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Energy infrastructure development applications: carbon capture readiness decisions
Secretary of State decisions on areas identified for potential usage in carbon capture readiness (CCR) reports.
An applicant’s choice of storage area at the CCR stage is not binding. It therefore follows that an applicant’s choice of storage area at the CCR stage does not confer priority on that applicant for use of that storage area when carbon capture and storage (CCS) is deployed on their power station. Operators will be required to obtain a permit from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and a lease from the Crown Estate in order to store CO2 offshore when CCS is operational.
| Field name | Estimated total CO2 storage capacity (tonnes) | Potential capacity identified in CCR reports (tonnes) | Potential User | “Remaining” CO2 storage capacity (tonnes) |
| Bunter Sandstone | 3,169,000,000 | 3,169,000,000 | Keadby II | 3,133,000,000 |
| Barque Field | 108,000,000 | 69,000,000 | Thorpe Marsh CCGT | 39,000,000 |
| Hewitt Bunter | 359,000,000 | (1)84,000,000 (2)200,000,000 (3)74,000,000 | (1)Damhead Creek (2)Willington C (3)Gateway Energy Centre | 1,000,000 |
| Indefatigable Gas Field | 357,000,000 | (1)131,000,000 (2)223,000,000 | (1)Sutton Bridge B CCGT (2)Eggborough CCGT | 3,000,000 |
| Ravenspurn North | 93,000,000 | 72,000,000 | Knottingley CCGT | 21,000,000 |
| Morecambe South Field, Irish Sea | 736,080,000 | (1)73,557,775 (2)84,000,000 (3)29,000,000 | (1)Trafford Power (2)Abernedd Power (3)South Hook | 549,522,225 |
| Galleon Gas Field | 137,000,000 | 78,400,000 | North Killingholme CCGT/IGCC | 58,600,000 |
| West Sole | 143,000,000 | 78,000,000 | Spalding Energy Expansion | 65,000,000 |