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CGG Launches Carbon Storage Screening Study

Nov 26, 2021

French company CGG, best known for offshore seismic data services, has released a new carbon storage screening study.CGG said the study, called GeoVerse, would support CCUS operators in quickly identifying suitable CO2 storage sites. 'This Northern North Sea study…

Lime Petroleum Joins Norwegian CCS Project

Nov 12, 2021

Oil firm Rex International's subsidiary Lime Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Nautilus Carbon Services AS to participate in the first phase of a larger project involving several other joint-industry project partners, which aims to…

Chevron, Partners to Fork Out for Carbon Offsets for Gorgon LNG Carbon Capture Shortfall

Nov 12, 2021

Chevron Corp and its partners in the Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Western Australia have agreed to buy carbon credits likely to cost more than $180 million as a penalty for failing to meet a five-year target for carbon capture and storage (CCS)…

Seismic Firm CGG Licenses Data for Offshore CO2 Storage Projects

Nov 10, 2021

Seismic data company CGG has licensed its Northern Viking Graben multi-client seismic data set in the Northern North Sea to Northern Lights JV DA, for use in its ongoing and future CO2 storage developments. Northern Lights JV DA, owned equally by Equinor…

Petronas, Exxon to Explore CCS Opportunities in Malaysia

Nov 09, 2021

Malaysia's state energy firm, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), said on Tuesday it has partnered with a Malaysian unit of Exxon Mobil Corp to jointly explore opportunities in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in a bid to decarbonize the country's upstream industry…

ExxonMobil Adds Ethylene Plant to Acorn Carbon Capture Mix

Oct 06, 2021

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has signed an Expression of Interest to capture, transport, and store CO2 from its Fife Ethylene Plant, as part of the proposed Acorn carbon capture project in Scotland.The Acorn carbon capture project is designed to…

Norway Allocates Two Areas for CO2 storage

Sep 14, 2021

The Norwegian government on September 10 announced two areas for applications related to injection and storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf, based on interest from several players in the industry.'Capture and storage of CO 2 is…

Offshore CCS Project Planned in The Netherlands

Sep 13, 2021

TotalEnergies, Shell Netherlands, Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN), and Gasunie have partnered up in a project called Aramis that aims to enable large-scale CO2 reduction for industrial clusters in the Netherlands. The Aramis project aims to contribute…

AGR Joins 3-Year Research Aimed at CCS Cost Reduction

Sep 09, 2021

Engineering firm AGR said Thursday it was taking part in a three-year research initiative committed to developing new technologies and processes that aim to significantly reduce the cost of carbon capture related to transport and permanent storage…

Consortium of 29 Firms Backs Danish Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Aug 17, 2021

INEOS Energy, Wintershall Dea, and a consortium of 29 companies, research institutes, and universities, on Tuesday, signed an agreement to support the next phase of the Greensand pilot project to demonstrate the safe and permanent storage of CO2 in offshore reservoirs in the North Sea…

ExxonMobil Joins Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Jul 16, 2021

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has agreed to take part in the Scottish carbon capture project that's designed to store carbon from onshore industrial plants under the North Sea seabed.The project, named Acorn carbon capture and storage project (CCS) in Scotland…

UK: INEOS Backs Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Jul 09, 2021

Chemicals giant INEOS said on Friday it will work with the Acorn carbon capture and storage project to help develop Scotland's first carbon capture storage system.Some scientists say the technology to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions…

Horisont Energi, TGS Developing CCS Technology

May 13, 2021

Horisont Energi and seismic data firm TGS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop new Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies.The parties will work to identify and develop efficient methods for both the identification…

Baker Hughes, Horisont Energi Working on Barents Sea Carbon Capture Project

Mar 23, 2021

Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes and the Norwegian 'carbontech' start-up, Horisont Energi have signed an agreement to jointly explore development and integration of technologies for the Polaris carbon storage project in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway…

Global CCS Capacity Grows, But Not Fast Enough to Meet Climate Targets

Dec 02, 2020

Global carbon capture and storage capacity grew by a third in the past year, but it was far too slow to meet global climate targets, the Global CCS Institute said on Tuesday.Globally, there were 26 commercial CCS facilities in operation able…

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