UK Government Approves Development Consent Order for HyNet CO₂ pipeline
London, 21 March 2024, (Oilandgaspress): – Eni welcomes the decision by the Secretary of State for the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to grant a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the HyNet North West CO2 pipeline. The DCO will allow the construction, operation, and maintenance of infrastructure to transport captured CO2 as part of the HyNet CCS cluster, where Eni is the transportation and storage operator.
The DCO is the first Anglo-Welsh cross border application for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) to be granted a DCO by DESNZ. It marks the completion of an 18-month determination process following Eni’s submission of the DCO application in October 2022. The DCO brings the HyNet CCS cluster closer to the execution phase, with FID expected by September 2024.
The UK Government’s decision to grant a DCO to the HyNet CO2 pipeline is an important milestone to allow for the world’s first asset-based regulated CCS business. A DCO is the consent required to authorise the development of any Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP). The HyNet CO2 pipeline will transport carbon dioxide from capture plants across the North West of England and North Wales through new and repurposed infrastructure to safe and permanent storage in Eni’s depleted natural gas reservoirs, located under the seabed in Liverpool Bay.
Eni has established a leading position in the UK as HyNet’s CO2 transportation and storage operator.
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