NSTA opens investigation into North Sea well decommissioning delays
Oil and gas operators will risk facing fines if they continue to miss well decommissioning deadlines, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has warned.
Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS)
Informed policy and greater certainty needed to unlock UK’s renewables potential
RSK renewables director Kit Hawkins outlines how the incoming Labour government can accelerate the UK renewables rollout.
Humber CCUS hub critical to future of UK energy transition – Drax
The creation of a major CCUS hub in the Humber industrial region is essential to the UK energy transition and will accelerate the production of low-carbon products such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), according to Drax Group.
Navigating Scotland’s energy transition: The imperative of sustaining oil and gas investments
Policymakers must recognise the critical role of sustained oil and gas investments in Scotland's energy transition, writes Dr Yakubu Abdul-Salam.
Blue hydrogen and gas-power CCS could derail UK net zero targets
Gas-powered hydrogen production and carbon capture schemes risk derailing the UK's net zero targets, a new report has warned.
Scottish Cluster forecast to add £17.7bn to UK economy by 2050
A plan to use carbon capture technology to create a Scottish net zero industrial cluster could bring an estimated £17.7 billion in economic benefit to the UK economy by 2050.
Scottish researchers use AI to slash CCS system modelling time
Researchers at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University use AI to cut carbon capture and storage modelling from 100 days to 24 hours.
UK considers delaying some carbon capture projects as costs soar
The UK is considering delaying support for some carbon capture projects until after this year as costs rise for the fledgling technology that’s critical to the country’s climate goals.
The world’s biggest carbon removal plant comes online in Iceland
Amid the steam rising around Iceland’s Hellisheioi station sits a newly built warehouse surrounded by giant fans run by carbon removal startup Climeworks. Dubbed Mammoth, the project is now the world’s biggest plant to suck carbon dioxide from the air.
Is the UK falling behind Norway on cross-border CO2 transport and storage?
The UK risks wasting its "naturally advantageous position" on CO2 transport, according to one analyst.
Chevron launches $500 million fund to invest in clean tech
Chevron Corp.’s (NYSE:CVX) venture arm launched a fund — its third — with a $500 million commitment to invest in clean energy technologies.
Genesis Energies back in Aberdeen city centre with ambitions for growth
Genesis is targeting new clients and further growth in carbon capture, hydrogen, and asset decarbonisation as it returns to the 'heart' of Aberdeen.
EVOL: Time to pick up the pace with CCUS – with Ruth Herbert
Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) is the kind of industrial opportunity that comes around once in 200 years, according to the chief of an industry trade association.
CCUS throws up decommissioning tax ‘grey area’
Repurposing of North Sea oil and gas assets for Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) is starting to happen, and it’s throwing up a tax quandary for the sector’s decommissioning space.
Oil giants plan to bury massive amounts of CO2 in Southeast Asia
Just as they first ventured to do over a century ago, the world’s largest oil companies are staking claims far from home — this time to swallow, rather than spew, planet-warming industrial emissions.
Wood, TechnipFMC and more win £4bn Teesside net zero contracts
Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) have dished out contracts with a combined value of around £4 billion.
CCU International delivers capture tech for Flue2Chem project
CCU International, alongside the University of Sheffield, has developed a new refinement and capture system for the Flue2Chem project.
UK signs trade pact with Texas in effort to boost green industry
The UK has signed a new trade pact with Texas, the second-largest state in the US, in an effort to boost cooperation in green energy, aerospace and advanced technologies.
Report finds UK carbon capture strategy based on ‘outdated and unrealistic’ assumptions
Carbon Tracker analysis recommends UK government adopt scaled back and targeted CCUS approach focused on decarbonising cement sector and proving technologies on smaller scale projects.
Harbour Energy ‘confident’ on completing Wintershall DEA deal despite German headwinds
Harbour Energy executives remain confident the company's planned takeover of Wintershall Dea will get approval from German authorities.
CCUS: Why the CO2-busting sector needs more transparency on its own emissions
Experts say the nascent carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) sector, hoped to be one of the UK’s next big industrial powerhouses, needs to become more transparent on its emissions profile.
North Sea firms keenly await Spring Budget clarity on windfall tax
Reports suggest Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning to extend the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas firms.
Germany to allow carbon storage to pave way for lower emissions
Germany will allow heavy industries who don’t have other ways of cutting emissions to transport and store carbon underground, a reversal of the government’s original stance as it bolsters efforts to reach climate neutrality.
Veri Energy boss Salman Malik unveils his green dream for UK North Sea
Sullom Voe will continue to 'define the economic landscape of Shetland', he told guests at Prosper's Annual Lecture in Aberdeen.
Equinor gets planning approval for H2H Saltend hydrogen project
H2H Saltend project aims to "kick-start" decarbonisation initiatives in the surrounding Humber region.