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Subsurface Storage

Many CCS projects may falter quietly without the promised benefits

Henk Kombrink

August 5, 2026

In a recent special issue of EAGE’s journal First Break, dedicated to underground storage, one finds the usual articles that one would expect for such a publication. But there happened…

Exploring salt for hydrogen storage

Henk Kombrink

July 20, 2026

Halite cores from one of the exploration wells drilled to evaluate the Zuidwending salt dome for hydrogen storage readiness. Photo: IOT Holland. Energy stock, a wholly owned subsidiary of the…

Storing heat in basement rocks

Henk Kombrink

July 6, 2026

“Having a look at our lineament map,” says Jon Engström from the Geological Survey of Finland, “that is the first thing you need to do when you’re planning a subsurface…

The CCS parallel universe

Henk Kombrink

June 26, 2026

Sometimes, I cannot prevent the feeling that the CO2 storage business is not so much about putting CO2 in the ground, but rather to keep an entire academic research community,…

The subsurface is a key factor in explaining the poor result of the recent Danish CCS tender

Henk Kombrink

May 4, 2026

Denmark is one of the countries that aims to be a leader when it comes to climate change mitigation measures. That’s why the government launched a tender process in October…

Carbon capture and mineralisation pilots in the Middle East

Mariël Reitsma

April 29, 2026

44.01 named their company after the mass of the molecule that is central to their business: Carbon Dioxide. They use CO2 captured from industry or the atmosphere and dissolve it…

Diverting the flow: The hidden power of overburden barriers

Henk Kombrink

April 24, 2026

Since Mark Lakos joined Rock Flow Dynamics (RFD) from Wintershall Dea a bit more than a year ago – a job that brought him to Russia and Egypt – he has…

Offshore Algarve Basin geological carbon storage potential

Tiago Cunha, Igi, Hugo Matias, net4CO2, Martin Neumaier and Nicky Tessen, ArianeLogiX

April 2, 2026

In the Algarve Basin, two late Miocene plays have been identified southeast of the Faro Peninsula using high-quality seismic and borehole data (Figure 1). These comprise of high-porosity turbiditic sands…

How can we monitor North Sea carbon stores under wind farms and production platforms?

Nigel Platt, Sam Head and John Underhill, University of Aberdeen

March 16, 2026

Repeat time-lapse seismic surveys can track CO2 plume migration, but where the seabed is obstructed by wind turbines or oil and gas platforms, access by vessels towing long multi-streamer arrays…

“In one year, we lost two years”

Henk Kombrink

February 24, 2026

“Last year was not a very good one,” Habib admits when we meet on Teams. “Everybody expected that 2025 would be a turning point in the market, with many projects…

Silver out, air in

Henk Kombrink

February 19, 2026

Just as Aberdeen in Scotland – where this article was written – is sometimes referred to as the “Silver City”, the village of Broken Hill in southeastern Australia is described…

Progress over perfection

Ronny Setså

February 5, 2026

The Norwegian continental shelf offers a wealth of opportunities for new industries alongside and after oil, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) has gained a solid foothold. Northern Lights has…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective