The Netherlands' highest court on Wednesday ruled that construction of a major carbon capture project in the Rotterdam port area can go ahead, despite objections by environmental activists.The planned 'Porthos' project would be Europe's largest carbon capture…
The Danish Energy Agency has postponed the second tender round for offshore licenses for the exploration and use of the subsoil for the geological storage of CO2 in the North Sea.The tender was set to open on August 15th 2023 according to the executive order on CO2 storage license tenders…
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) 9104.T has received in-principle approvals for a liquefied CO2 vessel and a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) from the American Bureau of Shipping, its Chief Executive Takeshi Hashimoto said on Wednesday…
Italy's Eni said on Friday it was involved in five carbon capture projects selected by Britain in a first group of initiatives worth 20 billion pounds ($25 billion) of government funding.The British government last Thursday said it had shortlisted…
Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik inaugurated on Wednesday what has been described as 'a world first' with the injection of carbon dioxide into a depleted oil field in the Danish North Sea as part of Project Greensand.The CO2 was captured at an INEOS Oxide site in Belgium…
The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have started the first round of formal engagement with developers on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). The two organizations, one responsible for the seabed around England, Wales, and Northern Ireland…
Oil producers Chevron Corp and Talos Energy Inc on Monday said they have tripled the size of a proposed carbon capture and storage hub for the Gulf Coast.Their joint venture, which includes Carbonvert Inc, plans to collect and bury greenhouse gases from clients in the petrochemical…
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas said Friday it had recently signed two agreements with U.S. major ExxonMobil to jointly pursue Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects in Malaysia.Petronas and ExxonMobil have committed to defining the next steps…
The Noble Resolve, a jack-up rig owned by Noble Corporation, has departed the Danish port of Esbjerg and is headed for the Nini West Field in the Danish North Sea. Even though the rig is typically employed in offshore oil and gas drilling, this particular job will be different…
Thai oil and gas company PTTEP has hired Honeywell as the carbon capture technology provider for the Arthit Carbon Capture and Storage Project in the Arthit Gas Field in the Gulf of Thailand. Honeywell said its Separex Membrane Technology will…
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries said Wednesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia's MISC to jointly develop floating CO2 storage units.The Floating CO2 Storage Unit (FCSU) is a new concept of offshore unit that…
Magseis Renewables AS, a subsidiary of the Norwegian OBN seismic services firm Magseis Fairfield ASA, has won a contract to collect data for a CCS monitoring project in the North Sea. The company will use its MASS III ocean bottom nodes and…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said that two companies were on Wednesday offered exploration permits for CO2 storage in an acreage in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.'An announcement regarding this acreage was made in April this year…
Chinese state-owned oil and gas firm CNOOC has completed the country's first offshore carbon capture and storage project designed to permanently bury carbon dioxide in the seabed, state media reported recently.The project is located at the company's Enping oil field in the mouth of the Pearl River…
The Danish company Semco Maritime said Monday it had developed a new pumping system design allowing subsea CO2 storage in the North Sea in connection with Project Greensand.The mission of the project is to store CO2 in the Danish part of the…