Bahrain studies CCS mega-project
Multibillion dollar onshore development expected to enter Feed stage by end-2023, Nogaholding chief executive says
Bahrain is studying the feasibility of developing one of the world’s largest CCS projects, based on depleted onshore gas reservoirs. Proposals envisage a facility potentially capable of taking 10–12mn t/yr of CO₂, Mark Thomas, group chief executive of Nogaholding, the kingdom’s energy investment and development arm, told the IE Week conference in London. “I have got an onshore gas reservoir that can take 10mn t/yr for 50 years and still not be full. So, I have the space, the challenge is the technology and the challenge is the cost,” says Thomas, a former senior BP executive. “If you use $1bn for every 1mn t [of storage capacity], this is a very expensive project. We are looking at how we de
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