Carbon capture and storage: what's in it for the offshore industry?

摘要

Making CCS an economic and technical reality is like putting together the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle. A large number of players are involved in this game of which the offshore industry is just one. Although the temptation is to wait, and let the others put down their pieces - so your own role becomes more defined, it is probably sensible to start building CCS analysis into industry planning in 2008. The UK government is giving pretty strong signals now that it favours CCS as a major carbon abatement strategy, and is thinking about how this will become a reality The offshore industry seems to be at the centre of that thinking, and that the North Sea will be a major part of a future CCS strategy.