYCASSO project investigates Repsol, UPPA, BRGM, France
Sustainable the opportunity to decarbonise the heavy IFPEN, Sofresid, Geostock,
Sequestration industry located onshore South West France SNAM
Operations and North Spain through the establishment
of a large CCUS hub. The project aims to
take advantage of the large depleted gas
fields of the area which have been producing
the last 60 years.
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

Greece 1 Prinos CCS Transport Not applicable The project aims to convert the mature Energean Early 2027 1.2 no data Offshore - Semi
Storage Prinos oilfield in Greece into a CO2 storage Development Depleted Prinos Oil Field
facility. If approved by the Greek government, & Saline Aquifer, North
the project would be the first of its kind in Aegean Sea
the Mediterranean region. The Prinos oil
field could provide permanent storage of
CO2 captured from local emission sources
(up to 150 km away) and piped to the facility.
For the more distant emission sources,
CO2 could be liquified and shipped to an
intermediate storage facility onshore (Sigma
Site), before being injected for offshore
storage to Prinos oilfield.

Iceland 1 Orca Capture Direct Air Capture Climeworks' Orca plant is the world’s first Climeworks, Carbfix In operation In operation 0.004 no data Onshore - Basalt rock
Transport and largest Direct Air Capture and mineral formations
Storage storage plant. Orca plant was built in 15
months, has been in operation till Sept
2021 and has the capacity of capturing and
storing 4.000 tons of CO2 per year. More
specifically, the CO2 which is captured from
the atmospheric air is mixed with water and
injected into nearby basaltic rock-formations
to be permanently turned into stone.

2 Silverstone Capture Power Production The Silverstone project will apply Carbfix Carbfix, ON Power In operation 2025 0.037 no data Onshore - Basalt rock
Transport (BECCS) technology in a new CO2-optimized capture formations
Storage plant at the Hellisheidi geothermal power
plant in Iceland. More specifically, by 2025
with the addition of the Silverstone project
(25.000 tCO2/year) to the existent pilot scale
Project supported
CO2 capture facilities (12.000 tCO2/year),
by EU Innovation
37.000 tCO2/year will be captured, dissolved
Fund
into the water and injected into basaltic
formations for permanent mineral storage.

3 Coda Terminal Transport Not applicable The Coda Terminal aspires to establish a Carbfix, Dan-Unity CO2 A/S Early 2026 0.5 3 Onshore - Basalt rock
Storage cross-border CO2 transport and storage hub Development formations
in Iceland. Liquefied CO2 carriers will import
CO2 from several countries across North
Europe starting from 2026 with 0,5 Mtpa. Τhe
terminal will be upgraded gradually with its
capacity to reach 3Mtpa by 2031.The imported
Project supported CO2 will be initially stored into onshore tanks Expansion date:
by EU Innovation at the premises of the terminal and then by 2031
Fund using a network of CO2 pipelines and nearby
injection wells, will be permanently stored
into the basaltic bedrock.

4 Mammoth Capture Direct Air Capture Mammoth is a Direct Air Capture project Climeworks, Carbfix Advanced 2024 0.036 no data Onshore - Basalt rock
Transport which is currently under construction. The Development formations
Storage project will have a CO2 capture capacity
of 36.000 tons per year. The CO2 captured
will be mixed with water to be injected
underground for mineral storage in the
basaltic rocks.
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

Italy 1 Ravenna CCS Capture Cluster The project involves the establishment of a ENI, Snam Advanced 2024 0.025 4 Offshore - Depleted Gas
Transport (multiple industrial CCUS hub in Ravenna with the perspective to Development Fields (off the coast of
Storage sources) capture CO2 from multiple industries in the Ravenna), Adriatic Sea
Po Valley and store it offshore, in the depleted
gas reservoirs of the Adriatic Sea. According
to the plans, Phase 1 of the project will start
in 2023 with an initial capacity of 0.025 Mtpa
whereas Phase 2 of the project is scheduled
Expansion date:
for 2027 with a capacity of 4 Mtpa. The
2027
storage resource in the Adriatic Sea gives
the project the possibility for subsequent
development which could increase its storage
capacity to more than 10 Mtpa.

The Netherlands 1 Porthos Transport Not applicable Porthos stands for Port of Rotterdam CO2 Port Authority, Gasunie, Advanced 2025 2.5 no data Offshore - Depleted Gas
Storage Transport Hub and Offshore Storage. The EBN, Air Liquide, Air Development Fields (P18-2, P18-4 and
project intends to provide transport and Products, ExxonMobil and P18-6), Dutch North Sea
storage infrastructure to energy intensive Shell
industries in the Port of Rotterdam and
possibly at a later stage to industries in
the Antwerp and North Rhine Westphalia
areas. The project will link the CO2 Capture
Project of
facilities and the existing OCAP pipeline with
Common Interest
a new onshore pipeline which will drive the
aggregated CO2 in a CO2 hub in the Port of
Rotterdam and subsequently via an offshore
pipeline in a depleted gas field 20 km off the
coast for permanent storage.

