The Feasibility of the 'All-in-One' Concept in the UK North Sea: Offsetting Carbon Capture and Storage Costs with Methane and Geothermal Energy Co-Production in a Depleted Hydrocarbon Field

It is often recognised that the UK benefits from positive technical advantages that could assist in the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, yet policy efforts to secure demonstration projects have faltered over recent years. This commentary article draws on practical experience of cross-sectoral cooperation to explore how different stakeholder interests have aligned in support of CCS, strengthening the case for UK action. A framework for considering stakeholder interests is set out, and informs an analysis of successive waves of government policy making. Implications for forthcoming policy developments are thereby identified.

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The Endurance CO2 storage site, Blocks 42/25 and 43/21, UK North Sea

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/m52-2019-47 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 163-171 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jon G. Gluyas ◽

Usman Bagudu

Keyword(s):

Carbon Capture ◽

Co2 Storage ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Lower Triassic ◽

Injection Rate ◽

Government Support ◽

Storage Site ◽

Sandstone Formation ◽

The Uk ◽

And Storage

AbstractThe Endurance, four-way, dip-closed structure in UK Blocks 42/25 and 43/21 occurs over a salt swell diapir and within Triassic and younger strata. The Lower Triassic Bunter Sandstone Formation reservoir within the structure was tested twice for natural gas (in 1970 and 1990) but both wells were dry. The reservoir is both thick and high quality and, as such, an excellent candidate site for subsurface CO2 storage.In 2013 a consortium led by National Grid Carbon drilled an appraisal well on the structure and undertook an injection test ahead of a planned development of Endurance as the first bespoke storage site on the UK Continental Shelf with an expected injection rate of 2.68 × 106 t of dense phase CO2 each year for 20 years. The site was not developed following the UK Government's removal of financial support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects, but it is hoped with the recent March 2020 Budget that government support for CCS may now be back on track.

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Environmental Impact Study of a Power Plant with Carbon Capture and Storage near the UK Coast

Energy Procedia ◽

10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.008 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 2463-2470 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

T A Hill ◽

M-J Booth ◽

C Dorren ◽

S M Stiff ◽

W Hull

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Impact Study ◽

Environmental Impact Study ◽

The Uk ◽

And Storage

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Defining a biogeochemical baseline for sediments at Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) sites: An example from the North Sea (Goldeneye)

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control ◽

10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103265 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 106 ◽

pp. 103265

Author(s):

A.W. Dale ◽

S. Sommer ◽

A. Lichtschlag ◽

D. Koopmans ◽

M. Haeckel ◽

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Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

And Storage

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Carbon capture and storage deployment in the UK: What next after the UK Government's competition?

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy ◽

10.1243/09576509jpe624 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 223 (3) ◽

pp. 305-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

H Chalmers ◽

N Jakeman ◽

P Pearson ◽

J Gibbins

Keyword(s):

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Business Environment ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Storage Site ◽

Carbon Dioxide Transport ◽

Successful Transition ◽

Uk Government ◽

The Uk ◽

And Storage

In November 2007, the UK Government set the direction for initial commercial-scale demonstration of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK. It announced the rules for a competition to identify a demonstration of post-combustion capture project at a pulverized coal power plant, linked to a full chain of CCS, including carbon dioxide transport to an offshore storage site. Because there are several options for further demonstration and initial deployment projects to build on this initial effort, the UK Government will need to decide its priorities for CCS deployment. Regardless of the route, a successful transition to widespread use of CCS would have to overcome significant technical, commercial, regulatory, and political challenges. This article considers the significance of understanding and using lessons learned from previous major UK energy sector transitions to manage the development, demonstration, and deployment of CCS. The past transitions considered here are not perfect analogies, but they do suggest a range of potential futures for CCS deployment in the UK. They also provide insights into possible drivers and triggers for deployment and the general business environment required for a successful transition to widespread commercial use of CCS in the UK.

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Carbon capture and storage in the UK and Germany: easier task, stronger commitment?

Environmental Politics ◽

10.1080/09644016.2015.1062592 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (6) ◽

pp. 1014-1033 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Tor Håkon Inderberg ◽

Jørgen Wettestad

Keyword(s):

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

The Uk ◽

And Storage

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The uk Liability Framework for the Transport of CO2 for Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage Operations

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law ◽

10.1163/15718085-12341419 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 138-172

Author(s):

Viktor Weber ◽

Michael N. Tsimplis

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Financial Risk ◽

Carbon Dioxide Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

The Uk ◽

And Storage ◽

Geological Formations ◽

Transport Phase

Carbon (dioxide) capture and storage (ccs) is one of the solutions for decarbonising society whereby CO2 is captured, transported, and injected into geological formations. It can be transported to offshore locations through pipelines or ships. Which method provides for a better deal for investors depends to an extent on the financial risk associated with these two methods, which in turn is linked with exposure to liability. This paper compares the potential liability arising from the carriage of CO2 by ships and by pipelines in the uk offshore context. The two modes of transport are governed by significantly different regimes, even though they concern the same material. It is argued that the transport of CO2 by ships and by pipelines poses similar risks and therefore they should have a similar liability regime. This would afford pipeline operators the economic advantages available to shipowners and incentivise investment in the transport phase of ccs.

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