The HyNet North West project involves transforming one of the most energy-intensive industrial areas of the UK, in the Liverpool Bay area on the northwest coast, in the first carbon dioxide low emissions industrial cluster in the world. The key element will be Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) or the geological storage ofCO₂. Through the reconversion of existing infrastructure, carbon dioxide emitted by industries in the northwest of England and north Wales will be captured and permanently stored in exhausted hydrocarbon fields, more specifically Eni UK's Hamilton, North Hamilton, and Lennox offshore fields. Storage operations are expected to begin in 2025 and the initial capacity will be for 4.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year (Mton/y), with a possibility to extend it to 10 Mton/y by 2030.
In October 2020 the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) awarded us a six-year licence to use our offshore fields in the Liverpool Bay as permanent storage for CO₂. In March 2021 the project received £33 million in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), through its Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) fund. The funding covers around 50% of the investment required to complete the ongoing engineering studies. In July 2021 Eni UK, in its role as the leader of the consortium that will develop the integrated HyNet North West project, submitted documentation to participate in the first tenderheld by the UK Government for Cluster Sequencing for Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Deployment: Phase 1. The tender was successful and in October 2021 HyNet was listed as a CCUS project in Track 1. This success is particularly important for two reasons: because it allows activities to start up before 2025 and because it enables Eni UK and the consortium partners to access the Carbon Capture Storage Infrastructure Fund (CCFI), a public fund that provides £1 billion in grants for the implementation of four CO₂. capture and storage projects, totalling around 10 million tonnes per year by 2030. More specifically, the process involves two tranches with different start-up times, one by 2025 (Track 1 projects), and one by 2027 (Track 2 projects). This fund is part of the broader £12 billion investment plan envisaged in the Ten Point Plan presented in November 2020 by the UK Government with the aim of leading the UK towards energy transition and promoting the Green Industrial Revolution. Finally, in February 2022, Eni UK announced that it had signed a total of 19 Memoranda of Understanding with companies interested in capturing, transporting and storing their emissions through HyNet North West, confirming UK industry’s considerable interest in the decarbonisation potential offered by the initiative.
HyNet North West is promoted and developed by a multi-partner consortium which Eni leads through Eni UK, together with Progressive Energy, Cadent, CF Fertilisers, Essar, Hanson, INOVYN (part of INEOS Group) and the University of Chester. As regards Eni, we are the operator of CO2 transport and storage activities, both onshore and offshore. The project is actively supported by the UK Government, as achieving the country's 2050 net zero emissions target is considered essential. In addition to its importance for the path towards decarbonisation, the initiative will actively contribute to the region’s economic well-being both through the activation of new job opportunities linked to the new facilities, and through the area’s increased competitiveness linked to the possibility for companies to reduce their emissions through CCS.
The UK Government has recognised the importance of the contribution that the HyNet project can make to the decarbonisation of pivotal activities in the country. This decision demonstrates once again that carbon capture, use and storage technology is an important solution that is safe, effective and immediately available.
The HyNet North West project will significantly reduce CO₂ emissions from the Liverpool Bay industrial area and develop a low-carbon hydrogen supply chain.
In a second phase, HyNet North West is also developing a low emission hydrogen supply chain, through the integration of existing natural gas plants with CCS activities. In this way, emissions from hydrogen production cycles will also be captured and stored in exhausted hydrocarbon offshore fields. The resulting hydrogen will be low carbon and will be distributedas a transitional fuel to supply industries, heat homes, produce electricity and power transport. In total, the project aims to reach about 40% of the UK's 10GW * target of low-emission hydrogen.
*In April 2022, the UK government doubled its hydrogen production target, raising it to 10 GW from 5 GW.
19 agreements signed with companies
19 Memoranda of Understanding signed with companies interested in capturing, transporting and storing their emissions .
Success in the UK Government’s firs
March: £33 million investment from UK Research and Innovation
May: framework agreement to speed up the development of the CCS process
October: HyNet included in CCUS Track 1 projects in the Cluster Sequencing for Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Deployment: Phase 1 tender.
Licence for the CO₂ storage project
In October 2020, the British Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) announced it had granted us the licence to build the storage site.
Life cycle exceeded
The originally expected life cycle for the production areas is exceeded.
Eni becomes the sole operator
Eni takes a 100% stake in the Liverpool Bay assets, becoming the primary operator.
Oil in Douglas and Lennox
First oil yielded at the fields in Douglas and Lennox.
Gas in Hamilton North
First gas yielded from the field. Start of the area conservation programme.
The first hydrocarbons
Oil and gas first discovered
Explorations began
We started explorations in the area.
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Growth and development in the area
HyNet North West will encourage the creation of new jobs and help support the competitiveness of the industrial area, enabling companies to reduce their emissions.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a blueprint signed by the 193 member countries of the UN in September 2015 which covers 17 goals aimed at the socio-economic development of communities and territories. The carbon dioxide storage project gives us the opportunity to contribute to the promotion of actions to combat climate change (Goal 13).
We believe safety in the workplace to be an essential value that we share with employees, contractors and local communities. This is why we implement all the necessary actions to avoid accidents, including organisational models for risk assessment and management, training plans, skill development and the promotion of a safety culture. In 2005 we launched DangerPoint, an interactive educational visitor centre on safety and hazard prevention for schools and other organised groups. The Safety Centres consist of realistic urban scenarios such as roads, pedestrian crossings, cars, railways, houses and shops, providing children and adults with hands-on, interactive training available with different routes depending on the students’ age.
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