Eni awarded CO2 storage license for North Sea Hewett Field

Offshore staff

LONDON — The North Sea Transition Authority has awarded Eni UK a CO₂ appraisal and storage license for the depleted Hewett gas field in the southern UK North Sea, 20 km from the terminal in Norfolk.

The field offers potential CO2 storage capacity of about 300 MMt, Eni said, with potential to reuse part of the associated infrastructure.

Its proximity to the planned Bacton industrial cluster could allow Hewett to permanently store CO₂ from industries in the southeast of England and Thames estuary area east of London, and to promote blue hydrogen production and distribution.

To date, the Bacton Thames Net Zero initiative has attracted 13 industrial partners, through a cooperation agreement, engaged in sectors such as energy, waste disposal and manufacturing. Its initial estimated CO₂ storage capacity is about 6 MMt/year starting at the end of the 2020s, increasing to more than 10 MMt after 2030.

In 2020 Eni secured a CO₂ storage license in the Liverpool Bay Area in the East Irish Sea, where it is the CO₂ transport and storage operator for the HyNet North West project.

09.18.2023