Eni wins support for second UK CCS project
Gas distributor Cadent and energy firm SSE Thermal among backers of project to store CO₂ in depleted North Sea gas field off eastern England
The UK arm of Italian IOC Eni aims to start storing carbon dioxide in the depleted Hewett North Sea gas field off England’s east coast in 2027, after securing support for the project from a group of emitters and infrastructure companies. The project is expected to have an initial storage capacity of 6mn t/yr, with the potential to rise to 10mn t/yr, and will take CO₂ from emitters in the southeast of England and the Thames Estuary area near London. The Hewett field, 20 miles off the north Norfolk coast, could potentially store up to 330mn t of CO₂, Eni says. Eni UK applied to the UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) for a CO₂ storage licence in September. It expects to be award
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