Energy industry-led coalition the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has launched a . It is an online tool that consolidates information on carbon dioxide storage permits across nine countries, including the UK, US and Norway.
The tracker monitors exploration (allowing assessment but not injection) and exploitation (authorising injection and permanent storage) permits.
Mapping permitting activity across regions gives policymakers, regulators, project developers, and investors a practical way to benchmark progress and the idea is that it should accelerate the development of carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects and hubs.
Built from publicly available data issued by national authorities, the tracker gives decision makers a clear view of permitting activity so they can monitor progress and make plans.
… to continue reading this article and more, please login, register for free, or consider subscribing to gasworld
You’ve reached your weekly limit to access free articles!
Want to keep reading?
Please register for free and create a profile to gain access to this full article and gasworld’s daily news.
For access to more content including our monthly digital magazines, subscriber-only features or columns and all our other gasworld archives, please consider subscribing.
Alternatively, you can continue reading more articles as a guest on Tuesday, 21st October at 12:28PM
