Near 30 workers evacuated from Irish Sea Pioneer amid storm
Petrofac (LON:PFC) has confirmed that 27 workers onboard the Irish Sea Pioneer in Liverpool Bay were evacuated over the weekend ahead of Storm Darragh.
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UPDATE: Industry hails Labour’s £22bn pledge for carbon capture projects in England
Two projects in the North of England aimed at sequestering carbon and producing hydrogen have won the full-throated support of the UK government and a pledge for nearly £22 billion over the next 25 years.
CCS licences ‘smoke and mirrors’ as Track 1 waits for government clarity
A leading analyst said that additional CCS licences are "not going to save the North Sea" as Track 1 projects wait for government clarity.
Local branches to spur UK CCUS network growth
As the new Labour government outlines plans for publicly owned carbon capture projects, Peel NRE development director Richard Barker looks at the role of the technology in reaching net zero and how plans are progressing on the ground.
CCUS projects ‘exceeded’ targets as UK ‘on track’ to be a low-carbon leader
The policy brains behind the UK’s carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) clusters have hailed progress towards ambitions to make Great Britain a world leader in the technology despite deep concerns about delays in the projects.
Aberdeen’s Apollo to lead studies on large-scale UK carbon capture and shipping hub
Aberdeen's Apollo Engineering will lead three feasibility studies into the planned Severnside Carbon Capture and Shipping Hub (7CO2) near Bristol.
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.
MHI to deliver CO2 capture tech for HyNet linked hydrogen plant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been selected to provide carbon dioxide capture technology for a low carbon hydrogen plant set for Cheshire.
New Douglas CCS platform in works as Eni files HyNet plans
Eni has unveiled new details of infrastructure and timings for its Liverpool Bay carbon storage scheme, including a newbuild platform at the Douglas complex.
EET targets September for hydrogen FID at HyNet
“What we’re finding now are new businesses and new opportunities are saying ‘if you can do these hydrogen plans, we will come and locate to the region’. That’s a new dynamic we didn’t have a year ago.”
Report warns UK CCS capacity will fall short of 2030 targets
A new report finds that the UK’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is likely to fall short of 2030 targets and complains of ‘disproportionate’ support for blue hydrogen schemes over electricity generation.
Eni agrees terms for ‘world first’ CCS business model at UK’s HyNet
Eni has reached an agreement in principle with the UK Government over the regulatory framework which will govern its HyNet carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the UK.
New HyNet partnership aiming to tackle green skills gap
Industrial decarbonisation project HyNet has partnered with a local talent development initiative to address the region’s green skills gap.
Hydrogen has a part to play, argues ABB exec
Blue hydrogen is around half the price of green, he noted, after normalising for incentives and penalties. “The models show then that green hydrogen takes over, at around a decade out.”
KBR wins 1GW HyNet hydrogen work with rebranded EET
KBR is to take on engineering design work for a second hydrogen plant at the Stanlow complex, as operator Vertex is rolled into Essar’s hydrogen business.
Allowing its engineers to ‘shine’ gives Wood the edge in the CCS market
Chief executive of Wood (LON:WG), Ken Gilmartin, says that his firm's growth in carbon capture comes from picking work that allows its “subject matter experts shine.”
HyNet risks stall on wait for hydrogen business model
The project could face a two and a half year pause, “if we don’t get the business models right”, Manson-Whitton said.
Halliburton awarded completions work for HyNet CCS project
The global services giant will provide equipment and support for the carbon sequestration scheme in Liverpool Bay, northwest England.
Pre-FEED work wraps up on HyNet CCS plant at Runcorn
Backers of a major CCS cluster in north-west England have completed pre-FEED work for a carbon capture and storage project in Runcorn.
Essar plans £360m carbon capture plant in HyNet cluster
Essar Oil UK has announced plans to build a £360 million carbon capture plant at its Stanlow refinery, as part of wider plans to decarbonise the north west of England.
Good news for Acorn as UK Gov pledges to accelerate ‘Track 2’ of CCS process
A government minister has pledged to accelerate the second phase of the UK’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) rollout.
‘Urgent action’ needed to ensure north-east is at heart of UK’s £100 billion CCS industry
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could create and underpin thousands of green jobs in the north and north-east of Scotland in the coming years.
Shell awaiting ‘urgent clarity’ from government on how Acorn project can progress
A lack of movement on carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be slowing the UK’s adoption of low carbon hydrogen.
Harbour, Eni to invest more than £8bn in UK as windfall tax looms
Harbour Energy and Eni are set to invest more than £8 billion in the UK over the next four years, as the sector continues to bat away calls for a windfall tax on energy profits.
Kent wins hydrogen work at HyNet
Kent has won design work on a blue hydrogen project at HyNet. This is one of the two clusters picked by the UK government for the fast track.