Background to the Report

The workshop explores global developments in offshore geologic CO₂ storage and shares expertise and learning on projects. Attendees engage with organisations involved in live projects and learn about different considerations including transport, infrastructure, injection and wells, business models, working with other seabed users, monitoring, environmental aspects, stakeholder engagement and the legal and regulatory environment.

The 6th International Workshop on Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage was held in Aberdeen on 13-14 September. Organised with the University of Texas and hosted by the University of Aberdeen. The location was very appropriate as we were co-hosted and sponsored by Storegga who leads the Acorn project nearby in Scotland. This project had been recently announced by the UK government as a Track 2 Cluster project. This 6th workshop had 190 delegates (60 in-person and 130 virtual) from 35 countries, with a good mix of industry, researchers and regulators.

In a very packed agenda of some 44 presentations, it also included time for discussions. What struck everyone again was the number of new projects with offshore storage being progressed. As well as the number, it was the diversity of the projects that was impressive, covering many industry sectors, storage in depleted hydrocarbon fields and deep saline formations, and different transport means to storage.