The HyNet Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Pipeline application has today been granted development consent by the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Claire Coutinho.
The project consists of a new build pipeline that will transport CO2 produced and captured by future hydrogen producing facilities and existing industrial premises in North West England and North Wales for offshore storage.
According to HyNet, the offshore transportation and storage proposed development involves the repurposing of the existing offshore natural gas import pipeline from Point of Ayr (PoA) Gas Terminal to become an export pipeline to transport CO2 to a newly constructed Douglas Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) platform, and onwards to Hamilton Main, Hamilton North, and Lennox platforms for injection into depleted oil and gas reservoirs.
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