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Carbon Capture

UK’s Energy Transition Ambitions Much More Than a Pipe Dream

The go-ahead for a major carbon storage project shows the UK is turning its climate change ambitions into reality, NSTA Chief Executive Stuart Payne told hundreds of energy conference attendees today. Speaking at Innovation Zero in London, Mr Payne said last week’s award of carbon storage permits for HyNet was the latest example of “real […]

Oilfield Africa - Tuesday April 29, 2025
Wärtsilä, Aqualectra Sign Innovative Decarbonization Agreement

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed an innovative decarbonisation services agreement with Aqualectra, the energy utility company of the Caribbean island of Curaçao. The agreement will see Wärtsilä’s payments directly tied to achieving key performance indicators: how effectively it maximises renewable energy use, reducing CO2 emissions intensity, lowering costs, and enhancing energy reliability on Curaçao. The […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday April 23, 2025
ExxonMobil, Calpine Sign CCS Agreement for Power Generation Project

Exxon Mobil Corporation has announced an agreement with Calpine Corporation, the nation’s largest producer of electricity from natural gas, to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center, a cogeneration facility near Houston. This is part of Calpine’s Baytown Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday April 23, 2025
Perenco Concludes UK’s first CO2 injection test for Carbon Capture & Storage

Perenco has successful concluded the UK’s first Carbon Dioxide (CO2) injection test for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The test involved the injection of CO2 into a depleted natural gas reservoir in the UK’s Southern North Sea, marking a major milestone for Project Poseidon and the UK’s broader decarbonisation strategy.  Petrodec’s ERDA, the first rig […]

Oilfield Africa - Friday April 11, 2025
TGS Completes CO₂ Storage Assessments for Gulf Coast Regions 

TGS, a global leader in energy data and intelligence, has released the Central Gulf Coast–Haynesville CO₂ Storage Assessment, the final segment of the comprehensive Mega Gulf Coast Assessment. This assessment builds on previous releases for the East Gulf Coast and Gulf Coast assessments in 2024, culminating in a dataset covering over 16,000 key wells with core-calibrated […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday April 3, 2025
TotalEnergies, Partners Sign FID for 2nd Northern Lights CCS Project

TotalEnergies and its partners, Equinor and Shell, announce the Final Investment Decision (FID) of the second phase of the Northern Lights development, which will increase the project transport and storage capacity from 1.5 million to more than 5 million tons of CO2 per year from 2028. The first phase of Northern Lights is completed and ready […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday March 27, 2025
Norway Announces Application for Exploration Licenses Related to CO2-Storage

The Ministry of Energy announces one area in the North Sea for companies to apply for exploration licenses related to CO2-storage. Large-scale CO2-storage is important to reach the climate goals. Norway has great potential for storage on the continental shelf. Until now, a total of 13 licenses have been awarded for CO2 storage on the […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday March 5, 2025
ExxonMobil Secures Largest CO2 Offshore Storage Site

Exxon Mobil Corporation has executed the largest offshore carbon dioxide (CO2) storage lease in the U.S. with the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The over 271,000-acre site complements the onshore CO2 storage portfolio ExxonMobil is developing, and further solidifies the U.S. Gulf Coast as a carbon capture and storage (CCS) leader. “This is yet another sign […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday October 10, 2024
Shell to build carbon capture and storage projects in Canada

Shell announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Polaris, a carbon capture project at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Scotford in Alberta, Canada. Polaris is designed to capture approximately 650,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually from the Shell-owned Scotford refinery and chemicals complex. CALGARY, AB, CANADA, June 26, 2024 – Shell Canada Products, a subsidiary […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday June 27, 2024
Equinor, GRTgaz sign agreement to develop CO2 transport infrastructure

Equinor and main French gas transmission operator GRTgaz sign project development agreement (PDA) for a CO2 transport system for captured CO2 from industrial emitters in France to safe and permanent storage offshore Norway via the planned CO2 Highway Europe pipeline project. The development will consist of a network of onshore CO2 pipelines, to be developed by GRTGaz, which will […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday June 17, 2024

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