Carbon capture and storage
Following the start of injection in August, Northern Lights has issued the first set of certificates documenting that the carbon dioxide captured from the Heidelberg Materials cement factory has been transported and stored permanently in the Aurora reservoir.
As COP30 wrapped up in Brazil, the country finds itself at an inflection point, positioned to deliver South America’s first carbon-dioxide injection by mid-2026.
The 14 available locations are estimated to be able to provide up to 2 gigatonnes of additional carbon-dioxide storage capacity.
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Occidental Petroleum is considered one of the upstream industry’s most dynamic companies after making major investments to boost oil and gas production while also scaling up low-carbon technologies. -
Texas and Louisiana are stepping up efforts to assume regulatory authority for an emerging wave of carbon capture and storage projects.
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The CStore1 project aims to prove that floating storage and injection facilities are competitive with pipelines and fixed offshore infrastructure.
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Glynn Williams, CEO of Silixa, offers his take on the role fiber-optic technology will play in the rise of CO2 storage and on the firm’s progress in the tight-rock sector.
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The SRMS Guidelines include suggestions for the application of the SRMS with the intent of including details of the processes of quantification, categorization, and classification of storable quantities so that the subjective nature of subsurface assessments can be consistent between storage resource assessors.
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A North Dakota Supreme Court decision changed the rules for leasing pore space from landowners and their rights to compensation. This decision and the US Inflation Reduction Act, which significantly increases tax incentives for operators’ carbon capture and storage projects, is likely to spur other states to clarify their laws regulating pore space.
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The two companies have agreed to develop a carbon capture and storage supply chain to funnel carbon dioxide produced by German industry into storage deep beneath the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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Consisting of a well pad and a pipeline, the storage project in the southwest of the state will be the first of its kind on land managed by the BLM.
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Unique partnerships forward both conventional renewables and new technologies to close the gap for a carbon-free future across the globe.
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The new-generation FPSO will minimize emissions with carbon capture and reinjection as well as energy-recovery capabilities.