2 Aramis Transport Not applicable Aramis project aspires to enable multiple TotalEnergies, Shell, EBN, Early 2027 5 >5 Offshore - Depleted Gas
Storage energy intensive industries to store their Gasunie Development Fields and potential
captured CO2 emissions under the Dutch Aquifers, Dutch North
North Sea. For this purpose, a CO2 collection Sea
hub and an offshore pipeline with a 22 Mt/
year transport capacity will be built to
Project of connect the port of Rotterdam with the
Common Interest depleted gas fields located 200 km off the
coast. Industries will be able to connect with
the CO2 collection hub either by onshore
pipelines either by ships.

3 L10 CCS Storage Not applicable L10 is a depleted gas field located in the Neptune Energy, EBN Early 2027 5 9 Offshore - Depleted Gas
Dutch North Sea, which started producing Capital B.V., Rosewood Development Fields (L10-A, L10-B
gas in 1976 and was still operational in Exploration Ltd., and L10-E areas), Dutch
2021. Currently, it is being investigated ExxonMobil North Sea
the development of a large-scale Carbon
Capture and Storage (CCS) project with a
total storage capacity of 120-150 million
tonnes of CO2 which implies injecting around
5 Mt / year. Phase 1 (2027) has a capacity of Expansion date:
5MTPA and the storage field in the L10 block 2028
will be connected to the Aramis CO2 pipeline.
Phase 2 (2028) has a minimum capacity of
4MTPA, and its storage fields will be supplied
via direct injection from vessels.
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

Norway 1 Sleipner Capture Upsteam Oil & Gas Sleipner CCS project has been operational Equinor, ExxonMobil, Total In operation In operation since 1 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
Transport (Gas Processing) since 1996 and it is known as the world's first 1996 (Utsira Formation),
Storage offshore CCS implementation. The produced Norwegian North Sea
natural gas at Sleipner area contains around
9% of CO2 and therefore the production is
driven to a processing and CO2 removal
platform (Sleipner T) where 2.800 tonnes of
CO2 are separated and injected daily in the
Utsira saline formation, 800m below the
seabed. By the end of 2020 more than 19 Mt
of CO2 have been injected and permanently
stored. The project is the result of a tax on
CO2 emissions which was introduced in
Norway in 1991.

2 Longship Capture Cluster The Longship CCS project plans to capture, Equinor, Shell, Advanced 2024 1.5 Expansion Offshore - Saline Aquifer
(includes Transport (multiple industrial transport and store 0.8 Mtpa of CO2. The TotalEnergies Development through (Aurora), Norwegian
Northern Lights 1) Storage sources) capture of CO2 will take place in two sites on Northern North Sea
the east coast of Norway (a cement factory Lights 2 project
and a waste to energy plant). The liquefied
CO2 will be shipped for permanent storage at
Aurora saline aquifer below the Norwegian
North Sea. The Northern Lights project is
Project of part of the Longship CCS project and involves
Common Interest only the transport and storage part. The
project has the vision to expand and receive
additional volumes of CO2 from several
capture sites in Norway or other countries
(1.5Mtpa and then 5 Mtpa).

Northern Lights 2 Transport Not applicable The Northern Lights project is part of the Equinor, Shell, Early 2030 3.5 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
Storage Longship CCS project and involves only the TotalEnergies Development (IOGP estimation) (Aurora), Norwegian
transport and storage part. Northern Lights North Sea
1 has a transport and storage capacity of 1.5
Mtpa by 2024. Northern Lights 2 intends to
have a transport and storage capacity of 3.5
Mtpa by 2030, dependent on market demand.

3 Barents Blue Capture Fuel Production The Barents Blue project aspires to produce Horisont Energi, Fertiberia Early 2025 2 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
Transport (Ammonia) at large scale, blue ammonia (3000 ton/d) Development (Polaris), Barents Sea
Storage and blue hydrogen (600 ton/d) with the CO2
produced to be captured and permanently
stored in the Polaris aquifer, at the Barents
Sea. The annual output of ammonia will be 1
Mtpa whereas the annual CO2 injection rate
will be 2 Mtpa. The necessary gas feed 2.8
MSm3/d will come from the gas fields of the
Barents Sea.
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

Norway 4 Snøhvit Capture Upsteam Oil & Gas Snøhvit is an offshore gas field in Northern Equinor In operation In operation since 0.7 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
Transport (Gas Processing) Norway, that supplies gas to the Melkøya 2008 (Tubaen), Barents Sea
Storage LNG production facility. Since the produced
natural gas contains 5-6% CO2, it is
separated and the CO2 is piped back to the
Snøhvit field. There the CO2 is injected for
permanent storage into the Tubaen saline
formation at 2600m depth, beneath the gas
production layers. The CCS project is the
result of a tax on CO2 emissions which was
introduced in Norway in 1991.

