In September 2022 Eni UK announced that it submitted through the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) system a Carbon Storage License Application for the Hewett depleted gas field on the Southern North Sea for the development of a CCS project aimed at decarbonising the Bacton and Thames Estuary area, for a permanent and safe CO2 storage with a total capacity of about 330 million tonnes. The CCS project will allow to avoid a significant volume of CO2 to the atmosphere, equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions of over 3 million homes or over 6 million cars per year. In addition, in November 2022 Eni UK announced the launch of the Bacton Thames Net Zero initiative with the aim to decarbonise and to unlock new greener growth opportunities for the automotive, ceramics, food, materials, energy and waste disposal sectors in the UK South East, supporting materially the UK’s decarbonisation strategy, which targets capturing 20-30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year across the UK by 2030. Eni UK will play a pivotal role in this industry-led initiative by transporting and storing CO2 in its Hewett depleted gas field, that could be operational as early as 2027. Eni UK will provide further added value to this initiative by leveraging on the ongoing technical and commercial experience gained from Liverpool Bay CCS and the wider HyNet North West, as an existing CO2 appraisal and storage license holder.
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HyNet North West for decarbonization
This integrated project will develop the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure in the UK.
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In the country, in the Exploration & Production, Refining & Marketing and Chimica and Plenitude & Power sectors in which we work, we are committed to innovating the energy sector by lowering our carbon footprint and protecting the environment around Liverpool Bay, an area of the UK where we have various production sites.
HyNet North West: CO₂ storage
The first low GHG emissions industrial cluster in the world under development in the Liverpool Bay which we are involved in for CCS activities.
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Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Liverpool Bay: preserving biodiversity in the United Kingdom
Since 1995 we have been involved in many initiatives to protect the natural environment and biodiversity around our operations in North Wales.
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Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss