The Houston CCS Alliance is a coordinated effort among some of the world's most innovative energy, petrochemical, and power generation companies to advance the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the greater Houston industrial area. The Alliance unites the city's respected industrial community with diverse organizations, community leaders, and residents in the Houston and Southeast Texas region who share a vision to advance CCS technology and secure a lower emissions future.
Together, these companies and others in the region could capture and safely store up to 50 million metric tons of CO2 per year by 2030 and about 100 million metric tons per year by 2040, helping to significantly reduce emissions in the Houston region.
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This new fact sheet explores the scale-up and deployment of CCS in more detail and presents a series of facts about the necessary development of this technology.
Ipieca held a workshop - Making CCS fly - that brought together more than 50 participants from across the oil and gas sector and expert communities to discuss the role, barriers and opportunities presented by CCS.
SPE Gaia, IOGP, OGCI and Ipieca have collaborated on a webinar series sharing knowledge and good practice around the scaling up of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, including key issues, environmental responsibility, financial incentives, policy, and liability concerns.
First oil field in Germany running solely on green electricty
Wintershall Dea is switching to electricity generated by renewables at its production sites wherever possible. The change to renewables is a further step in implementing Wintershall Dea’s strategy to protect the climate by consistently reducing emissions.