5 Smeaheia Storage Not applicable Smeaheia, is a prominent fault block Equinor In Planning 2035 20 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
located in the Norwegian North Sea which (Sognefjord), Norwegian
is identified as a possible CO2 storage site. North Sea
Equinor (operator) has already submitted
plans for the development of the field with a
CO2 storage capacity of 20 Mtpa.

6 Trudvang Transport Not applicable The Trudvang project aims to receive liquifed Neptune Energy, Sval and In Planning 2029 9 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
Storage CO2 via shipping to an onshore terminal in Storegga (Utsira), Norwegian
the south-west of Norway and transport it North Sea
via a purpose-built pipeline to the Norwegian
North Sea (about 200 kilometres from the
coast) for injection and permanent storage.

7 Luna Storage Not applicable Wintershall Dea and CapeOmega have Wintershall Dea, In Planning 2030 5 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
been awarded the Luma license from the CapeOmega (Statfjord), Norwegian
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and North Sea
Energy, located at the North Sea, 120 km
west of Bergen, which has an estimated CO2
injection capacity of 5 MtCO2/year.

8 Havstjerne Storage Not applicable Wintershall Dea and Altera have been Wintershall Dea, Altera Early 2028 3 8 Offshore - Saline Aquifer
awarded the Havstjerne license from the Development (Sandnes), Norwegian
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, North Sea
located at the North Sea, 35 km southwest
of Stavange which has an estimated CO2 Expansion date:
injection capacity of 7 MtCO2/year. 2030
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

UK 1 Acorn Transport Not applicable Acorn is a joint venture of companies which Storegga, Shell, Harbour Advanced 2024 0.8 5 Offshore - Depleated Gas
Storage is considered to be the backbone of the Energy and NSMP Development Field (Goldeneye Field),
Scottish Cluster. Acorn is working on three Expansion date: British North Sea
linked projects: Acorn Carbon Capture 2030
project that aims at the construction of a
carbon capture plant for the decarbonisation
of two St. Fergus Gas Terminals. Acorn
Hydrogen project that aims at the
construction of a Blue Hydrogen facility
adjacent to the two St. Fergus Gas Terminals.
Acorn Transport & Storage project that aims
at the transportation of the captured CO2
for permanent storage under the North Sea
using repurposed pipelines and ships.

2 Caledonia Clean Capture Power Production The Caledonia Clean Energy project aims to Summit Power Group Early 2025 3.1 no data Offshore - Depleated
Energy Transport (Natural Gas) the construction of a 1.3 GW natural gas- Development Oil & Gas Fields &
Storage fired plant with the capacity to capture over Saline Aquifer (Captain
90% of the CO2 emitted. The existing Feeder Sandstone), British
10 gas pipeline to St Fergus will be used North Sea
for CO2 transport. Subsequently, CO2 will be
transferred offshore for permanent storage
under the North Sear or used for EOR. Both
options are still under consideration.

3 Zero Carbon Capture Cluster Zero Carbon Humber is a joint venture of Associated British Ports Advanced 2027 5 8 Offshore - Depleated Oil
Humber Transport (multiple industrial companies to which aspire to decarbonize (ABP), British Steel, Development & Gas Fields (Viking and
Storage sources) East Coast cluster (wider Humber region) Centrica Storage Ltd, Drax, Victor), British North Sea
which is the most carbon intensive industrial Equinor, INEOS Acetyls,
cluster in UK. The project aims to enable Mitsubishi Power, National
hydrogen economy, large-scale carbon Grid Ventures, px Group,
Expansion date:
capture and bioenergy with carbon capture SSE Thermal, Triton Power,
2030
and storage (BECCS) that will result in the Uniper, AMRC, Velocys
capture and store up to 8Mtpa of CO2 by 2030.

