A huge carbon capture transportation network for the Humber has been renamed to focus in on exactly what it is about.
V Net Zero the £500 million project led by Harbour Energy, will now be known as Viking CCS, taking the name from the area of the North Sea in which depleted gas fields could be repurposed. The high capacity storage and transportation proposal is in the final consultation stages, and aims to hold emissions created by industry in the South Humber Bank refinery-led cluster, as well as CO2 shipped in from other areas at neighbouring Port of Immingham.
A total of 10 million tonnes is being eyed by 2030, with a development consent order being submitted for the laying of a new 55km pipeline between the Humber Bank industry and former Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal - once a key piece of infrastructure providing the North Sea fuel to fire up the cluster. It will be redeveloped under the plan, with the existing 120km LOGGS offshore pipeline repurposed to transport the CO2 to the reservoirs.
