After five years of flat-out work supporting the UK government with CCUS development with colleagues in GeoEnergy Durham in the WSP-led consortium, it was great to be finally let off the leash during a brief lull in the workload! The IEAGHG workshop on “Risk Management and Monitoring Networks” in the Netherlands this week was a…

Congratulations to the Northern Lights JV on their recent announcement confirming the first injection and successful storage of CO2 into the Aurora reservoir at 2,600m depth in the Norwegian North Sea! Fantastic news! The Northern Lights project is breaking new ground as it’s the first CCUS project designed and developed to offer CO2 storage as…

Oh, we’re looking forward to running another Zechstein field excursion together with the irrepressible Maurice Tucker in a couple of weeks. The Durham coast really is pretty spectacular, and the ubiquitous Zechstein outcrops are fascinating and enigmatic in equal measure. As part of our prep for the upcoming trip, this week we’ve been back to…