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Big Oil Splits Over Production vs Carbon Storage in Gulf of Mexico Auction

Mar 30, 2023

Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday bid for offshore blocks to store carbon dioxide underground during a government oil and gas lease sale in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, while rivals Chevron Corp and BP Plc targeted areas for production.The largest U…

Louisiana's Request to Oversee Carbon Storage Projects Moving Ahead, EPA says

Mar 16, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by May should complete a review of Louisiana's request to take on oversight of carbon capture projects, according to a letter to the state, which wants to speed up approvals.Louisiana is seeking to permit and monitor so-called Class VI wells…

Indonesia Invites Oil Firms to Set Up Carbon Capture Facilities

Mar 10, 2023

Oil and gas companies operating in Indonesia are being encouraged to install carbon capture facilities in their working areas, the Energy Ministry said on Friday.The resource-rich country, which is also one of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters…

Project Greensand: First CO2 Injected in Depleted Oil Field in Danish North Sea

Mar 08, 2023

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…

Five Firms Apply for North Sea CO2 Storage in Norway

Mar 06, 2023

Five companies have applied for an area in the Norwegian section of the North Sea for potential storage of CO2, The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy said Monday.According to the plan, acreage will be awarded in the first half of this year…

Sval Partners with Storegga and Neptune for Trudvang Offshore CO2 Storage Project

Feb 27, 2023

The Norwegian oil and gas company Sval, with its partners Storegga and Neptune, has applied for a CO2 storage license in the Norwegian North Sea. The project, called Trudvang, has the potential to store up to 225 million tons of CO2.The application…

Noble Corp. Jack-up Rig Sets Off for Danish North Sea Field for Carbon Storage Pilot

Jan 20, 2023

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…

Two Firms Offered CO2 Storage Acreage Offshore Norway

Oct 05, 2022

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…

Santos to Study More CCS Options

Sep 08, 2022

Australian oil and gas firm Santos has been awarded permits to undertake evaluation and appraisal work for the potential storage of carbon dioxide in the offshore Carnarvon and Bonaparte basins, off the coast of Western Australia, the company announced today…

Korean Companies Ink CCS MoU With Petronas

Aug 04, 2022

Six South Korean companies and Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas have agreed to work together to look at the feasibility of a cross border carbon capture and storage project in what's been called Asia’s first CCS hub project. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU)…

Adapting Subsea Technologies to enable CCUS Initiatives

May 13, 2022

Reimagining uses for innovative technologies originally designed for critical service in subsea developments could open the door to safer CO2 storage and usage.The energy transition occurring worldwide is redefining energy production and consumption…

CETO JIP to develop Low Pressure Solutions for CO2 Ship Transport

Dec 29, 2021

Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies, Gassco and DNV announced the kick-off of a new JIP to develop low-pressure solutions for the transportation of CO2 by ships. The CETO (CO2 Efficient Transport via Ocean) JIP will carry out the technology qualification…

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. to Build Two CO2 Carriers for Norwegian Northern Lights Project

Oct 11, 2021

Chinese shipbuilder Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. has won a contract to build two CO2 carriers for Northern Lights, a Norwegian carbon capture and storage project.Under the contract awarded by the Northern Lights JV, owned equally by Equinor…

Talos Energy, Carbonvert JV Wins Rights to Manage Carbon Storage Site Offshore Texas

Aug 25, 2021

U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy, focused on oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico, said Wednesday it was, with its partner Carbonvert, the sole winning bidder for the Texas General Land Office's ('GLO') Jefferson County, Texas carbon storage site located near Beaumont and Port Arthur…

Horisont Energi Wraps Up 1st Phase of 'Europe’s First' Large-scale Clean Ammonia Project

May 26, 2021

Horisont Energi, a Norwegian carbon capture technology firm, said on Wednesday that it had wrapped up a feasibility phase of the Barents Blue project, laying the groundwork for what it claims will be Europe's first large-scale carbon-neutral ammonia plant with offshore carbon storage…

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