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<p>Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) will play a vital role in meeting our
net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050, supporting both our Industrial Strategy
and the revitalisation of the economies of the UK’s industrial areas. The Government
is committed to deploying CCUS in the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>The Oil and Gas Authority
issued its first CO<sub>2</sub> storage licence to Pale Blue Dot Energy (Acorn) Ltd
(PBD) for the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In
order to support the development of potential CO<sub>2</sub> storage sites, the Government
invested £2.5 million in the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) CO<sub>2</sub>
Storage Appraisal Project which looked in detail at eight potential CO<sub>2</sub>
storage sites[1]. The UK also has the world-leading CO2-stored database[2] which is
hosted and developed by the British Geological Survey and provides the data for over
500 potential offshore CO<sub>2</sub> storage sites around the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We
are working closely with North Sea countries through the North Sea Basin Taskforce
to share best practice and cooperate on North Sea CO<sub>2</sub> storage. In October
2019, we cooperated with Norway and the Netherlands to achieve a provisional amendment
to the London Protocol, allowing for the cross-border transport of CO<sub>2</sub>
for permanent storage, such as in the North Sea – a key breakthrough for UK projects
and facilitating international CCUS deployment</p><p> </p><p>[1] Energy Technologies
Institute LLP, Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal, 2016</p><p>[2] CO2 Stored Database
available at: <a href="http://www.co2stored.co.uk/home/index" target="_blank">http://www.co2stored.co.uk/home/index</a></p>
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