4 HyNet North Capture Cluster HyNet North West project aspires to Progressive Energy, Advanced 2026 0.8 10 Offshore - Depleted
West Transport (multiple industrial decarbonise the North West Cluster. The Cadent, CF Fertilisers, Eni Development Gas Field (Hamilton),
Storage sources) project aims to develop the infrastructure UK, Essar, Hanson, Liverpool Bay
for the production, distribution and storage INOVYN (part of the INEOS
of low carbon hydrogen along with the Group) and the University
infrastructure for the capture, transport and of Chester.
Expansion date:
permanent storage of the CO2 emissions
2030
coming from the industry. The captured CO2
will be stored at the depleted Hamilton gas
field in Liverpool Bay.
LOCATION NO. ON PROJECT NAME ELEMENTS OF TYPE OF CAPTURE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS STATUS OF THE PLANNED START OF CO2 STORAGE CO2 STORAGE TYPE OF CO2 STORAGE
MAP CCS VALUE CHAIN PROJECT PROJECT OPERATIONS DATE INJECTION INJECTION
COVERED CAPACITY AT CAPACITY AFTER
START DATE EXPANSION
(MTPA) (MTPA)

UK 5 Net Zero Teeside Capture Cluster Teesside industrial area is one of the biggest BP, Eni, Equinor, Shell, Advanced 2026 2 no data Offshore - Saline Aquifer
Transport (multiple industrial emitting regions in UK. Net Zero Teesside Total, Teeside Valley Development (Endurance), British
Storage sources) project aspires to establish an industrial Authority, Suez, BOC, North Sea
decarbonised cluster. The aim is to build a sembcorp,CF, Lotte
new gas-fired power station with associated Chemical, Nepic, UK BEIS
carbon capture plant and in parallel, to
establish a CO2 gathering network from a
range of industrial emitters in the Teesside
area. The CO2 will be gathered to a central
hub, compressed and sent for permanent
storage, offshore at the Endurance aquifer in
the Southern North Sea.

6 South Wales Capture Cluster Industries in the South Wales region produce RWE, Progressive Energy, In Planning 2025 no data no data Offshore - Depleted Oil
Industrial Transport (multiple industrial 16Mtpa of CO2. The South Wales Industrial Cadent, Valero, Tata Steel, & Gas Fields & Saline
Cluster Storage sources) Cluster which was formed in 2019, consists BOC, South Hook, Wales Aquifers, Celtic Sea and
of major industries along the M4 corridor. & West Utilities, Western Bristol Channel
Currently, two projects Cluster Plan and Power Distribution, Rice,
Deployment Project aim to shape the Flexis
strategy for the decarbonization of the South
Wales Industrial Cluster.

7 Bacton Thames Storage Not applicable The Bacton Thames Net Zero initiative aims ENI In Planning 2027 6 10 Offshore - Depleted Gas
Net Zero at the convention of the Hewett depleted Field (Hewett), British
initiative gas field located on the Southern North North Sea
Sea, to a CO2 Storage to be used for the
decarbonisation of the industrial sector
in the Bacton and Thames Estuary area Expansion date:
(UK South East). It is estimated that the 2030
Hewett depleted gas field has a total storage
capacity of 330Mt of CO2.
 How it works
The 3 segments of the CCS value chain

CO2 TRANSPORT
Captured CO2 is compressed or liquified
before being transported via pipelines
or ships to the storage sites.

CO2 CO2

CO2

Carbon Capture,
CO2 CO2
CO2 STORAGE
CO2 CAPTURE CO2 is injected for

and Storage
CO2 emissions are captured from heavy permanent storage into
industry sectors such as power plants, depleted oil & gas fields
cement, steel and petrochemical industries. CO2 or saline aquifers.

CCS is a set of technologies that

enable the Capture, Transport and CCS be deployed at scale, often repurposing existing infrastructures
Storage of CO2.
CCS is a proven and safe technology. Where can CCS make a difference?
CO2 has been captured, transported
and stored in Europe successfully -CO2
since 1996 (Sleipner project, Norway).
It is a key technology for Europe to Decarbonisation of Energy transition Low carbon hydrogen production Negative emissions
hard-to-abate industries CCS can be applied to gas-fired Hydrogen production based on natural Large scale negative emissions
meet climate neutrality. In the EU, steel, cement, chemical power plants which provide gas decarbonized with CCS is the can be achieved when BioEnergy
and refining sectors emit 37% flexibility to an electricity most cost-effective. It can supply production is combined with
of total CO2 industrial emissions. grid with a higher share of industrial sectors and decarbonize CCS (BECCS) or when Direct Air
More CCS resources at iogpeurope.org CCS is one of the only technological intermittent renewables. sectors which cannot be electrified such Capture is combined with
options to enable emission reductions as aviation and maritime transport. CCS (DACCS).
in hard-to-abate industries.

A European CO2 storage ambition

IOGP Europe promotes an ambition on CO2 storage injection capacity availability.

Ambition level of 0.5 to 1.0 GtCO2 storage Scope covering Requires a comprehensive
CO2 availability per year by 2050 EU, EEA and the UK EU policy framework

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