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Indonesia – now is the right time to look into underground gas storage potential

February 13, 2023

Indonesia is heavily reliant on gas for a variety of purposes. This is particularly true for Java, which is the most densely populated island of the Indonesian archipelago, and which…

Very high level of confidence in long-term CO2 containment following injection, study finds

Henk Kombrink

February 7, 2023

Deep geological storage of CO2 is safe. That could well be the main summary of an extensive report published by the UK Government last week. The UK Climate Change Committee…

An Onshore CCS Debacle

Henk Kombrink

February 1, 2023

The owners of the Petra Nova CO2 plant, built at a Coal Power Station in Texas, went for it. Rather than constructing a 60 Mwe facility according to the first…

Abandoning a well with a CCS mindset

Henk Kombrink

January 24, 2023

“The geoscience behind well abandonments is getting more challenging when we want to accommodate requirements for potential CCS projects in the area,” said Scott Liebnitz during last week’s Aberdeen Energy…

The most cost-effective way of monitoring CO2 injection

Henk Kombrink

December 9, 2022

The business case for Carbon Sequestration and Storage is challenging, and that is the reason why there is a huge drive to come up with ideas to carry out the…

The deep subsurface is not always to blame

Henk Kombrink

November 21, 2022

When data on land subsidence in the Epe area (Germany) was made public, Pandorra’s box opened. Those who looked at the data were quick to point their finger to the…

Subsurface CO2 storage – learning from past projects for better risk assessments

Guest Author

September 20, 2022

The crossover of oil and gas expertise to Carbon Capture and Storage is an important energy transition topic.

Delivering a geological service for Europe

Kris Piessens, GSB; Gregor Gotzl, GBA; Klaus Hinsby and Jorgen Tulstrup, GEUS; Antje Wittenberg, BGR; Serge Van Gessel and Joop Hasselman, TNO

September 19, 2022

It is a misconception that abandoning fossil fuels reduces the importance of the subsurface – whilst the use of it will materially change, it continues to play a crucial role…

An exciting future for geoscientists

Jane Whaley

August 19, 2022

Max Brouwers is an experienced geoscientist who spent 25 successful years with Shell. In this interview, Max tells us about his journey with the energy transition. Max Brouwers is an…

Not enough

Henk Kombrink

August 11, 2022

Study shows that less CO2 is stored than commonly reported.

GEO ExPro launches energy transition homepage

Iain Brown, Editor in Chief

July 19, 2022

As the energy transition continues to evolve and expand, we are delighted to announce the launch of our Energy Transition Homepage where we will present articles and insight into this…

What is the U in CCUS?

Jane Whaley

June 18, 2022

While there is a strong push towards replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy in areas like electricity generation and personal transport, some industry sectors remain ‘difficult to decarbonise’, such as…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective