Gas Flaring
Gas flaring is a significant source of economic and environmental waste, but it is also a quick win decarbonization lever! Gas flaring, the deliberate combustion of natural gas at oil…
Carbon Capture & Storage
The borehole that is almost entirely cored
An extensive research programme is currently underway in Switzerland with the aim to identify the best location for the safe storage of nuclear waste. Three areas have been selected in…
The Net-Zero Transition: An Important Conversation
This article, from one of the two joint GEO ExPro student competition winners, focuses on the oil industry’s role in the green energy transition. Discussing climate change and its impact…
Mapping thief sands, for CCS purposes
From CO2 storage licences to research on seal integrity risk, carbon capture and storage is featuring in the news this week.
Norwegian Government decides on funding for CO2 transport and storage project
The Northern Lights project is the transport and storage component of Longship, the Norwegian Government’s full-scale carbon capture and storage project. “Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is important to achieve…
Geoscience in a Low Carbon Future
The role of a petroleum geoscientist is evolving with the energy transition, but geoscience is still of vital importance to the future of energy. Recent events regarding the global Covid-19…
How to justify not to drill a well when no well has been drilled before?
The offshore of Belgium is small. It’s the smallest offshore area of all countries surrounding the North Sea. Yet, not a single deep well has been drilled so far. Because…
Rystad Launches Renewables Solution
In order to monitor, track and analyse global data coming from the renewable energy industry, Rystad Energy recently announced the launch of its Renewables Solution data, analytics and advisory service.…
Ruminations on CO₂
Carbon dioxide: least wanted – or most wanted accessory? Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is not a popular gas these days. Industry, governments and even individuals are actively trying to reduce its…
The North Sea offers great potential to feature in the energy transition, but urgency is needed
Dutch research programme looks at how to smartly link the various energy functions in the North Sea to arrive at a climate-neutral energy system.
Another Triassic reservoir on the radar for carbon storage in the UK?
The Oil and Gas Authority receives an application for the appraisal and storage of Carbon Dioxide in the Liverpool Bay area
Triassic reservoirs back on the Carbon Storage stage
In a press release issued on Wednesday last week, Equinor detailed plans to build a clean hydrogen plant in the UK which includes offshore carbon capture and storage.