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 of CO₂. 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. The CO₂ captured from the production plants onshore will be transported to the storage reservoirs through a pipeline, for safe, long-term storage. This will significantly reduce CO2 emissions from the Liverpool Bay industrial area and develop a hydrogen supply chain with low carbon emissions.
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HyNet North West: CCS and hydrogen for decarbonisation
The integrated project will deliver the UK's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure and develop a low carbon hydrogen supply chain.
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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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HyNet North West: protecting biodiversity in the UK
Still in the Liverpool Bay area, since 1995 we have been bringing to life different initiatives to protect the area around Talacre.
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