UK’s energy services provider Altera Infrastructure and oil and gas company Harbour Energy have secured up to €225 million in grant funding from the EU Innovation Fund for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind large-scale solution for CO2 sequestration using shared, flexible offshore infrastructu
Noble Corporation is expecting a ramp-up in drilling demand for the floater fleet from late 2025 and 2026, which will spur further rig reactivations, as it perceives the oil and gas production from deepwater reservoirs as an important factor in the global security of energy supply.
The alleged withdrawal of TGS from natural gas exploration in Victoria’s Otway Basin off the coast of Australia has been perceived as a blow to the state’s energy security as the gas supply dwindles. On the other hand, the launch of the U.S. Gulf Coast CO2 storage assessment package is described as
Australian energy player Santos has hit the 82% completion mark at its project in Commonwealth waters, bringing it closer to the first gas from its huge field off the coast of Australia. The firm also confirmed the commissioning of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Cooper Basin, whic
Consulting and engineering firm Wood has established and is leading a joint industry partnership (JIP) to accelerate carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects through the creation of industry guidelines for CO2 specifications. Wood set up the JIP to collate industry research and the e
ORLEN Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s ORLEN Group and formerly known as PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), has decided to withdraw from the Polaris CO2 exploration license, the only CO2 storage located in the Barents Sea, with Horisont Energi now assessing the way forward for the project. The Polaris li
U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil has secured access to over 271,000 acres of offshore CO2 storage in Texas state waters, said to be the largest of its kind in the U.S., through a lease with the Texas General Land Office (GLO). This is said to add significant storage potential to ExxonMobil’s carbon capt
Japanese companies Sumitomo Corporation and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) have signed a joint study agreement with the U.S.-based oil and natural gas producer Hilcorp to explore carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities in Alaska. Under the agreement, the three companies will conduct a feasibi
UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and The Crown Estate, manager of the seabed and renewable energy rights within the economic zone in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have signed a new Statement of Intent as part of joint aspirations to ensure a more sustainable and closely coor
Following June’s call for expressions of interest (CEI) to develop a network of CO2 transport infrastructure in France, French liquefied natural gas (LNG) operator Elengy has launched feasibility studies for the project in partnership with compatriot Société du Pipeline Sud-Européen (SPSE), a player
The Danish Energy Agency has launched the tendering procedure for its third fund for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, with DKK 28.7 billion ($4.2 billion) available for interested parties to help Denmark in its path to climate neutrality. The CCS Fund will cover the costs of capture, trans
The Norwegian government has made room in its 2025 budget for a multimillion-dollar investment destined to be injected into its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, described as a full-scale CO2 capture, transport, and storage development in line with the country’s international climate agreeme
The UK government has confirmed £21.7 billion in funding to establish two major carbon capture and storage (CCUS) clusters over the next 25 years, alongside hydrogen production facilities, in Teesside and Merseyside. According to the UK government, this move will propel the UK towards becoming a gl
The practical operation of the onboard carbon capture system (OCCS) installed earlier this year on Evergreen’s Neopanamax containership opens the door for a wider use, representing an important step for the maritime industry to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Japanese classification
